The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-18
,cc7IgULEs ARE NOW ON.
1,-srrNI AND THE f. c. & p.
fIA' TART THEIR SPECIALS.


pIont system Train From
RDH oh TO jacksonville Was Re
.,Ie-Nore Than 80 Miles an
ma IVA. the Record and That
How REGULAR Train-FrOm Cal
W. ,o Jacksonville the Train
I"H"" vile a Minute-ofiicials
W. nj the Run-season Started
wclI-Both Trains Made UD OF
,,aouifcent cars.
n"- n,,,, system and the Florida Cen
IL. and Pen.nsu.ar again have their mag
uS' rest6ule trains on. The hrst OF
ni'e'' vent through for Florida yes
the So. .,,rring. and every day from now
'eu''' ,r,ins are taken off early in the
ril'A '" there will be a train passing
sp''-7. s each way every day on both Of
The lines ,,,. c,,,to,,,,s ..NJo1,
..,5 Florida speciar' was a very sue
lO@ ~, ,re and the officials of the line
U. arsaty pleased with the run that was
''' ,streen here and Jacksonville. The
!-ansoortauoa people, under whose orders
.-,,n was run. are especially gratified.
nun from here to Jacksonville was
.,.,fle The time was fast especial
,.g,. the last thirty miles. Several times
pr,rt system has made exceptionally
49,. rms and 1t holds the record for a
,..,. RIM railway journals crediting 1t
..5 t,o fastest time ever made on "trip
~ ,sa same length when it took the
1,r.,5fs Of Pythias from Florida to Wash
irgton.
When the vestibule arrived from the
North Yesterday it was thirteen minutes
rta the time having been lost before
charleston was reached "A part of this
was made up on the run down from
CHARLESTON when the train was under the
.,c,,7,t Of Mr.. r. Z. L. Mather and was
cplIsd by Encineer Leake. But it was
i7rg5nser Baughn who had the giantsmass
snee]ing along the smooth rails of the
Psnt system at rate of a mile minute
for a part Of the distance. He took charge
If t5e train here, relieving Engineer
Leake
There have been faster runs made than
the Plant System made yesterday, but
there have been few made by regular
trains that have surpassed it. 1t was at
In NJ that the vestibule arrived at Jack
soryjlle which was ten minutes ahead of
time 1t was a through train, with the
right-of-way and was allowed to run
ahead # it could make the time.
,rt.- b. n lack
sonviIle is "a miles This was made in
81 minutes. which was an average speed
Of 5l27 miles an hour From Callahan
to jacksonville the distance is twenty
miles. This was covered in as many MINI
utes For a part Of this distance the
speed must have been even greater, for
those who are familiar with the approach
to the Union depot at Jacksonville know
that for a mile aud a half there are speed
limitations prescribed. The engineer had
to reduce his speed for this distance, and
this consequently made the rate at which
the train ran over the other portion of the
twenty miles even more than a mile a
minute
The train was made up of a baggage
car, dining car a compartment car,
three sleepers and an observation car,
making a total of seven, which is one
more than usually comprise the train.
There were seventy-six passengers
aboard the vesubule, when it reached Sa-
yannah. This was quite as many as were
expected and makes an excellent showing
for the initial trip of the season.
Il was reported at the general offices of
The road that the president, Mr.. Henry b.
Pant, was aboard. Mr. Plant was on his
way to Florida, where he will spend some
une for the benefit OF his health, which
OF late has not been so good as Mr.. Plant
mas been accustomed to enjoy.
TAe first vesti5ule for the North will
leave jacksonville this morning. It will
pass through here this afternoon meet
ing on its way up the second south-bollnd
trdh OF the season. Both the Plant Svs-
ZEN and the Florida Central and PENN
huar nave four of these handsome trains
on the run between New York and Flor