Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-13
NEW TRAIN SCHEDULES.
GENERAL CHANGE ON THE CEN
TRIAL AND s., f. AND W. SYSTEMS.

The West India Fast Malt the Fastest
Train Ever Run south-The Time Be-
tween Savannah and New York Going
North Reduced Five BOurs-ChanCes
on the CentraI-The Afternoon West
ern Mall to Arrive Here at Noon.
Tomorrow a new schedule will go into
effect on the railroads, and in more than
one instance the change will be decided
advantage to Savannah. The West India
north bound fast mail will not only be a
gsin OF one train day, but will decrease
the time between Savannah and New
York five hours. Leaving Tampa at s P.
m. on Friday night, say, it reaches
Jacksonville at $3.50 Saturday morning,
and arrives in Savannah at 80 a. N.
Starting from here at 1915 p. m, 1t will
get in Washington Sunday morning at
1880, and in New York at $50 O'Clock
the same afternoon. The time Will be
only 90 hours, as against 34 now takea by
the trains leaving here in the morning
and evening.
A letter sent from here at noon one day
VIII be in the New York post office the
next afternoon. The train will make
from thiTty-tye TO forty miles an hour.
The time from Savannah to the seven
mile junction near Charleston will be two
hours and tfty-hine minutes, or trihe
over thirty-six miles and hour.
NIGHT TRAINS THROUGH FLORIDA.
This new train will give night SER
vice through Florida, something which
that state has not had heretofore
Floridians will be able to leave Barlow
and Tampa and points along the line at
night, arrive in Savannah before noon,
spend half day here aud start back at
night, thus losing only a day away from
their business. BY the new schedule the
time coming north will be sixteen hours,
about three hours longer than the south
bound fast mail takes.
The distance from Savannah TO Tampa
il Az miles. The sleeper on the North
bound train will connect at Washington
with through parlor cars for the north,
East and Vest. Close connection will be
made at New York with Boston. Montreal
and Buffalo trains. Besides the saving
in lime the new, train VIII be Oh the road
but one night while the train leaving
here at Sis p. IN, is running two nights.
THE WEST INDIA FAST MAIL.
The West India last mail going and
COMM Will be one Of the finest sleeping
car services in the world. 1t will make
just about the same time that is made by
The great Pennsylvania Central between
New York and st. LOUIS. That road
makes GOO miles in 3413 hours, a sched-
uie over which the road has boosted
great deal. The fast mail. with sleepers,
makes the run from New York to Tampa,
1876 miles, in less than Al hours. This
run Is the longest in the country, with
the exception OF some across the cOntl-
nent. The time proves mat the railroad
service in the South is equal to the best in
the North and East, excepting, OF course,
some short runs.
AuOrber new connection will be the
m. and arriving in Montgomery at 80
the next morning, with through sleeper
from WaycrOss. The train which will
leave Savannah at :06 a. m. will reach
Albany at $40 p. m, where it will make
connections with trains for southwest
Georgia. Returning it will leave Albany
at 10:30 a. M, stop at Townsville for
dinner and arrive here at : :5S .. m.
CHANGES ON THE CENTRAL.
the Central railroad does not change
the time OF any train leaving Savannah,
but it makes a considerable cnange in the
time Of the arrival of the afternoon mail.
The train which now brings the Atlanta
ard Western mail leaves Atlanta at . a.
m. and reaches Savannah at 1907 p. IN.
Tomorrow ii will leave Atlanta at 2:25
a. IN. and arrive in Savannah at 1890 p.
N. The change will make the train carry
q sleeper, which il has not had to do
heretofore. The night train leaving At
lanta for Savannah Will not be changed.
The morning train leaving Savannah at
$40 will not get in Atlanta on the new
schedule until fifteen minutes after mid
night, whereas il has been due there at
D:65 at night. The time will be two hours
and forty minutes longer.
1t was reported that the proposed
change would give an earlier morning
train out OF Savannah, but 1t will be seen
that the time Of departure from here ia
- FHH.e As before.