Gettmore
2nd Lieutenant
- Joined
- Jul 5, 2015
- Location
- Moncks Corner, SC
"The Great Virginia Express Line."—We find the following "advertisement" in a recent number of the Springfield (Mass.)Republican:
Great Potomac and Rapidan Through Line!
Promptness and Dispatch!
Meade and Lee's Through Express, weekly line, between Alexandria and Culpepper; connections with the principal points North and South (especially Old Capitol and the Libby Prison).
The subscribers, having completed their arrangements and gotten their line into running order, will hereafter, until further notice, run their machines ("The Army of the Potomac" and "Army of Northern Virginia"), every week through from Culpepper, Va., to Alexandria, Va., and vice versa, giving their personal attention to the running of each train, Lee preceding Meade at a proper interval on the out-trains, and Meade preceding Lee with similar regularity on the in-trains.
The perfect familiarity of the old stagers with the whole route in question, and the frequency with which they have traversed it, enable them to calculate with perfect accuracy the time of arrival at the indicated points. Having gotten up all their locomotives and rolling stock, regardless of expense, and putting them through night and day alike, they are enabled to disregard the ordinary drawbacks of weather, state of roads, etc., as those who do a smaller business cannot.
Patronage respectfully solicited,
G. G. Meade.
R. E. Lee.
P.S.–The line through Pennsylvania has been discontinued in consequence of a painful collision which occurred there in July last, but as such things have been carefully avoided ever since, and every precaution taken for the future, it is hope that an indulgent public will not remember that unfortunate occurrence to the president of the company.
Dunn Browne, Secretary
Great Potomac and Rapidan Through Line!
Promptness and Dispatch!
Meade and Lee's Through Express, weekly line, between Alexandria and Culpepper; connections with the principal points North and South (especially Old Capitol and the Libby Prison).
The subscribers, having completed their arrangements and gotten their line into running order, will hereafter, until further notice, run their machines ("The Army of the Potomac" and "Army of Northern Virginia"), every week through from Culpepper, Va., to Alexandria, Va., and vice versa, giving their personal attention to the running of each train, Lee preceding Meade at a proper interval on the out-trains, and Meade preceding Lee with similar regularity on the in-trains.
The perfect familiarity of the old stagers with the whole route in question, and the frequency with which they have traversed it, enable them to calculate with perfect accuracy the time of arrival at the indicated points. Having gotten up all their locomotives and rolling stock, regardless of expense, and putting them through night and day alike, they are enabled to disregard the ordinary drawbacks of weather, state of roads, etc., as those who do a smaller business cannot.
Patronage respectfully solicited,
G. G. Meade.
R. E. Lee.
P.S.–The line through Pennsylvania has been discontinued in consequence of a painful collision which occurred there in July last, but as such things have been carefully avoided ever since, and every precaution taken for the future, it is hope that an indulgent public will not remember that unfortunate occurrence to the president of the company.
Dunn Browne, Secretary
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