Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-09-10
QUEEN & CRESCENT'S ENTERPRISE,
1t Makes a Grand Step Forward in
Putting on Passenger Between
Meridian and Shreveport.

A road that has been ever ready to
meet the people along its route way
over the halfway line on any propo-
sition where it is seen that the towns
and communities it reaches can be
benefited, is the Queen & Crescent,
the route that Geo. H. Smith the
passenger agent, has made so famous
through the splendid train service 1T
operates.
One of it's very latest acts is the
arrangement to place on, starting next
Sunday, the third train between Me-
ridian and Shreveport full details OF
which are set forth in the following
from the Vicksburg Herald, under
date of Sept. s.:
"On Sunday at 8:15 a. M, the long
expected new train on the A. & V.
division of the Queen & Crescent will
pull out from Vicksburg stafion on its
first run. 1t will be strictly speaking
an accommodation train, to stop at all
stations on the line between Vicks-
burg and Meridian, carrying elegant
vestibule coaches and baggage, mail
and express. The numbers will be 5
and 6, number 5 being the westbound
and No. the eastbound.
The train No. 6 will leave Vicks-
burg, making up here, at 8:15 a. M,
going through to Meridian, reaching
there about 30 p. M, and returning
will reach here at 8:15.
There will be some slight modifica-
tion in the schedules of the other
trains, as stated by the Q. & @. Off
cials. Train No. /, the Texas flyer.
will arrive here at 6 :45 instead of 6 80
a. N. when on time) and the night
train No. 2, will leave at 9:15 instead
of 9 10, as at present. Train No. 3,
from the east, is scheduled to arrive
at 20 instead of 4 :15 as it now is, a
difference of five minutes in the time
of each train. Train No. 4, from the
west. will continue to leave at 1 p.
m. as at present.
That there is something doing in
the Queen & Crescent circles and that
the officials of that system are trying
every means in their power to meet
the requirements and subserve the
conveniences of their patrons, is self
evident. 1t gives the people along
the A. & V. six good passenger trains
day, two of them passing through
and one stopping here. It shows en-
terprise on the part of the manage
ment and is also an indication tha
prosperity is perched on their ban
ners, and of the great picking up IL
business. Time was, Within the yer,
recent past, too, when the public
made the best of one train each wa.
day, and when the trains came il
, the old depot down on Veto street b.
: somewhat tortuous course. Thel
, came the V. & NJ. local, which mad
big hit followed by as good and eff
5 cient double daily service all tn
way through, with the splendid din
. ing and parlor car service, which fair
" revolutionized travel, and b
which Vicksburg has profited as muc
as any other point on the system, an
a little more.
This will mark another epoch i
the advnace O. f.the..Q. & G. and goes
show that the officials are live, pre-
gressive and enterprising and are no'
y doing their share towards buildin
. and strengthening up the communitie
along their system.
u This new train is big thing fC
vicksburg, and it will be found OF
: by the people before very long, /;
they will be able to run over to I'll
I, capital in the morning, to see the
friends over there or transact affai
:. of state, and return either at 4 30 {
! at 8:15 p. m. L; will also enable pc,
! pie who come donw from the delta
/ come up from below, to stay ov,
: night at hotel and reach Jackson
time for business, and in fact it wi
be good thing all around.
Another point in regard to I'll
new train is that it will make vel
close connections wi h the NJ. &
6 and other trains out of Meridian, il
- Guiding the Pan American special al
!. will allow stop over of about ty
hours in the Queen city of east Nj
sissippi."