The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-29
TAMPA TO RICHMOND
| he Seaboard' First through
Train South.
Will Pass Here Wednesday for Tampa. Patty
viii lake Breakfast Here Al he Var
borough or Saturday.

through train over the Seaboa-l tir lin
pa. Fla. and the occasion Viii mark 4
red-letter day in the history OF he South.
At 8 o'clock the brightest auguries
for Richmond's future commercial pros
perity will ne celebrated in a nttlng man
ner.
The first train will bring \ party OF
distinguished gentlemen 10 this city. and
they will be royalty entertained during
their stay here. The President OF the
United States is expected 10 BE- ono Or
the guests. and. in event that he comes
he Will make 2 short speech at the mag
nificent banquet TO be given al the JET
ferscn Saturday night. Another distin-
gGished speaker. who has been invited
and is expected TO be present. IS Sepator
Chauncey Depew.
Wednesday morning two trains. COM
posed of five Pullmans each. and one
bearing the private car OF President vii
liams, will leave Richmond for Tampa.
The party will so direct 10 The southern
terminus OF the great system, arriving
at Tampa at 9 o'clock on the morning or
the 3ist instant. There viii be about 200
gentlemen in the party. and they will
he given a breakfast at the Tampa Bay
Hotel. AT ! =. m. they will start on the
return trip. arriving at Jacksonville at 3
p. NJ. 4 dinner will be served in jack
~~onvilIe. ana at midnight the journey
Will be continued. Savannah viii be
reached at a. m. on the 1st dav OF
Tune. and the party will stop there until
/ p. m., during which time they will par
take of q breakfast. to which distin-
guished citizens of Savannah Will lie in
vited.
Leaving Savannah at l p. m. the trains
Will reach Columbia at 6 p. m. and .
dinner Will be served in that city. At
II p. m. the start will be made from
Columbia. and Raleigh will be reached at
, o'clock on the morning Of Saturday,
June Cd. Breakfast will be served in this
city, and at 1890 the trip will be RESUME
ed. At . o'clock Petersburg will be
reached. and there an elegant luncheon
will be served in Library Hall. Peters,
burg will be left at 4 o'clock, and in half
an hour thereafter the first train will
pull into ichmon
Following is the complete schedule:
Wednesday. May so
Leave Richmond 900 a. n.
Thursday. May 81
Arrive Tampa 500 a. m.
Sail on Tampa Bay on steamer "Marga-
ret
Lunch will be served on board.
Leave Tampa 100 p. m.
Arrive at Jacksonville 500 p. M.
Banquet at Windsor Hotel 500 p. m.
Leave Jacksonville at midnight.
Friday, June l.
Arrive Savannah 90 a. m.
Breakfast, Hotel de Soto. 500 a. m.
Trip by steamer on Savannah River.
including inspection of Seaboard Air
Line terminals.
Lunch. Hotel de Soto, 1890 p. n.
Leave Savannah 200 p. m.
Arrive Columbia 600 p. m.
Drive about the city, including inspec-
ton of the new Seaboard Air Line
terminals.
Banquet, Hotel Columbia, 900 D. m.
Leave Columbia at midnight.
Saturday, June ?
Arrive Raleigh ZOO a. m.
Breakfast, Hotel Marlborough, 500 a. m.
Leave Raleigh $50 a. m.
Arrive Petersburg 2:15 o. m.
Lunch. Masonic Hall. 2:3O p. NJ.
Leave Petersburg 3:45 p. m.
Arrive Richmond 4:3O p. m.
THE GOLDEN SPIKE.
A large platform will be erected around
the trestle Immediately east of the Broad
street viaduct. in Richmond, and this
will be reached by a flight of steps as
scending from the east sidewalk on Broad
street. There, shortly before the arrival
of the train, Master John SHELTON Will
liams. son of the Seaboard's president,
will drive a golden spike. The spike
will be the counterpart of all other rail
road spikes. and Will be the last one
driven in the completed system between
this city and Tampa. The spike will be
driven with a silver mailet, which will
be suitably engraved and presented TO
Master Williams.
Shortly after the spike shall have been
driven. says the Richmond Dispatch, the
trains from Tampa will make their APP
pearance on the viaduct. The Seaboard
Air Line bands and other musical organ
izations will be at the station, and the
Blues and Howitzers will be massed on
Broad street. The Howitzers will fire
a salute as the train pulls on to the via
duct. Governor Tyler and Mayor Taylor
will be at the station to meet the train.
and they will take carriages and escort
the large party which will arrive on the
train to the Capitol Square, where adj
dresses will be made by the Governor.
the Mayor and President Williams.
AS soon as the speeches, all of which
oio SAPCS1Nt ~ ~ 'A-c
the distinguished visitors will be taken
for a carriage drive over the city. Re-
turning, they will be driven 10 the Jeffer-
son, where, in the evening, Will be served
the most elegant banquet ever spread in
this country. The menu card Will be a
work of art. It will be on eight pages OF
parchment, covered with Russian leather.
On the back cover will be etched with an
electric needle Q suitable scroll, and
each guest will have his name etched
on his particular card. On the fy-leaf
viii be etched a magnificent allegorical
picture Of Victory %crowning Success. The
punch-boxes viii be works Of art, and
will bear in repousse work a representa-
ton of the famous engine 999 of the En-
pire State Express. To each OF the 100
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