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Show Opening of Early Rail Line Important Event "Yesterday was a great day on the now railroad between Baltimore and Washington, being the first day of Its being opened for travel all the way from the depot at Baltimore to the foot of the Capitol hill In this city," said an article in the National Intelligencer Intel-ligencer of August 20, 1S35. "It was a glorious sight to see four trains of cars, with each its engine, extending altogether several hundred yards in length, making their entry by this new route, to the delight of thousands of spectators in the grounds directly north of the capitol. These cars, besides bringing back our own mayor and members of the corporation corpora-tion and city guests who went out to meet them, brought about as many ladies and gentlemen of Baltimore as made up the whole numbers of about a thousand persons carried by the cars. These, accompanied by two bands of music, after debarking, marched in procession to Gadsby's and Brown's hotels, at both of which sumptuous and bounteous entertainment entertain-ment was provided and liberally partaken par-taken of. The cars arrived at a little before one o'clock, and at four our friends from Baltimore re-embarked and returned to their homes without, we trust, any accident or other Inconvenience Incon-venience than what was occasioned by the dust on the roads and streets." Kansas City Star. |