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From the information he had got up before sailing he had learnt that there were several of these , but that there was very little difference either in their speed or rates of fare , and that their through-rates to Denver were practically the same . He had therefore fixed on the Chicago and Little Rock line , not because its advantages were greater , but in order to be able to go straight from the steamer to the station without having to make up his mind between the competing lines . He found on arrival that the emigrant trains ran to Omaha , where all the lines met , and that beyond that he must proceed by the regular trains . An emigrant train was to leave that evening at six o'clock . `` The train will be made up about four , '' a good-natured official said to him , `` and you had best be here by that time so as to get a corner seat , for I can tell you that makes all the difference on a journey like this . If you like to take your ticket at once you can register that trunk of yours straight on to Denver , and then you wo n't have any more trouble about it . '' `` Of course we stop to take our meals on the way ? ''