The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-02
A NEW ROUTE NoRrH.
A Talkcd-of Connection Between the
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A Telkcd-of Connection Between the
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The latest railroad gossip Of interest 10
Savannah is that there Is a prospect that
the Atlantic Coast Line may make a move
70 secure connection with the South
Bound railroad and operate its Florida
service over that line as soon as the Florida
| Central and Peninsular extension to Savan-
/ nah 10 completed
The reports have 1t that the Atlantic
Coast Line has become dissatisfied with its
arrangements with the Plant system, by
which all OF the north and south business Of
! the Coast Line is turned over to the Plant
| system. One reason for this dissatisfaction
is said to be that the Coast Line has failed
| 70 gain the advantage in reduction Of time
/ expected by reason of the building
OF the Wilson Cutoff, on account
Of the dilatOry schedules of the Plant sys-
tenn The Coast Line began the operation
| OF It's trains over the cutoff yes
terday. By the new schedule which went
into effect the Coast Line gains two hours
and half on Its southern trip over the pre-
vious schedule. The new schedule Of the
Plant system onlv saves an hour and half
on the old schedule to Savannah and loses
another half hour on the way to Jackson
vile, reducing the gain in time to travellers
coming south by the Coast Line to one
hour.
The explanation given OF this by the
officials OF the Plant system is that the
Coast Line fast train arrives in Charleston
at the unearthly hour of o'clock in the
morning, and No. % on the Charleston and
Savannah railroad, which takes up the
schedule here, which could leave az 4:3O
O'Clock is held until $50 O'Clock for the con-
yenience or passengers at that point. By
leaving Charleston at $50 O'clock instead Of
4;5O 10 Is said the passengers arrive in
Savannah at a seasonable time for breakfast
and at Jacksonville at a proper hour for
dinner. 1t is not thought that the edvapt-
age or saving an hour in the schedule
would compensate for the start from
Charleston at 4:30 O'Clock and awaking the
passengers for breakfast In Savannah two
hours later.
Another reason, it Is said, why the Coast
Line desires connection with the South
Bound railroad is that by so doing it will
get the advantage OF the reduced distance
TO Jacksonville by the new line of nearly
forty miles in all and the shorter route of
the Florida and Peninsular railroad TO
Tampa, saving of about seventy miles.
In addition to this it is thought that the
Coast Line could save q few miles more to
Savannah by building to a connection with
the South Bound. BY adding the distance
saved TO Jacksonville and Tampa to the
distance gained by the Wilson short cut,
the Coast Line would be enabled to make a
much shorter schedule south than it does at
present.
The new route which was put into opera
tion yesterday leaves Wilmington TO the
east and runs via Fayetteville, n. c., to
Florence, s. c., and thence to Charleston.
From Florence to Sumter the Coast Line
has line and the latter place is also on the
main line OF the Atlantic Coast Line from
Charleston to Columbia
Without constructing a mile of track the
Coast Line could run It's trains via Column
bia over the South Bound to Sa-
vannhh, which route would be
only few miles longer than
the nearest route via Charleston. From
Sumter there Is a line controlled by the
Coast Line to a little town called Rimini
and from this point to Denmark or
Graham's on the South Bound is about
ninety miles. By building a short cut across
the country here, the distance around by
Columbia would be saved. This is said to
be the plan; to connect from Denmark on
the South Bound to Sumter on the Coast
Line and to operate the through freight and
passenger service between Florida and the
north by shat route. The route
would be few miles shorter
to Savannah than the present one via
Charleston and would have the advantage
OF the decreased distance to Florida points
via the Florida Central and Peninsular rail-
road.
The reports did not originate in Savannah
but were brought here from along the
Atlantic Coast Line, where the report ia
current. It may be pure gossip and there
may be something in it.