The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-03
THEY ALL LIKE SAVANNAH
It VIM be the Great Winter Resort OF
The Future.

the Future
Travel is increasing. Notwithstanding
the weather gets no colder. tourists are
coming south 70 rscreate. The vestibuls
train has god number Of passengers On
every soutb-bound trip. Since the tickets
from New York 70 Savannah have the
same st1p-oH limit that the tickets 70 points
II Florida have. the tourists are stopping
here more than ever.
"A class Of people stop here now sad =
] Savannalian Gt the De soto LAST night,
THAT never stopped before. The De soto
IS catching them too. Ths other hotels are
/ -0- hurt at all oy the De Soto, either
The annual tourist is spending part Of his
/ time On his southern tour in Savannah now.
I l. Is predicted that the travel for this month
I viii be much larger than for any month
I this season, and more tourists will stop over
{ here. II Is not believed that the season will
/ be as great for Florida as il usually is. but
/ there IS no doubt that Savannah will see
more tourists this year than ever before.
| The season was not expected 70 be a very
hesvy one here. but Savannahisns believe
that tourists viii q ID Savannah as pleasant
a resort as can be found in the south.
Calf rnla did not draw much Of the
tourist travel this year, and it is said that.
ss a winter resort, California has lost its
grip. TIE seasons are said 20 be too rainy
" eStern and northwestern tourists who
have fouEd great pleasure at the California
resorts are finding great deal more enjoy
me1t IN the south A tours, said last night
thst no fault can be found with the seasons
in this part Of the world They are as nearly
perfect as they en- be. Rains do not occur
often enough 10 make It dIsagreeable; on the
contrary, they occur only az such times, it
seems, as % make 1t refreshing. The climate
Is mild The weather may sometimes seem
crisp 70 southern people, but they do not
Know how 70 appreciate the climate until
they have passed 8 season on the snow ba- Ks
IN the north. east. or west. While the sun
IS shining and the zaphyrs blowing, the
tourists In the south may De summing while
their friends and neighb0rs who are unable
to get down here are almost freezing in the
north and west
Tourists have been accustomed - 90 to
Florida, and when northern people speak Of
taxing q southern tour they have their
minds on Florida Savannah, in the long
run, affords more Accommodations for
tourists than any city In the country.
IL Is true, when tourist stops
here be Is not in FlJrida, and he cannot tell
OF escapades in Florida upon his return, but
here be enjoys the same atmosphere, aud
nowhere in the south is the scenery finer.
The facilities, in nearly every way, surpass
those Of any resort south. The
hotel Accommodations are as good
as any; the railroad and steamship
lines reach every section Of the country.
Savannah is the terminus Of the direct
lines from the north and they have sought to
make Savannah what it Is destined to be-
come, the most popular southern winter
resort The enterprising citizens Of Savan-
nah have expended their money in making
the city greater. and better able 10 claim
what some day, il is believed, it will claim.
They have built big hotel, and their
lsoors have just begun. The gen.
ueman said that the people recog-
nizs this, and they are putting
their heads together TO improve upon their
lsbors Next year, he said, will see what
Savannah has done in the past two years
This year the weather has not been cold
enough continuously, in the north, to make
tourists seek warmer climates in as large
numbers as they would had the seasons
been different
The last two winters have been mild
milder than it is believed next winter will
be-and il The weather is severe Savannah
will be the gayest city In the south.