The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-25
THE SLOW FAST MA1L.
a Search for savannah's Benefit From
the Wilson "Cut-of."

I
the Wilson Cutoff"
Supt. R. G. Fleming Of the Savannah.
| Florida and Western railway was asked
last night about the new schedules north
aud south between Savannah aud jackson
vile.
Considerable complaint has been made
because Of the failure of the Plant system 20
take advantage OF the reduced time from
/ New York by reason of the Wilson Cutoff
recently completed by the Atlantic Coast
! Line. By means Of this cutoff the Coast
Line saves p hours in its 8 hedule toCharies-
ton. The Coast Lne train which arrived at
| Charleston last season az O'Clock ia the
morning now arrives there at l:l9 o'clock, q
I gain OF hours and Al minutes. No. %, the
fast mail, which takes up the Coast Line
schedule from Charleston arrived
at Savannah at 6:44 a. m. last
season. Il now arrives in Savannah at 5:l5
a. NJ, gain Of only hour and % minutes.
This makes net loss on the new schedule OF
l hour and 10 minutes. This train formerly
left Savannah a. 1904 o'clock arriving in
Jacksonville at noon. 1t now leaves at $3.50
arriving in Jacksonville at IL o'clock, a
gain Of only one hour TO Jacksonville by
the new schedule.
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
railroad has recently put on a train, known
O'Clock in the morning, two hours before
the Savannah train reaches there. arriving
at Tampa at 4:45 O'Clock in the afternoon.
Il has been urged that if No. % were to
leave Savannah at 4 80 o'clock in the morn
ing, an hour earlier than at present, it could
reach Jacksonville at $50 in time TO catch
the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
train for Tampa, thus giving Savannah the
advantage of through mail and passenger
service to points below Jacksonville on the
same day and also to points along the east
coast as well.
To reach Titusville and other points OF
Importance below jacksonville, passengers
now have to leave Savannah the night be-
fore, arriving at their destination In the
afternoon Of the following day. There is
no doubt that this schedule could be easily
made. The Nancy Hanks. the Central rail-
roads fast train, makes the distance from
Savannah TO Macon, 191 miles, in four
hours, and the Savannah, Florida and w est
ern railway would certainly have no trouble
in making the distance TO Jacksonville, Ill
miles, in five hours.
The Savannah, Florida and Western has
another train, No. %, which leaves Savan-
Jacksonville for points farther south. No.
% and No. 81 make exactly the same con-
nections at Jacksonville at present.
Ii has been urged that IL the Savannah,
Florida aud Western were to quicken up
its schedule so that No. 81 would reach
Jacksonville at $3.50 o'clock in the morning.
which could easily be done, Savannah
would have the advantage Of double daily
connection with ali Florida points south OF
Jacksonville.
The case was presented 10 Supt. Fleming
In this light. His reply was that the ques-
ton OF the schedules upon the Savannah =,
Florida and Western railway had been very
carefully studied out with the view to
giving the best passenger service possible
to the patrons Of the roed. That an earlier
schedule could be made, Capt. Fleming
said, was undoubtedly true. de did NOT
believe, however, that a fast train leaving
Savannah between and O'Clock in the
morning would be appreciated by the travel
Ing public. There is grumbling now, he
said, because the trains leave as early
as $50 o'clock In the morning. A schedule
leaving Savannah at $3.50 or o'clock in
the morning would be seriously objected
to, be thought, by the travelling public.
The hotels would make special objections
to such a schedule, as it would be a great
Inconvenience to them.
Capt. Fleming said he thought Savan-
nah's portion Of the travelling public cared
a great deal more for finishing a nights
rest before departing on Journey than for
getting into Jacksonville an hour OF an
hour and half earlier than at present.
IL was suggested that IL might be a good
idea 20 run out an early train, taking up
the quick schedule of the Coast Line at
Charleston and that travellers to whom it
was no advantage to arrive in Jacksonville
early in the morning could take the slow
train, which leaves Savannah at $40 and
arrives in Jacksonville at noon, a difference
Of only. one hour. Capt. Fleming did not
think this would be Of any advantage, how
ever. 1t remains TO be seen of what adj
vantage the Wilson Cutoff is to Savannah
or in fact any point in the way of earlier
trains.