The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-20
LUXURY ON THE MOVE.
IF. c. and Prs First VestibuIc Flies
Through With 81 Passengers,

Through With Ga Passengers.
The first New York and Florida special
vestibuled Pullman train via the Florida
Central and Peninsular railroad, arrived
in the city yesterday at 1922 o'clock, city
time, on schedule time.
A representative of the Morning News
met this first vestibuled train of the sea-
son at Columbia. s. c., and made the trip
to Savannah. The ride gave ample evil
dence that the reports of luxurious travel
on these handsome trains have not been
exaggerated.
This train left New York, via the Penn
sylyania railroad. Monday at 1910 p. M,
and made the run over that road, over
the Southern and over the Florida Cen
trail and Pennsular on good time, arriving
in Savannah at the hour stated. Leav-
ing Jersey City it carried six Pullman
Yestibuled cars, one baggage car, a din
ing car and four sleepers The dining
car was dropped at Washington, d. c.,
Monday night after supper, and the Sleep
ing car Nice" from New York, was
dropped at Columbia for Augusta, this
regular service having been established
with this train between these two points.
At Columbia the train took on the din
ing car Southern in time for breakfast,
so that passengers throughout the trip
modations, and such as are only first class,
and as passengers on those trains seek.
The other cars on the train were the sleep
er Zeus, the compartment car Columbia
and the combination sleeper and observa-
ton car Nysa. The compartment car is
a specially attractive feature. which is
not carried by any other vestibuled train
in the south. 1t contains eight state rooms
and two drawing rooms, which afford pri-
vacy and conveniences which are not
given in the ordinary sleeping cars
Everybody knows what Pullman sleep
ing car is, but It seemed that the company
had surpassed itself in preparing these
coaches. They have been improved and
remodeled, until they are the very acme
of perfection in the way of sleeping and
parlor cars. They are the trains of the
millionaires of the north, who have about
as much time as they have money, and
come south in the cold season to spend
portion of both.
The train was in charge of Pullman Car
Conductor ]. E. Cardiff. and for the Flor
ida Central and Peninsular, Conductor J.
Z. Glass one of the best known and most
congenial on the road, had charge of it
between Columbia and st. Augustine. The
well known engineer, Tom Cleary of Sa-
Vannah, held the throttle on No Il, one
of the big new engines the road has re-
Gently purchased, and he knows how to
make the time without pushing it.
Among the well-known railroad men
who were on the train were Messrs. l. NJ
Fleming, district freight and passenger
agent William Butler. Jr., district passen-
ger agent; A. ID. Peck, train master; and
F.. Burton, master mechanic of the Florida
Central and Peninsular railroad, and Mr..
w. NJ. Taylor, district passenger agent of
the Southern railway, who made the trip
all the way from Jersey City. All of the
railroad men kept a close lookout as to the
train service, and wherever improvements
are needed to make it the best that can
possibly be given, they will be made
This train arrived in Jacksonville at $3.50
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and at St.
Augustine at 4:30, central standard time
The first vestibuled train via the Florida
Central and Peninsular and Southern GO
ing north win leave st, Augustine this
morning at $50 o'clock, central
time, and will arrive here at 2:4 p. M,
and leave at 2:56 p. m. This service will
be given daily in both directions. Yes
terday's yestibuled train brought sixty
four passengers from the north for south
ern points, mostly for Florida.