The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-03
Opening of"Now shortsLine'' to Florida.

The Richmond and Danville Rail.
road announces that ON Sunday, De-
cember "a, 1898, it will, in connection
with the Florida Central and Penln-
suiar Railroad open New Snort
Linen TO Florida, via Columbia and
Savannah, making one complete line
of railroad from Washington, D. g..
on the Potomac river, to Tampa, Fla,
on the Gulf of Mexico, passing through
the Piedmont section of Virginia and
North Carolina, Columbis, s. G., and
Savannah, Ga, TO Jacksonville, st.
Augustine, Palatka, Ocala, Gainesville
and all points in Florida With perfect
and complete system OF double daily
fast schedule, Pullman Sleeping
and Dining Car service and soild
trains.
The Richmond and Danville has
been most properly selected oy our
government for the route Of the
Great Southern Fast Mail" and BY
this new combination with the Florida
Central and Penipsular system, the
newspapers and letter mail of the great
eastern cites will leave Washington,
D. G., at l1,01 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 Column Ola
and Savannah, carrying through Pull
man Sleeping Car between New York
and Jacksonville, leaving Charlotte
each night st l0, so o'clock and arriving
in Jacksonville the following mornino
at $50 O'CLOCK; and in connection WI q
the washington and Southwestern
Vestibuled Limited" another through
train will be operated between Char
lotte, n. c., and Jacksonville, Fla, via
Columbia and Savannah, leaving Char
,otte each day at $50 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 and
Tampa, Fla, and Pullman Dining Car
between Charlotte and Savannah.
Returning, a through train 10 con-
nection with the Richmond and Dan
Vile "Great Southern Fast Mail,n will
leave Jacksonville at 2.25 p. N. arriving
Colunnbia l105 p. M, and Chariotte
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 700 O'Clock a. m., and arrlge W
CoIumbia $50 p. NJ. and Charlotte SOU
D. m, with Pullman Sleeping Car from
Tampa to New York, and Dining Gar
Savannah to Charlotte.
These trains will be operated from
Columbia over the South Bound Rail
road, which is. now a part Of the florl.
da Central and Penilsular SYSTEM, ana
viii! place interior South Carolina IN
close connection with Florida and the
South. The trains Of the Colnn ola and
Greenville Railroad, connecting AZ
Columbia with the new through trains
herein mentioned, will put Greenyllle,
Anderson, Abbeviile, Greenwood, Lau4
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 te-wlnter
fnurists rates, schedules, etc., apply to
w. Hunt, T. P. A.. Augusta, Ga.;
eay, City TicketAgeh t Coin M
&c, l.. Hopkins, T.. +. A.
Irs', oua' i = g., or w. A. Turk, Gen
0nTA'T SraI psssenSs gent, Washington,
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