The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-08

In The Messenger of yesterday
morning it was announced that the
new train on the Seaboard Air Line
would be put on Sunday, July 10th.
Official notification was received yes
terday hat the train would make the
first trip out of Wilmington, leaving
Monday morning, June 18th, at 5 a.
m It will be only a sfx-day train for
h present, but the Chamber Of Com
merce hopes to get the officials to
put On a Sunday train in the near
future.
The traffic committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce. composed of
Messrs. j. Allen Taylor, c. W. Worth
and R. A. Parsley, have been untiring
in their efforts to get the seaboard
to put or the new train AS in all
matters pertaining t o the welfare OF
Wilmington and this section of the
State, The Messenger has been fore
most in urging the placing on of this
train. 1t was known that 1t not only
means much to the business men of
Wilmington. but also to those living
along the line of the Carolina Cen
trail.
The traffic committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce first began their
fight when Mr.: Barr was made presi-
: dent of the road. They went to work
with no encouragement, for many of
those who were extremely anxious for
the train. when they learned of the
course the traffic committee was go
ing to pursue. said it was useless. as
every proposition made to the officials
OF the in the past had been
utterly ignored. When Mr.. Barr be-
came president he said he was going
to have the Carolina Central division
OF the Seaboard improved, but the
people had been hearing promises
made so long about improving the
conditions of the road, that they had
reached the stage where they felt that
no effort on their part would be con-
sidered. This view of affairs was not
taken by the traffic committee. and
The Messenger. Both knew Mr.. Barr
so BE one of the best railroad men in
the country. and they knew that. from
a purely business standpoint, the
Carolina Central would have to be
improved.
With this condition of affairs ex-
listing. and knowing of what great i'm
portance the train would be to the
business interests of Wilmington, bot
the committee and The Messenger
went to work with the intention Of
getting the existing state of affairs
before the officials OF the road. Mr..
J.. Allen Taylor and Mr.. Barr carried
on considerable correspondence, and
resulted in Mr.. Barr visiting Whining
ton for the purpose of seeing if the
improvements demanded were really
necessary. Before he left Whining
ton he had practically agreed to many
OF the desired changes to be made
. The business men of Wilmington
committee, and especially Mr.. j. AL
Zen Taylor, great thanks for their eff
forts. ..
The time of the arrival and de-
parture of the train is the same as
previously announced, to leave at 5
a. m, and returning to reach Will
mington at 1850 D. m. The traiI,
will not run through to Charlotte, but
will stop at Hamlet. 1t will make
close connection at Hamlet with
trains for both the north and south
1t will be the only train on which one
a leave Wilmington in the morning,
go to Raleigh and spend over four
hours, and return to Wilmington the
same night, reaching here at 1880.
This will be a great convenience to
those who " business in Raleigh
that they can dispose Of in a short
length Of time.
The train Will be nrst-class in every
particular. Nice coaches will be used
and there will be a buffet parlor ca
on each train. When the new SEIZED
,.ule goes into effect the people along
h line of the Carolina Central viii
have the best service they have hao
in years, and possibly ever before.
The following schedule will be
observed after July 10th: