The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-06
$40 TO old POINT
PLANS FOR DIG EXCURSION TO BE
RUN FROM SAVANNAH.
TO BE A MORNING NEWS TRIP.
SEABOARD WILL RUN EXCURSION
UNDER MORNING NEWS AU-
SPICES.

Cost of the Round Trip From Snvan-
nah to Old Point Comfort VIII BE
but SI0-Limit of the Tickets VIII
BE Fifteen Days-OppOrtunity Is
offered for a Splendid Trip-Mag-
nihcent Resorts open to Visitors,
and Points OF Historic Interest
May Be Observation-Disclosures of
Rates to Many other Points From
Norfolk VIII BE LOw-Morning
News Business Office VIII Cheer
fully Furnish Information.
The greatest excursion out of Sa-
vannah this season will be one to
Norfolk, Va, and Old Point Comfort
over the Seaboard Air Line. This will
be given under the auspices of the
Morning News, and there is every pros
pect for a monster crowd. 1t is sell
dom that such advantages are offered,
and it is certain that a great many
will be glad to avail themselves of
an opportunity to visit some of the
most famous places in the country at
very low cost.
On Aug. 20 the special will leave
Savannah, and the round trip will cost
but $40. This is the more remarkable
as there will be fifteen days limit al
lowed for the return. That will be
as much time as anybody would want
to take in the various resorts to which
access will be afforded by the excur-
sion.
Norfolk is a great distributing point,
and advantageous rail and steamship
rates can be secured to many places
by those who might care to make their
trip extend further than the excursion
limit. These rates, in combination
with the $40 for the excursion ticket
from Savannah, will show figures that
will astonish those who may wish to
visit the points to be reached from
Norfolk. Splendid steamship lines are
operated from Norfolk, and the mag
nificent vessels may be SEEM as they
enter and leave Chesapeake Bay, by
the guests seated on the verandas of
the Hygeia and the Chamberlin at Old
Point.
What the Morning News Offers.
The great demand for a pleasant and
inexpensive trip at this season of the
year to some point, other than those
nearby, has led the Morning News to
investigate the subject with a view of
| furnishing to its friends and patrons
a summer outing without too much
demand upon their time, and at a price
within the reach of everyone. The Sc
| lection of a resort where there would
| be sufficient to interest and entertain,
4 u q oflOn do
| tire change of climate, scenery and
amusement is no easy task, but it is
! believed that in selecting Old Point
| Comfort and Norfolk as objective
points for the Morning Nyws 1902 spe-
cial excursion, no mistake has been
made.
In the vicinity of Old Point Comfort
| and Norfolk there is as much variety.
comfort and excellence of entertain
ment for vacation as at any other
point in the country. Old Point Com
| fort is one of the most celebrated re-
| sorts in America. Famous in war as
! possessing the strongest fort in the
| land, and as being the scene of con-
f1ict by land and sea, it is hardly less
famed in peace as fortress of health,
and the Mecca to which fashion and
| society turn for rest and recreation.
This place and surroundings are I'M
|
offer for the delight of the visitor.
From Old Point Comfort and Nor
folk short side trips to the nearby re-
| sorts can be made at comparatively
little expense. The Morning News will
be pleased to give full information
concerning these side trips and to show
how delightfully."- one can spend two
| weeks, and that, too, at the smallest
| possible cost.
/ The idea iS fo f1r0Uida So11afI,fno
| ferent from the ordinary excursion.
| The Morning News wants to have it's
| friends well taken care of, and to fur
| nish the best possible service, and to
| this end a special solid train of Vesti-
| buled day coaches and the finest Pull
man cars will leave Savannah We'd
nesday, midnight Aug. 20, over the
| Seaboard Air Line Railway running
| by fast schedule solid train to Ports
mouth (Norfolk), arriving in Ports
mouth Thursday afternoon. Special
rates to the excursionists will be made
| at the hotels at Old Point Comfort,
Norfolk, Willoughby Beach, Virginia
Beach and Hampton The fare from
Savannah to Old Point Comfort and
Norfolk and return has been fixed at
! the remarkably low rate of $40 and The
tickets will be good for fifteen days.
allowing the holders to return on any
train up to and including Sept T.
The Morning News hopes to inaug-
urate an annual excursion and to this
end every detail of this the first ex-
cursion, will be carefully looked after.
A representative of the Morning News
and one from the Seaboard Air Line
will accompany the excursionists and
see that everything possible is done
for their comfort.
Parties of friends may be arranged
to take this trip. 1t comes just at a
season when the time can be spared
from business, and one will return