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Show 142 TABLE I)F DISTANCES, FARES, ETC. A TABLE SHOWING THE DISTANCE, FARES, &c., FROM BALTIMORE, TO MANY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PL.ACES IN THE UNION. The fi>llowing table will show, at a glance, the distance, expense, and t.irne, occupied in travelling from Baltimore to the most promin r nt point~ in the Union. Allowance, however, must be made in the rate of fares, when tra velli na in steamboats, upon Jakes or ri vcrs, as those 0 . . • modes of conveyance arc St1l>ject to more or less competitiOn, 111 which case the fares vary. Ttwse gi vcn, however, are as accurate as can be obtained under the circumstances, and will, no doubt, be found ncar enough to make up a general estilllate of expe nses. The time given is that which is actually occupied in passing from one point to another; the detentions between each route arc not taken into consideration, as these tlic traveller nmst determine for himself. The distances arc genern lly gi vcn by the shortest routes. Names of Places. 'Miles. I Hours. Fares. From BALTIMORE to Philadelphia ............ 97 6 $3 00 New York . ... .. ........ 184 10 ~ () 00 J~o sto n ................. 420 20} 10 00 Washington . ..•........ 40 2 1 80 Annapolis ...•.......... 3D 2 1 70 • • Yorl\, Pa ............... 57 3 1 50 •• Harrisburg . . ........... 83 4 3 00 .•.• . . Frederick, Md .......... 62 3 2 50 Harper's Ferry ........• 82 4 3 25 •• •• Winchester, Va ........ . 124 6i 5 30 . . •• ~ VHiragripneira'sS plirleinrrgys., v- .ia. ~ 315 52 13 25 •• P1it tsburg, via Cum berl'd 312 34 10 00 .. Pittsburg, via liar- ~ nsburg and.Pa.Cen. 318 30 10 00 R. R. and stage .... • • • • J Wheeling, Va., via~ 309 38 11 00 Cumberland ....... •• •• Columbus, 0 ............ 437 58 17 00 {Cincinnati, via } •• •• Wheeling and Co- 555 64 21 00 lumbus ........... { Cincinnati, via ~ • • •• ~heeling and Ohio 692 72 16 00 R•ver ............. • • •• ~ New Orleans, via l Ohio a~1d ~iss. R's ~ 2240 264 31 00 •• •• ~ St. Lotus, VIa Ohio ~ 1389 156 and Miss. Rivers .. 26 00 •• • • j Richmond, Va., via~ 171 Washington ..••.. Ilk 7 00 • • • • Norfolk ...•...•.....•.. 196 17 5 00 • • • • Charleston ........•.••. 594 5:3 17 00 • • .. Savannah .............. 634 • • Montgomery, Ala ...•.. 59 22 00 • • 1110 97 41 00 BALTIMORE TO CUMBERlAND. 143 Names of Places. Miles. Hours. Farf'8. From BALTIMORE to Mobile ...•............. 1307 l:l7 49 00 .. New Orleans ........... 1473 157 54 00 Memphis, Tenn ... . .. ... 1323 181 40 00 { *Cleveland, via New } • • . . York City, and N. 807 49 20 00 Y. and Erie R. R .. •• . . Detroit ....... ..... ..... 943 61 23 00 • • • • ~ Chicago, via Cleve- ( 1226 96 29 50 land and Detroit .. \ ' Chicago, via the Ohio t •• • • ( River and St.Louis 1806 216 34 00 .... Galena, via Chicago .... 1406 144 37 50 St. Paul, Min. 'rer ...... 1755 179 42 50 *The most expeditious and convenient route from Baltimore to Cleveland, and the North-West, is via New York City and the New York and Erie R. R. to J)unkirk, thence by steamboat to Cleveland, J)etroit, Clticago, &c. Passengers taking this route, will avoid both stage and canal travel. In tlle spring of 1852 the Pennsylvania R. R., through to Pittsburg, and the P1ttsburg and Cleveland R. R., are to be opened. These will then form the best route from Baltimore to the North-West. From llAJ..TIMORE to PHILADELPHIA, see page 82. From BALTIMORE to WASHINGTON, RrcHMOND, CHARLESTON, NEW ORLEANS, &c., sec the several routes, from page 83 to 86, inclusive. From BALTIMORE to NoRFOLK, by steamboat, 196 miles. Frorr1 BALTIMORE to FREDERICK, Md., see following route. F rom w h'e-ling. 09 00 94 88 85 77 71 65 59 55 50 3D 27 OR 05 87 69 57 31 BAlTIMORE TO CUMBERlAND AND WHEEliNG. Baltim. ~ Ohio R. R. BALTIMORE to. *R€!lay House .... . Ellicott's Mills .... Elysvi lie .......•.. Putney's Bridge .... Sy kesvi lie ......... Woodbine ...... . .. Mount Airy ....... Monrovia ......... Ijamsville ......... t f1-,REDERIC JUNC. •. Point of Rocks .... ~ tHARPER'S ~ FERRY, VA. Martinsburg ....... Hedgeville Depot .. HANCOCK, MD ..... Doe Gully Tunnel. Paw-Paw Tunnel. §CUMBERLAND Place From to Balli- Place. more. -- -- 0 0 9 9 6 15 6 21 3 24 ·8 32 6 38 6 44 6 50 4 54 5 5D 11 70 12 82 19 101 3 104 18 122 18 140 12 152 26 178 By Stage over Na· tiona! Road to 120 Frostburg .......•. 11 189 90 Smithfield, Pa ..... 30 219 69 UNIONTOWN ....... 21 240 57 BROWNSVILLE. 12 252 46 Hillsboro' ......... 11 263 2D \V ASHINGTON ...... 17 280 1D Claysville . .... .. .. 10 2!)0 12 W. Alexander to . . 7 297 0 WHEELING .... 12 309 - - - From WHEELING TO BAL- l'lace From Wh'e- TIMORE. to llalti· ling. Place. more. (Read up.) ---- Stages run between Frederi ck and Hagerstown, Md. The latter place is, at present, the terminus of the Franklin R. R. Passengers here may reach Chambersburg,Har~ risburg. &c., by railroad. At the latter place a connection is formed with the Railroad. Pennsylvania Central |