The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-07
The SCHEDULES ARRANGED
The Railroads Getting Ready for a
Heavy Winter Travel.

The Vestibule Train Will Be Run Six
Times a Week-The Schedules Fav-
orable to Savannah-No. % Will
Pass Through at Midnight, Instead
of at Daybreak-Local Trains and
to Be Restored-The New Seized
ule to Go Into Effect Dec. l.
Supt r. G.. Fleming of the Savannah,
Florida and Western railroad has re-
turned from Washington, where meet
ing of the officers of the Plant and Coast
Line systems was held to arrange passen-
ger schedules for the coming winter A
very satisfactory system of passenger
schedules was agreed upon and one that
surpasses all previous systems. The YES
Thule train will run daily this winter,
except Sunday 1t will reduce the
time from New York to Savannah to
twenty-five hours, and TO St. Augustine
to thirty hours.
The hours of departure from New York
and arrival at Savannah are both very
favorable to Savannah travel. The vesti-
bule will leave New York at 10 80 o'clock
in the day, and arrive at Savannah a.
1890 o'clock the next morning. 1t will
arrive at Jacksonville at 5:20 O'clock and
at St. Augustine at $3.50 o'clock in the af-
ternoon. The YeStibule will be put on as
soon as the Ponce de Leon opens at st.
Augustine, which will be about the mid
die of January.
CHANGES TO BE MADE ON DEC. /.
The other schedules will 20 into effect
on Dec. l Train No. 35, the fast train,
will make the distance from New York in
twenty-three hours. There will be very
little change in the present schedule.
No. 35 will leave New York at 9:30o'clock
in the morning, and will reach Savannah
at S:l5 the next morning. This schedule
is also very favorable to Savannah. The
southwark bound traveller has plenty of
time to get his breakfast, and get off from
New York in good shape, and arrives in
Savannah in good time for breakfast tho
next morning
The schedule of No. 90 is not so favora-
BILE, but this is a slower train than the
other two, and is not so largely patron
lied. It's schedule is improved considera-
bly,, however, as to times. Instead of ar
irving at Savannah at 40 o'clock in the
morning, as at present, No. % win leave
New York at 0 o'clock at night, and will
reach Savannah at midnight the next
night, making the trip in about twenty
six hours.
The north bound trains, Nos IA and rs,
will run about the same schedule as at
present.
TRAINS AND 6 TO BE PUT BACK.
Local trains Nos. and will also be
put back on Dec. /. This will be good
news to the people along the line of the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway
as they have been greatly Inconvenience
by the withdrawal of these two trains.
Supt. Fleming is in hopes that the Jesup
quarantine will be raised soon, as the
fever appears to have about died out there.
The Jesup quarantine, he says, interferes
more with travel on his line than that at
Brunswick, being at the junction with
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad and an important point for both
freight and passenger traffic.
Supt. Fleming says that the indica-
tions are that there will be a very heavy
travel south this fall. That this opinion
is held generally by the officials of the
roads comprising the Atlantic Coast Line
route is shown by the arrangement to
run the veStibule train six times a week
this season, instead of only three times a
week as in previous seasons.
SAvANNAH's PROSPECTS FOR TRAVEL GOOD.
Savannah will be in a much better sit
uation this winter with regard to the
touriSt-travel business than ever before
Tho Florida Central and Peninsular rail
road officials have already announced that
they will put on through trains from New
York as soon as their connection between
Savannah and Jacksonville is completed.
There will be sharp competition be-
tween the two rival lines for the tourist
travel, and Savannah is bound to reap
some benefit from it. Savannah has
heretofore been denied a tourist rate by
the Atlantic Coast Line, but it is believed
that the competition with the
Florida Central and Peninsular railroad
will force this concession this year A.
concession has already been announced
for this season in the shape of longer
stop-overs on tourist tickets The Florida
Central and Peninsular railroad officials
have intimated that they would give Sa-
vannah tourist rates, and there is little
doubt Savannah will enjoy all the advaut-
ages of a tourist point this season.