The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-26
ION HIS JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD
HE LIVES IN"
He is Carrying Out His Original Plan
of Spending a Few Days in Jackson
Vile, Fla.-He Writes in High Praise
OF Splendid Train Service of Atlantic
Coast Line and Southern Misses His
Bundle of Messenger Subscriber Lists
and Receipt Book.

Mr.. j. a. Crews, ST., The Messen-
gers veteran travelling representative,
who recently retired from the service
OF this paper to make a trip around
the world, is well on his way and is
seeing and hearing many things of in
terest as the following letter received
yesterday abundantiy evidences:
Editors Messenger:
Jacksonville, Fla, January is.
On his journey around the world he
lives in, your correspondent is carry
ing out his original plan in making a
short stop in Jacksonville. Leaving
Wilmington at $50 p. m and Wilson
at about 10 o'clock, he was literally
shot through I o Jacksonville by 100
o'clock D. N. the next day, a distance
Of 653 miles. Car No. $40 of the fast
train on the Atlantic CoaSt Line was
boarded at Wilson, and was not left
except to breakfast at Savannah I'LL
Jacksonville was reached. The service
on this great system of roads is most
excellent and is hardly eXceiled in the
country.
The Times-Union of his city this
morning says:
The tourist season is now we'll open
e, and hundreds of visitors are COM
ing ito the state every day. Yesterday
WILL III -NtN u III Il lOliNd nm
tied and the Atlantic Coast Lines New
York and Florida Special arrived, with
new cars throughout the entire trains.
There were seventy-flve through pas
sengers on the Limited from the land
Of ice and snow.
These trains this season are fitted
with the latest Pullman inventions,
and with the Southern's own dining
car and the Pullman compartment
n q re Tbn +yr-n ,~f an n n - 9 -
irving yesterday We're the DrOmio n
Horatio. The section sleepers were the
Trave and Elder, and the observation
and club car Raleigh was also in the
train.
ION the New York and Florida Spe-
cial there were fifty passengers. The
special had on the Pullman dining car
st. James, the compartment car Gua-
temala and the section sleepers Amph-
ion and DelphoS, together with the OBJ
servation car Counter. Both trains are
veritable palaces on wheels, and a trip
from New Yor to Florida in twenty
four hours is now one of enjoyment
n comfort"
Jacksonville is a pretty, up-to-date
southern city, of about 1000 people. Its
streets are extensively paved with
brick, which are much smoother and
better looking than the stone pave
lIlSIIl LII DIT HULL lcSS SOSl- I puullC
buildings are of modern architecture,
and if there ever was a city of hote,c,
boarding houses, chop houses, restau-
.rants and so on, Jacksonville is one.
Florida curiosity stores are all about
n contain many strange things.
Many North Carolinians are here and
the city is filling up With people from
all over the world.
Jacksonville has q great curiosity in
its ostrich farm, in which are about
one hundred ostriches.
LIT was very interesting to you CORE
spondent to read no less than six AS
ISOLATED Press dispatches from North
Carolina in this mornings Times
Union. Almost a column or the front
page of the paper was devoted to North
Carolina affairs. IL was especially in
teresting as he is now some distance
from home and is sadly missing the ia
miliar faces of man kind friends back
there. He is also at a great loss with
out the bundle which he so long car
ried under his arm containing the
names of Messenger subscribers and
his receipt book.
j. a. CREWS.