And for my part I would about as soon eat the ticket as the terrapin.
Of a number of other odd items which help to give Baltimore distinct flavor I find the following in my notebooks: There are good street railways; also 'bus lines operated by the United Railways Company.

Under the terms of its charter this company was originally obliged to turn over to the city thirteen per cent.

of its gross income, to be expended upon the upkeep of parks.

Of late years the amount has been reduced to nine per cent.

The parks are admirable.
Freight rates from the west to Baltimore are, I am informed, enough lower than freight rates to New York, Boston, or Philadelphia, to give Baltimore a decided advantage as a point of export.