The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-16
PREPARING TO TRAVEL.
SUMNER REsORTERS MAY PACK
THEIR TRUNKS NOW.

The Excursion Season Opened and
Low Rates in Effect from Now Until
Oct 3I-The Objectionable Short
Limit and the Iron-Clad Clause Done
Away with This Year-Summer
Travel Expected to Begin Early.
Some Of the Popular Resorts.
Ticket Agents Dowen Of the Central
railroad and Haines of the Savan-
nah. Florida and Western railway
received yesterday the new rate books
for the summer excursions. The agents
will have a good deal less annoyance
this season than they had last season. The
tickets will not have to be signed by the
purchaser, subject to the same conditions
as was the case last year. When q ticket is
sold it is good, at the summer rate, until
Oct. 81. Last year the excursion tickets
were limited to continuous passage, and the
purchaser had to sign the iron-clad ticket
AS the arrangement was, many pleasure
seekers were SO annoyed that they aban-
doned some of the trips. The Southern
Passenger Association saw this and at its
meeting in Florida in December it made
speedy change By the present arrange
ment a person who holds ticket TO Asne-
vile may stop over at Augusta or any
place on the line, and spend half OF as much
of the three months as is desired, and the
same may be done returning. The new
arrangement is very convenient to those
who 60 to resorts.
NO CHANGE IN RATES.
The rates are about the same as they were
last year. Few calls have been made for
tickets yet, but the agents have been
deluged with inquiries about which is going
to be the most popular nearby resort. The
agents say that probably Tallulah Falls
and Asheville WILL lead.
They were the most popular resorts last
year, and, from the tone OF the inquiries, the
agents think that they will be so this
season. The rate TO Tallulah is SIG IS
and to Asheville SIS 80. Spartauburg and
Toccoa promise to be popular also. The
rate 10 the former is Sl3 25, and to Toccoa 1t
is SIS 20. These were both popular places
last year. Lookout Mountain will catch
good many people this year. as will Warm
Springs and GAINESVILLE. Marietta will be
popular, but hardly so popular as last year.
Gainesville. Ga, will get its usual number,
and Morristown and Mount Airy will come
in for their share. Walhalla, S. c., a new
resort, is becoming popular, and the agents
anticipate big travel in that direction.
Virginia points will be more popular this
season, it Is thought, than they were last
sSdeOu. Oucn TeaOTIS as fSOCkOTlQR6 Alum
Springs, Virginia Beach, Roanoke and
Alton. Va, will draw largely. White Sui
phur Springs, w. Va. promises to be popu-
lar. Coming next to Asheville, in North
Carolina resorts, are probably Wrightsville
and Morehead. Tickets to western resorts
in Colorado, Manitoba, Utah and Mime
sofa will be given longer limits.
THE TYBEE EXCURSIONS.
The excursions to Savannah and Tybee
from Macon, Atlanta, Augusta, Charleston
and Jacksonville, the agents think, will be
larger this season than ever before. Special
trains will be run after June l from Au-
gusta, Jacksonville and Charleston to Sa-
vannah and Tybee. Looking 10 this end
President Purse and General Agent Wood
ruff have put the Savannah and Atlantic
railway in splendid condition by increasing
the facilities in every possible way and by
improving the road bed and equipment
The ticket agents are holding themselves
in readiness for the rush. They think that
as the winter was unusually warm, the re-
sort seekers will leave early this year. Last
year travel was not forward Pleasure
seekers took their own time about getting
away, and at no time were the agents
crowded by purchasers. They are straight
ening up their offices now, and putting the
resort tickets first in the ticket cases and
making everything handy" in the event of
rush"