The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-30
TOURISTS COMING FAST NOW:
PEOPLE HURRYING OUT OF THE
SNOW AND ICE-BOUND NORTH.

Hardly BE at Its Hight Until Lent
Begins-Yesterday's Trip Was One
Out of snOwdrIfts Into Sunshine.
The Schedule One OF the FASTEST
On Record and the Trains APP
pOinfmente Perfect.
Northern tourists are rolling through Sa-
yannah at the rate Of 100 to $50 a day.
though on account of the Iateness of Lent
the tourist season has by no means reach
ed its hight and Of these the New York
and Florida special via the Atlantic Coast
line and Plant system is carrying daily
from 60 to 70 per cent, all the way from
New York to and south Of Savannah.
The vestibuled train has few equals and
no superiors in the country. and it is
sought by the millionaire as a matter of
necessity and by the comparative pauper
as a luxury. though it costs him no more
to ride in it than is the case in Pullman
cars on other trains, for the same distance.
The trip Of the special vestbuled train
that arrived in Savannah en- route to St.
Augustine yesterday is in some respects
noteworthy one. Monday morning in New
York city was bright and clear. though the
wind was brisk and the temperature some-
what chilling. Shortly after the depar-
ture of the train a heavy blizzard set in
from the west, and the snow fell fast all
the way down from New York 10 Wash
ington and Richmond Between Philadel-
phia and Richmond the train plowed
through snow from six ten twelve inches
in depth and I'm drifts from one to three
feet, yet the fifty passengers who had
passed through this blizzard awoke yes
terday morning in southern sunshine,
where overcOats were no longer necessary
out Of doors, and by noon, heavy UNDER
clothing began to feel uncomfortable.
Such is the frequent experience of passen-
gers and such is the speed of the train
that changes of climate are often noted in
a few hours travel
The special is carrying an average of
sixty to seventy-five passengers daily from
all points of the north and east into Geor-
gia and Florida. Among them are mil
nonaires, politicians and statesmen, and
all classes of pleasure seekers. The
schedule is one of the fastest to be found
on any route. The time from New York
to St. Augustine, a distance of 046 miles, is
% hours and 45 minutes. and after leaving
the Jersey City depot of the Pennsylvania
reaching St. Augustine. These are pinch
pal points, such as Philadelphia, Whining
3 ton, Washington, Baltimore, and most of
them are division points where engines
and crews are changed. Leaving New
York at 4:30 p. m, passengers arrive in
Washington at 1O:4S p. m, in Savannah at
2:32 D. IN. and at st. Augustine at S15 p.
m. The northbound train takes a little
longer to make the trip, as it goes into
Charleston instead of stopping at Ashley
Junction and into Richmond instead of
taking the short cut around via ClOpton.
1t leaves st. Augustine at $3.50 a. m, Sa-
vannah at 1853 p. m, and arrives at New
York at 523 p. m, the next day. This
schedule was made at the beginning of
the season, and with one exception, when
the track in North Carolina was blocked
by a wrecked freight train, it has never
been late.
The train itself consists of six Pullman
Vestibuled cars, heated by steam from
the engine, and lighted by electricity.
1t requires four of these trains to do the
service, one leaving New York and St.
Augustine every day except Sunday. One
end Of the baggage car CT the Florida
special is elegantly fitted up as an OBJ
servation car and smoker. The dining
car and it's service are luXuries that a
few years ago people might have dreamed
of. Their draperies and furnishings are
elegant. by GdIlA WliAuOW - a SNduu III
which are growing Florida palms and
ferns a suggestion of the sub-tropical
growth the tourist will see in the south.
The dining car Waldorf, on yesterdays
south-bouhd train, was one that was
used last year when just from the shops
in the bridal train of ]. w. DOane, the
son of one of the Pullman company di-
reetors. The train ran only between
Chicago and Minneapolis and the bridal
trip cost 1000. After the dining car are
three sleepers upholstered in German silk
hair cloth, and last, a combination sleeper
and observation car. The train is prac-
tically solid and no difficulty is expert
enced in walking from one end of it to
the other when al full speed. The extra
heavy ballasting of the cars and smooth
ness of the track all the way makes
sleeping easy and comfortable. The state
rooms and drawing rooms on the ears
seem most attractive to the wealthy
who desire to travel in seelusion as far
as possible. The fiat and swampy coun-
try scenery is novel sight to those of
the northern tourists who have not seen
it before, and the swarms of little ne
grOes who gather about it al the South
Carolina stations to scramble for pennies
seem to furnish them much amusement
The four trains are in charge of Con-
ductors A. G. Keyser, G.. w. Halter
]. c. Baker and D. W. Newman, all
of them courteous gentlemen who are
always on the lookout, and ready to do
what they can for their passengers. Con-
ductor Keyser, with Conductor H. Car
penter in the dining car came down on
yesterdays train. They take particular
pains to see that their service is perfect
in every particular The train runs
over only four systems between ST. Angus
tine and New York: The Savannah
Florida and Western of the Plant system
the Atlantic Coast Line, the Richmond
and Fredericksburg, and from Qhantico
to Washington over the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad Company's lines
Mr.. Jonah II. White represents the
Coast Line system in New York and is al
ways on the lookout for passengers. He
says the tourists have not begun to 90
south in the usual large numbers vet.
but that the season promises to be a
bright one when Lent begins, and the
probability is that in a few weeks the
travel south will be as heavy as it ever
was.