The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-28
TOURISTS ON THE WING.
me Winter Rush a Little Late but
Sure to Come.

The tide Of winter travel has now fully
set IN from the north to the winter resorts
California hotel men are complaining thai
they have fewer tourists at this season thar
they have had for many years.
The tourist travel to Georgia and Florida
Is late owing to the open winter, but
tourists have been coming by rail and
steamer for the past two or three weeks
ana while it is not up to the usual travel al
TINS time of the year, a marked increase in
the travel Of last week over the previous
week is noted.
Tourist travel southwark Is regulated BY
the severity Of northern winters, and thus
far the temperature Of the New England
Eastern, Middle States aud Northwestern
States has been high compared with that OF
January year ago. This time last year
the weather in the north began to grow
colder, and by the middle of tho first week
IN February the mercury began TO get in
the nelRhborhood of zero, and then there
was an exodus for the south, just as will
follow within the next two weeks, as indi-
cations point to cold spell next month
HOTEL MEN SMILING.
Hotel men in this city say that the usual
number OF letters are coming ia from
northern tourists engaging rooms in ad-
vance 50 that they NAV stop over for few
days rest before going to points further south
and the space IN the vestibule trains is
pretty much al engaged from Feb. l for the
rest of the tourist season.
The hotels at Thomasville, Brunswick and
OTTER winter resorts in Georgia are filling
up, and reports from Florida indicate that
the advance of the winter travel has already
reached Jacksonville, st. Augustine and
other resorts further south. Some Of it has
continued on via the Plant line of steamers
to Cuba and the Bermudas, but by far the
greater part is satisfied with the balnly air
ana the redolsnt orange groves of Florida.
TOURISTS NEVER FAIL.
A gentleman who has watched closely the
winter tide Of tourist travel from the north
was discussing it last night and no re-
marked that whether it begins early or late
1t comes every season before the winter
closes. Faces become familiar from year to
year, because they are to be seen south
every winter. This is true of Savannah,
Tor large proportion Of the travellers
Florida-bound stop at Savannah going and
coming, and it is predicted that Savannah
will see more Of them and they will re-
main longer when the new hotel is COM
plated in time to accommodate the tourists
next season.
A northern gentleman at one Of the hotels
said last night that there is something pee
uliarly attractive about Savannah to the
northern tourist, and in many respects the
city reminded him OF a northern city. He
remarked that he had taken a stroll about
the city yesterday and viewed the site for
the new hotel.
SAVANNAH's BRIGHT FUTURE.
1t will be great RESORT for northern
travel, he predicted, and the asphalt pave
ment. lie remarked, will give the SIR
roundings an enticing appearance.
Savannah" said the gentleman, "has
some beautiful streets, and your people will
have TO asphalt South Broad street next 1t
is a magnificent street.-The prcttiest you
have, and if yo1 ! ad Bull street paved with
asphalt to the park. it would make your
street of monuments most attractive to Wis
itors and to your own people. Savannah
has not seen so much of northern visitors ~
he added, because she has done nothing
to encourage it, while nearly every little
town in Florida has its hotels built pur-
posely to accommodate that line of travel.
and has advertised them literally, making
enough off Of us in the winter to enable them
to close the hotels in the summer. As a
matter of fact many of us prefer the eli
mate of Savannah, as we don't mind little
cold, and you seldom have freeze. But
your welther last week was miserable-rain
nearly all week"
RAIN IN FLORIDA, TOO.
You ought to have been in Florida
spoke up another II just got in from
there last night after two weeks trip in
South Florida, and l began to think it
never does anything but rain down there"
The wet weather no doubt lessened the
travel south last week, as the signal service
reports have kept the people up north
posted. This week and next they will be
getting away from the northern sleet and
ice for the land of sunshine, as the rains
have ceased here and the ice king is prepar-
ing to put his fetters on the people in the
ATTITUDES Of the north and northwest.
The vestibule trains which Lave been
running light will be better patronized, it is
believed, this week, and the travel will in
crease from that time on.
1t is said that the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company are about to repeat the ''persou-
ally conducted" pleasure excursions to the
south which were operated by them so sue
cessfully last season, and arrangements
have been made to start the first excursion
of this season to-day, a party of excursion
lists having been formed for the first trip.
TIE PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOURS.
The train which will leave New York at
$3.50 O'Clock p. M. to-day will be a special
train of Pullman sleeping cars under the
supervision of a tourist agent This was
very popular with the travelling public last
season, and many ladies were able to travel
unattended, as the trains were furnished
with lady tourist agent who looked after
the comforts Of lady passengers, making
the trip not only pleasurable, but home
like. With the increase Of tourist travel the
railroads have from year to year added
facilities for the greater convenience, COM
tort and quick passage for the tourists. The
tourist can leave New York one day and be
in Savannah the next. He can leave his
homo where the mercury is below zero and
the next day be where flowers are bloom
ing untouched by frost. and as long as such
an opportunity is afforded them the long
tedious journey to California will be seldom
undertaken, and Georgia and Florida will
continue to have the tourists every winter.
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