The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-10
Opening of"New Short Line'' to Florida

The Richmond and Danville Rail-
road announces that Cd Sunday, De-
cember "a, 1888, it will, in connection
with the Florida Central aud PENN
sular Railroad open a New Short
Line" to Florida, via Columbia and
Savannah, making one complete line
of ofrailroad from Washington, D. c.,
on the Potomac river, to Tampa, Fla,
on the Gulf of Mexico, passing through
the Piedmont section of Virginia and
North Carolina, Columbia, S. c., and
Savannah, Ga, 10 Jacksonville, st.
Augustine, Palatka, Ocala, Gainesville
and sll points in Florida with perfect
aud complete system of double daily
fast schedule, Pullman Sleeping
and Dining Car service and solid
trains.
The Richmond and Danville has
been most properly selected by our
Government for the route of the
"Great Southern Fast Mall" and by
this new combination with the Florida
Central and Peninsular system, the
newspaper and letter mail of the great
eastern cites will leave Washington,
D. c., at ll,O1 O'Clock every morning
and be in Jacksonville, Florida, the
next morning at $50 O'Clock, and all
over the State of Florida many hours
in advance of any other schedule now
in effect.
In connection with the "Great
Souhern Fast Mail" solid train will
be operated between Charlotte, n, c.,
and Jacksonville, Fla, via Columbia
and Savannah, carrying through Pull
inan Sleeping Car between New York
and Jacksonville, leaving Charlotte
each night at 10, so O'Clock and arriving
in Jacksonville the following morning
at $50 O'CLOCK; and in connection with
the Washington and Southwestern
Vestibuled Limited" another through
train will be operated tetweenCh ar
lotte, n. c., and Jacksonville, Fla, via
Columbia and Savannah, leaving Char
lotte each day at 9 80 am. and arriving
IN Jacksonville 900 o'clock same night,
and Tampa, Fla, the following morn
ing, through Pullman Sleeping Car be-
tween New York and Jacksonville ana
Tampa, Fla, and Pullman Dini.g Car
between Charlotte and Savannah.
Returning, a through train in con-
nection with the Richmond and Dan
willie "Great Southern Fast MAIL" will
leave Jacksonville at 2.25 p. N. arriving
Columbia 11.05 p. M, and Charlotte
8 90 a. M, with Pullman Sleeping Car
from Jacksonville to New York. a
through train in connection with the
Washington and Southwestern Vestl-
buled Limited" will leave Jacksonville
daily at 100 o'clock a. H., and arrive
Columbia $50 p. M. and Charlotte $50
.. m, with Pullman Sleeping Car from
Tampa to New York, and Dining Car
Savannah to Charlotte.
These trains will be operated from
Columbia over the South Bound Rail-
road, which is now part of the Florl-
da Central and Peninsular system, aud
will place interior South Carolina in
close connection with Florida and the
South. The trains of the Colum bia and
Greenville Railroad, connecting at
Columbia with the new through trains
herein mentioned, will put Greenville,
Anderson, Abbeville, Greenwood, Lau-
rens, Spartanburg, Union and New
berry in close touch and sympathy
with the great South which has hereto
fore been difficult to reach and subject
to circuitous routes and long delays.
For further information as to winter
tourists rates, schedules, etc., apply to
R. w. Hunt, T. P. A. Augusta, Ga;
r. L. Seay, City Ticket Agent, Colum-
bia, S. G: c. L. Hopkins, T. P: A.
Charlotte, n. c., or w. A. Turk, Cen
erai Passenger Agent, Washington,
D, G..