The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-10
TRAINS WON'T RUN THROUGH.
f. c. AND p. WILL CONNECT WITH
THE SOUTHERN AT COLUMBIA.

Absolutely No Change Made in the
Passenger Schedules of the Flor
ida Central and PeninsuIar
Through Sleeping Car Service Oi
PuIImnns Established To-day on
Its Line-Transfers Mt Columbia
VIII Not BE nt IncOnvenient Hours.
Was Thought the Road Would BE
Able to Arrange for Trackage
With the southern or the Coast
Iine-Newx and Notes of the Rail-
roads.
The Florida Central and Peninsulav and
the Seaboard Air Line will have no con-
nection until the completion of their line
between Cheraw and Columbia, which has
been under construction for some months.
1t is stated as possible, though scarcely
probable. that some trackage arrangement
may be made with some connecting line
prior to the completion of this new link
in the Seaboard System In that event a
through service would begin over the Sea-
board System between Florida el,1 the
East before the Cheraw-ColumbiA extern
sion is completed.
No more through trains between Florida
points and Washington or Richmond will
be run by the Florida Central and PENN
sular. The line viii not maintain its track
age arrangement with the Southern from
Columbia to Washington or any part of
the distance but its trains viii be so OPP
Grated as to connect closely at Columbia
with Southern trains TO and from Wash
ington.
1t was thought the Florida Central and
Peninsular would be successful in making
some arrangement with either the South
ern or the Atlantic Coast Line by which
1t might maintain it's through train serv-
ice until such time as its link to connect
with the Seaboard was completed, and
opened for traffic. That not having been
accomplished, the officials of the Florida
Central and Peninsular did the next best
thing, and so arranged as to have their
trains arrive and depart from Columbia
at the most convenient hours possible for
transfers with the Southern.
The schedules of all passenger trains
on the Florida Central and Peninsular will
remain just as at present From Tampa
20 Columbia the trains will be run in the
same way, the only difference caused by
the abandonment of the relation with the
Southern being the cessation of through
trains
Through sleeping cars on the Florida
Central and Penlnsular have been ar
ranged for, the Pullman company having
made its plans TO provide the road with
all it may need of its handsome rolling
stock. The operation of this sleeping car
service begins to-day The cars will leave
Columbia on train 49, at 1926 a. m. They
will leave Savannah at 317 p. m, arriving
at Jacksonville at 7:40 p. M, and at Tampa
at $50 q. m.
Returning, this service will leave Tam
pa at d. M, Jacksonville at $50 a. M,
Savannah at 1885 p M, and on No 81
arrive a Columbia at 4:3S p. m.
The sleeping car line between Jackson
Nos. 36 and IS. The first cars on these
trains viii leave Jacksonville and Column
bia, respectively, at 12:47 a. m. and 7:45 p.
M No. So viii leave Savannah at sos a.
m. and arrive at Jacksonville at $40 a. m.
No. 36 will leave Savannah at 1859 p. m.
ana arrive at Columbia at 4:36 a. m.
The connections at Columbia will be of
Florida Central and Peninsular trains Nos.
81 and 49, with the Southern northbound
trains of the same numbers. The trans
fer of passengers between the trains Nos.
81 will be at 4:3S p. M, and that between
Nos. 80 will be at 1925 a. M, hours that
will not make it inconvenient
The southern has expressed desire that
will be conformed with to have cars on
Sc reaching Columbia this morning 60
through northbound and to have those ar
irving at Columbia on tomorrow go
through to Jacksonville on train No 35