The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-11
THREE FAST FLYERS
WILL LEAVE NEW YORK FOR ST
AUGUSTINE TODAY.
REACH SAVANNAH TUESDAY.
EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE THE
FINEST THAT CAN BE OBTAINED.

New Trains Herald Opening of Reg
uIar Tourist SeasOn-TraveI Now
Unusually Heavy and Likely to Be
Much Increased by Added FaciIi-
tieS-Ncw Trains Are A. C. Lee New
York and Florida Special, :. a. L..
Scnboard Florida Limited, and
Southern Palm Limited.
Three fast tourist trains. to be oper-
rated solid from New York into ST..
Augustine, Fla, will be inaugurated
to-day. They are the Seaboard Air
Lines Seaboard Florida Limited, the
Atlantic Coast Lines New York and
Florida Special, and the Southern's
Palm Limited.
These trains will pass through Sa
vannah tomorrow, and will reach St
Augustine on the afternoon or night
of that day. Because of the unusual
ly heavy tourist travel that is on even
this early in the season, the outlook
is that each of these flyers will bring
a large number of passengers on the
initial trips.
The Seaboard Florida Limited differs
from those of the other roads i'm THAT
it is the only one that will be operated
seven days in the week. According to
its published schedule, it will make the
trip from New York to st. Augustine,
leaving New York Monday at 1855
O'Clock, p. m, and reaching St. Au-
gustine at 2:3O p. m. on the following
day. 1t will reach Savannah Tuesday
morning. at $3.50 d. m.
The train will consist of only six
cars, combination mail and baggage
car, elegant Pullman dining car, two
ten-section double drawing room cars,
compartment car containing two draw
ing rooms, and seven staterooms. and
the observation car. There will be no
finer train operated to or from Flor
ida, or in fact, any where in the
United States, than this train, which
is composed exclusively of Pullman's
best and most complete equipment.
The total carrying capacity of the train
will not exceed 100 persons, and it
will probably be taxed to its utmost
capacity on the initial trip the greater
portion of the space having been en-
gagged weeks in advance.
The A. c. LIS Flyer.
The first train Of the Atlantic Coast
Lines New York and Florida Special
Will leave New York at 2:10 D. m. and
Will continue southbound daily, except
Sunday until the middle of April
North bound. the first train will leave
st. Augustine at 11:4O a. M, Jan. 10,
and Jacksonville 1880 p. m. These
trains consist of Pullman compartment.
drawing room, sleeping, dining, library,
cafe and observation cars. Cars are
electric lighted throughout and steam
heated. The trains are run solid be-
tween New York and st. Augustine
Inc electric lighting in this train is one
OF the special features, a special light
being provided for each berth.
The compartment state-room cars
have nine handsomely furnished COM
partments, each complete within itself.
with every convenience of toilet an
polntments. These rooms are richly
upholstered and handsomely decorated.
The compartments may be used singly
or en- suite, aHording comfort in every
feature. The state-room sleeping cars
are of Pullman's latest pattern, richly
furnished, each having ten sections and
drawing-rooms. in addition to smoking
room.
The library observation car is as
comfortably furnished as any of the
modern club rooms. with easy wicker
chairs, sofas. desks, Libraries supplied
with standard and current literature.
magazines, weeklies, etc. The observa-
ton car, with its spacious plate glass
windows, and extended platform en-
closed with handsome brass ratings
gives the tourists an unobstructed
range of view of the country.
Connection is made by this train at
Jacksonville with sleepers for all points
south. The Atlantic Coast Line has in
service in night trains, Jacksonville to
Port Tampa and Jacksonville to ST
Petersburg and Punta Gorda, sleeping
cars of the highest standard, arriving
at all three points at convenient hour
in the morning. There is also daylight
service between Jacksonville and Port
Tampa and Jacksonville and st. Peters
burg, connecting with trains on branch
lines for the various resorts. The day
trains between Jacksonville and Port
Tampa and st. Petersburg carry Pull
man buffet parlor cars.
SOuthern's Palm Limited,
The Southern's Palm Limited will
In size and equipment compare with
the best tourist trains of the country,
as will be seen from the equipment
that will be used this winter, which is
as follows
One composite car between Jersey
City and st. Augustine; one compart-
ment car. two drawing rooms and sew
GU STATE IooIIls, TWO sleeping cars, two
drawing rooms and ten sections each:
one observation car, and one dining
car.
This train will leave Jersey City,
daily except Sunday, at 1910 o'clock
p. m, Eastern time will reach Savan-
l;ah 1910 a. m, Central time, the fol-
lowing day: Jacksonville at 2:20 p. m.
the same afternoon: and st. Augustine
at $780, AS is the case with the other
he AssC4 II.
will leave st. Augustine Wednesday.