The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-26
FLYER FROM WEST
CHICAGO AND FLORIDA LIMITED
TO BE INAUGURATED JAN. 4.
ROUTE HAS BEEN CHANGED.
ALL SLEEPERs FROM WEST TO GO
VIA Triton, OVER A. c. L.

New Route Forty Miles shorter Than
That Used Formerly and Thirty
two Miles shorter Than any other
Route Between Chicago and st.
AuEustine-ChicaEO and Florida
Limited to De Composed of Finest
of Pullman Equipment and the
Service VIII he Unsurpassed-AlI
Year Round Sleeping Car Service
Between Chicago and Jackson
Vile to Be Established Over Same
Route.
The Chicago and Florida Limited,
southbound train No. SO, northbound
train No. 92, composed of one combi-
nation baggage car and coach, two
drawing room vestibuled sleeping cars,
one combination sleeping and observa-
ton car and dining car between Chica-
go and st. Augustine, Fla, will be in
augurated on Jan. 4.
This magnificent train will run
through solid from Chicago to ST. Au-
gustine over the c. and E. l. from
Chicago to Terre Haute; e. and T. H.,
Terre Haute to Evansville; L. and N,
Evansville to Nashville; N, c. and St.
l., Nashville to Chattanooga; w. and
A, Chattanooga to Atlanta; Central
of Georgia, Atlanta to Macon; Georgia
Southern and Florida, Macon to Tiff
ton; Atlantic Coast Line, Triton to
Jacksonville, and Florida East Coast,
Jacksonville to ST. Augustine.
The first train southbound will leave
Chicago at 1870 p. m. Jan. 4, and the
first train northbound will leave st.
Augustine 1880 a. IN. Jan. 6. A vesti
buled Pullman sleeper from st. Louis
over the Louisville and Nashville will
connect and be attached to this train
southbound at Evansville. Northbound,
this sleeping car will be detached at
Evansville and be carried to st. Louis
over the Louisville and Nashville.
This train will run over the route
known as the Dixie Flyer Route"
Last year this train ran south of At
lanta over the Central of Georgia to
Albany, and the Atlantic Coast Line
from Albany to Jacksonville. The
route via Triton over which it will
run this year is forty miles shorter
than the route via Albany, and is
thirty-two miles shorter than any
other route between Chicago and st.
Augustine. The schedule between
Chicago and St. Augustine via the
Triton route is quicker by nearly two
hours.
The sleeping car which is now oper-
ated between st. Louis and Jackson
vile all the year round via the Illi-
nois Central from St. Louis to Martin;
N, c. and St L., Martin to Chattanoo-
ga; w. and A, Atlanta to Chattanoo-
ga; Central of Georgia, Atlanta to
Macon; Georgia Southern and Florida,
Macon to Jacksonville, will be changed
at an early date to run south of At
lanta over the Central of Georgia to
Macon, Georgia Southern and Florida,
Macon to Triton. and Atlantic Coast
Line, Triton to Jacksonville.
There will be in addition to the Chi
cago and Florida Limited an all-year-
round sleeping car service between
Chicago and Jacksonville over the
same route as the Chicago and Flor
ida Limited, which will be inaugur-
ated at an early date, leaving Chicago
probably at .. m. daily and arriving
at Jacksonville about a. m. the sec
ond morning; northbound, leaving
Jacksonville over the Atlantic Coast
Line at about 1850 p. m. and arriving
in Chicago the second morning at
els. Connections will be made at
Jacksonville to and from all points in
Florida and at Chicago and st. Louis
to and from all points north of that
city The Chicago and Florida Linn
tied will consist of the finest Pullman
equipment and the dining car service
will be unsurpassed anywhere in the
country. The distance between Chi
cago and Jacksonville via this route
is LOSS miles, and between Chicago and
st. Augustine, l 1923 miles.