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Show RAILROAD MATTERS. Traill Serrlce on the "0" Shops at Cheyenne. Chey-enne. . . , ' The magnificent train service which tho Burlington has inaugurated between be-tween Denver and Chicago says the Denver News, is worthy of morn than a- passing mention. Their splendid vestibule train left Chicago Sunday morning at 10 o'clock and arrived in Denver at 0:30 o'clock Monday evening, even-ing, making the run of 1.02(5 miles in twenty-nine and one half hour. This riving train has been christened the "Tortoise." It recalls by contrast the davs of tho stage coach when the long journey between Denver and the Missouri Mis-souri river was made in six days, the average time between this city and Chicago being eight days. When the railways were completed to Denver, thirty-six hours was the time to the Missouri river, and some seventy-two seventy-two hours to Chicago. Now this flying "Tortoise" of the Burlington Bur-lington tracks makes the distance between the city of the plains at tho base of tho mountains and the city of the lakes in a a littlo over one-third of the time. On special feature about the train will bo oserved with interest with interest with envious interest by Omaha and Kansas City. It ignores completely the Missouri river. It is a through train, on - a through line, touches neither Omaha nor Kansas City, and stops at the river only long enough to change engines. All honor to the "Tortoise." train. It is a magnificent magnifi-cent tribute to Denver's commercial importance, a recognition ' of her importance im-portance as next to Chicago, the great inland city of the continent. From the headlight of its locoraotiuo flashes the crest of progress long and safely may it speed along tho glistening rails of tho Burlington track. |