The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-15
TO Be RUNNING CHRISTMAS
The F. c. & P. to Put on Through
Trains Dec. "a.


VIII Handle-No Further Arrange
ments as to Terminals Hers-The
Schedules of Trains.
President H. r. Duval, General Mana
ger D. E. Maxwell and Chief Engineer
W. S. Greene, Of the Florida Central and
Peninsular railroad, arrived in the city
last night from Jacksonville. The visit
Of the officials to Savannah is for the
/ purpose Of consulting with the engineers
and officials at this end of the line, rela-
tive 70 the early opening of the new line
for traffic. They viii probably leave the
city this morning for Jacksonville or
for some point on the extension.
The through schedule between Jack
scnville and New York has been prepared
and viii be put in operation Dec. "a
| Mai. Greene said last night that the road
viii be completed and ready for opera
ton in a few days. 1t was expected to
! connect the tracks between the two
sections yesterday, but unexpected diff
culties on the southern division
OF the extension prevented. The
northern division, which has
has been constructed from Savannah
under the directions of Maj. I. B. Lee, is
completed and ready for operation. This
division extends forty-four miles south
from Savannah, penetrating Nc
Intosh county. The contractors
on the southern division have not made
the same satisfactory progress as those
on the northern division, but they will
probably finish their work by Saturday
night.
TO BE JOINED TO-DAY.
The two divisions will be joined to-day
or tomorrow, and the work trains will be
running back and forth over the whole
line next week.
Next week will be devoted to surfacing,
finishing up the minor details of the
work, and putting the track in first
class condition in every way for the OPP
GRAFTON Of the through schedule.
General Manager Maxwell, of the
| Florida Central and Peninsular railroad,
was seen last night by a MORNING NEWS
4 reporter. MIR. Maxwell talked very
pleasantly Of the entryof his line into Sa-
! vannah.
I'VE shall do large business through
| Savannah he said. ''With the compile
| ton of the Savannah extension, the Flor
ida Central and Peninsular system will in
clude something over 900 miles of railroad,
not counting unimportant branches. 'Prac-
| tlcally, we operate about 1000 miles of
| railroad. We have two main lines, one
| running across the northern portion of
/ the state, from the Chattahoochee river
to Jacksonville, and the other intersecting
\ the state north and south from Tampa to
| Fernandina. The two lines cross each
1 other at Baldwin, near Jacksonville. Our
northern business has heretofore been
/ handled through the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway. This business will
| continue to be transacted through Savan-
| nah, but will be handled by our own
| lines | think you can safely say that we
| Will bring large amount of business into
| Savannah"
! THE SAVANNAH TERMINALS.
Mr.. Maxwell was cautious in express
| ing himself as to what further improve
ments are contemplated by the Florida
| Central and Peninsular at Savannah.
"We have an arrangement with the
| Central railroad he said, ssby which we
make use of its terminal facilities. The
arrangements will probably be continued
| as long as it is found mutually profitable
and agreeable to both parties"
Judging from the extensive yards and
the permanent appearance of your i'm
| provements at this end of the line it APP
appears very likely that you intend es-
| tabllshing permanent facilities here upon
a large scale" was suggested
| tine conclusion is well drawn" said
MIR. Maxwell. 1T is warranted by the
| appearances"
BY permission of Mr.. Maxwell, General
Passenger Agent Fleming furnished the
MORNING NEWS the complete through
schedule which will be put in operation
on Sunday, Jan. "a. The schedule is one
that will prove very satisfactory to Sa-
vannah. 1t is follows:
THE THROUGH TRAINS.
Train No. IS leaves Jacksonville at z
a. M, arriving at Savannah at IL so
a. m, leaving Savannah at 1901 p. M,
and reaching Columbia at $50 p. m,
making connections with the Richmond
and Danville train for Washington, 6:45
a. m. and New York 1895 p. m. This
makes the time between New York and
Savannah by this train 90 hours and As
minutes.
Train No. 36 leaves Jacksonville at 2e15
p. m, arriving at Savannah at 7:05 p. M,
leaving Savannah at 7:15 p. m,
reaching Columbia at IL :05 p. M, Wash
ington 2: 55 p. m, New York 80 p. m.
A local train leaves Jacksonville at 4 p.
m: and reaches Savannah at 10p m.
This completes the list of the north
bound trains.
The southwark bound trains are as fol-
lows.
No. IS leaves New York at 1890 a. m.
Columbia, 12:35 a. M, arriving at Savan-
nah at 4:30 a. m, leaving Savannah at
4;40 a. m. and reaching Jacksonville at
$3.50 u. m.
No. 81, the vestibuled fast train, leaves
New York at 1880 p. m, reaching Column
bla at noon the next day, and leaving
Columbia at 1910 p. M, and arriving at
Savannah at p. m, leaving Savannah at
4:10 p. m, and arriving at Jacksonville at
OPP m. Time between New York and
Savannah, % hours and 30 minutes.
There will be two local passenger
trains in addition, on the South Bound
railroad between Savannah and Column
bia No. 8 will leave Columbia at j
o'clock a. m. as at present, reaching Sa-
vannah at 8 80 o'clock a. m, and No. 10
will leave Savannah at 3 ;55 o'clock p. m,
reaching Columbia at S:35 O'Clock p. m.
THREE TRAINS TO JACKSONVILLE.
The schedule will give three passenger
trains daily each way between Savannah
and Jacksonville, and both leaving and
| arriving at convenient hours for day
| travel.
The schedules between Savannah and
| Jacksonville will be quickened up
| considerably as sooa as the
road bed becomes settled. On account
OF the new roadbed comparatively slow
time viii be made during the first few
weeks of operation.
The New York World will run special
train by the Richmond and Danville and
the Florida Contra land Peninsular rail-
roads to the Mitchell-Corbett fight at
Jacksonville next month.