The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-06
FOUR FAST TRAINS
WILL CARRY TOURIST TRADE
FROM EAST AND WEST TO FLORIDA
CHICAGO AND FLORIDA LM'D.
INAUGURATED BETWEEN CHICAGO
AND ST. AUGUSTINE.

A. c. LIS "New York and Florida
Special" $. A. LIS "seabOard
Florida Limited" and sOuthern's
"PaIm Limited" Each Between
New York and st. Augustine VIII
BE InauRurnted Jan. 12-Each Con-
sIsts of the Finest Possible Equip
ment and VIII Make Unusually
Fast Schedules The steamship
Companies Also IA Factor In the
Tourist business.
The tourist travel to Florida and
Georgia winter resorts, which has al
ready begun, and which is confidently
expected to be greater than that Of
any preceding year. viii be we'll taken
care of by the railroads, which to this
end, are making most elaborate prep
arations in the way of fine cars fast
time and convenient schedules and
connections.
These trains will be run both from
the East and the West. From the
East in particular, there will be ex-
ceptiona facilities for travel to Flor
ida as from New York direct to st.
Augustine three of the big systems
that reach Savannah will operate solid
ves&buled trains. These are the At
lantic Coast Line, with its New York
and Florida Special" the Seaboard Air
Lines "Sed board Florida Limited" and
the Southerns Palm Limited" each
of which win be inaugurated Jan. IL.
Though not all the schedules have
been made public there is no doubt
that they will. in each case. be the
best that have ever been put on, in
fact the Seaboard Air Line, in an
nouncing the Inauguration of its Sea-
board Limited" states that 1t will make
the fastest schedule made South of the
Potomac.
The main connection between Flori-
da and the West will be through the
Chicago and Florida Limited" which
was inaugurated yesterday, and which
will be operated between Chicago and
st. Augustine with connecting sleep
> ers between St. Louis and Tampa,
Louisville and Thomasville. The train,
which will be vestibuled will be COM
posed of the finest Pullman dining.
drawing room, sleeping and observation
cars, steam heated and gas lighted,
anu Representing Ill equipment ana
furnishings the best results to be had
by the modern methods. which require
the combination of beauty and utility
The train will leave Chicago daily at
p. M, making the initial part of the
trip over the Evansville and Terre
Haute Railroad to Evansville, where
it will be, Joined by another Pullman
sleeper from st. Louis. From Evans
Vile the trip will be made via the
I nj ID
Nashville, where the sleeper from
Louisville will be added; then the trip
will be continued, via the Nashville.
Chattanooga and st. Louis, to Chatta-
nooga, and to Atlanta, via the West
ern and Atlantic.
From Atlnta the trip is continued
south over the Central of Georgia line,
stops being made at Macon and at AL
bany, at the latter place the sleeper
from Louisville being detached and
sent to Townsville via the Atlantic
Coast Line, taking with ii all passen-
gers bound for that point. The re-
mainder of the train is taken to Jack
sonville via the Atlantic Coast Line.
Here the sleeper from st. Louis is de-
tached and sent to Tampa, also by the
Atlantic Coast Line, while the re-
mainder of the train goes solidly into
st. Augustine.
These are but the special trains that
will be put on and do not include the
many handsomely fitted trains. of fast
schedule, that are operated over the
roads the whole year round.
Another factor in the tourist business
is the steamship lines that reach Sa-
vannah, the Ocean Steamship Co., from
Boston and New York. and the Mer-
chants & Miners Transportation Co.
from Baltimore and Philadelphia, both
OF which bring many visitors, Florida
bound. who find it convenient to stay
over for several days in Savannah.