The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-28
IN A HURRY TO GET NORTH.
The Exodus From Florida Beginning
Early This Year.

All Northern Bound Trains Crowded
and Accommodations Engaged
Weeks Ahead-Sayannah Filled
With Tourists Now-The Season
Here Greater Than Was Ever
Known.
The tourists are now moving north
rapidly. They started to leave the south
this year much earlier than usual on ac-
count of the warm weather. The cold
snap has, to some extent, temporarily
suspended the northern travel, but by
April 20 practically all of the tourists
will have gone. 1t is usually customary
for them to stay south until Easter and
between that and April 10 or 20 they go
north
The Savannah, Florida and Western
people say that every berth on their reg
ular trains are now engaged as far ahead
as April and every train that comes in
from the south over the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western or the Florida Central
and Peninsular railroad is filed to its
capacity
SAVANNAH HOLDS THEM.
Up to 1890 Savannah was a point of
little or no interest to tourists, but to-day
it is one of the most important points on
the South Atlantic coast. A man in the
railroad business who is in a po-
sition to know and who keeps thorough
ly posted as to the business the
different cities which Savannah completes
with are doing, was asked how Savannah
stands in comparison with these cities
He said he thought Savannah has done
more, and he knew it had done as much,
business this year as any city in Georgia
or Florida.
idr. j. C. Halle, general passenger
agent of the Central railroad, was asked
why Savannah does not get its share of
the tourists from the west He replied
that there are several reasons. In the
first place, the Central had not been able
until a short time ago to put tickets on
sale that would allow people to come
through Savannah without extra COST be-
cause as soon as they did it the ticket
scalpers would use these tickets to such
an extent that they had been forced to
stop selling them. AS it is now, people
going to Florida from points in Wiscon-
sin, Illinois, Michigan and as far east as
Ohio and the western portion of Pennsyl-
vania came down, say from Chicago,
| through to Evansville, Nashville, Bir-
mingham or Chattanooga, and thence to
Macon or Albany, and from either of
these points straight south into Florida.
They now have a ticket so arranged as to
avoid former difficulties, and they will be-
on sale next fall and winter. Another
reason is that on account of these Difficult
ties and other things Savannah is not as
thoroughly advertised in the western and
middle states as it ought to be.
TO BRING TRAVEL HERE.
Mr.. Halle said that during the coming
summer a much more concentrated
effort than has ever been made
! before, is to be made for travel
| for Savannah. AZ great obstacle in
| the way has been the lack of hotel
room. If Savannah had another hotel of
the class to which the De Soto
| belongs, and twice as large, then, said Mr.
| Halle, the railroads would have more
| to work on.
Railroad people here who are ac-
customed to the wants of a travel
! ing public, say they believe another ho-
! tel would not only advertise itself and
! Savannah, but would keep the De Soto
full also, and stop a great portion of
what is now Florida travel. In that
event other things would naturally fol-
/ low. New places of amusement would
| spring up, and the ones now in existence
would be improved. The attractions
around Savannah would be greater and
in few years Savannah would be the
/ objective point for people coming south
Nature has done all for it that is posi-
| bic for 1t to do for any city. MeSsrs.
! Watson Il Powers say they have had all
the guests they could accommodate for
! some time, and everything is engaged
now for two weeks ahead.