So many queries concerning the different ways to get to Springfield have been made to us by men who are much confused in their own minds as to just what each of the different railroads offers in the way of inducements, that we consider it proper to make a simple statement of what we understand as the claims of the different companies.

As in the past four years, the Boston & Albany road will run special trains from Boston, from about seven in the morning until the crowd is cared for. It will also run a special train from the railroad crossing in Cambridgeport, near the Harvard Bridge. This latter train will leave at 9.15 in the morning and the number of tickets sold will be limited to the seating capacity. The road is double track all the way. The fare will be $2.50 for the round trip. The football team will travel by this route.

The New York and New England railroad will also run special trains this year for the first time. This line is about thirty miles further than the Boston and Albany, and for the greater part of the way is single track. It offers $2.00 as the rate for the round trip, and announces that it will give special trains the right of way. A limited number of the special tickets will be good going on the after-noon before the game.

The Boston and Maine railroad has also run special trains every year, but they have been for the most part made up of parlor cars chartered by private parties. The road is single track most of the way and is about twenty miles farther than the Boston and Albany.

We have made this statement in hopes that it may aid some men who are in doubt in making up their minds which way to go.