The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-21

ditions to the present hostelries, or by
the building of another hotel.
Other Roads working.
| The Central is not alone in it's efforts
to induce summer travel to Savannah,
however, for the Atlantic Coast Line
and the Seaboard Air Line each oper-
ate large excursions into the city all
during the hot weather, and assist in
advertising not only Tybee, but all ad-
| jacent resorts. The Atlantic Coast Line
, aIternates with the Seaboard Air Line
in bringing a monthly excursion from
Jacksonville, operates an excursion
from Charleston every Sunday during
the summer, and, beginning in July,
will operate a Sunday excursion from
Waycross and intermediate points.
The officers of this system expect to
bring in the largest crowd of the sea-
son, however, on Aug. II, when an ex-
cursion, in three sections, will be
brought to Savannah from Montgom-
cry and intermediate points. Some idea
| of the number. of passengers expected
on this is shown by the fact that the
road has already made arrangements
to run twenty-six passenger, and two
baggage, coaches.
Another excursion that promises to
bring hundreds of people to this city
over the Atlantic Coast Line is that
to be operated to Savannah from the
most southerly points of Florida July
4. Trains leaving the extreme southern
points of the system will start at noon
July 3, and, taking passengers from
all intermediate points will reach this
city the following day. Tickets will be
limited to ten days How low rate
will be made on this occasion is shown
by comparison with that from Tampa
which will be 81 for the round trip.
The Seaboard Air Line is also in
line with strenuous efforts to induce
the people along its line to come to
Savannah. On July cheap rate tick
cts will be sold to this city from every
station on the system within a radius
of several hundred miles; an excursion
is operated from Jacksonville every
other month, one is operated from
Fitzgerald and intermediate points
every Sunday, another from Columbia
and intermediate points, beginning this
Sunday while Others are operated in
from other points of the system from
time to time.
What promises to be a very large
party will be brought in over this sys-
TEN from Kingsland and intermediate
points June 20, and besides many pic
mic parties are being worked up for
Tybee.
Season of Excursions.
The roads are not alone bringing
people to Savannah and the coast re-
sorts, but are equally busy in arrang-
ing for trips to other parts of the
country in which Savannahians and
people of the adjacent territory are
largely interested.
Among the special affairs for which
the roads are now preparing is the
handling of a large number of pas
sengers northward to Baltimore on ac-
count of the convention Of Elks. soon
to be held in that city, and also expect
to carry large number of passengers
to Boston and vicinity on account of
the National Educational Association
which will hold its forty-second an
nual convention in Boston July 6-10.
The Southern Railway, too, though
II operates few excursions into Savan-
nah does a large business out OF this
city, carrying passengers to the noun
tains and springs Of the Carolinas and
Virginias and also to the famed re-
sorts of the East. Among the most
popular Of the excursions operated out
OF Savannah is the Southern's noun
tain excursion operated during the lat
ter part OF the summer.
All the roads are offering special
rates 70 Savannah on account OF the
Wesley bl-eentenary celebration, which
IL 10 be held here the latter part OF
this month. The present outlook Is
that a very large number Of people
viii take advantage OF the occasion
and the rates 20 visit savannah 90
this time.
sasannah's Many Attractions
while the railroads are busiiy en-
gagged IN hauling People 20 SAVANNAH
fhe savannah Electric Company ~
kfepinf n force ~ men busy aetffiia-
me fHe many attractive resorts nrouud
~ clty. and IL preparing 70 handle the