The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-14
FIVE HUNDRED
TO The RESORTS.
BIG EXCURSION ON AUG. II.
MOUNTAINS AND sEAsHoRE INVITES
THOSE IN CITY.

Railroads Have Met Action OF
New York as Summer Resort.
Crowd VIII BE Largest Yet Car
ried Out of Savannah on Similar
Events-Ten Days VIII Be Allow
eel Mt the Destination of Travel
ers-Railroads Fighting for the
Business.
On swiftly moving trains, seated in
luxurious coaches, and listening to the
musical click of rapidly revolving
wheels which are carrying them joy
ously to mountain and seashore, hun
dreds of Savannahians will ON next
Wednesday journey North and East to
spend a brief vacation snatched from
the cares of everyday life, the trip
made possible by the exceedingly low
rates of the railroads participating in
the excursion.
Only two more days will remain for
those who have not yet determined to
go to decide the question. For those
who are almost persuaded the repre-
sentatives of the railroad companies
are searching and with statement of
the beauties of mountain and vale hope
to lure a record breaking crowd from
their homes.
Ever since the excursion was an
nounced in the Morning News, just
two weeks ago, the railroad companies
have received numerous inquiries re-
garding the trip. and quite number
of reservations have been made.
While from the nature of the case
ii is impossible to say who are going,
the railroad officials believe that 800
passengers will be a conservative es-
innate of the crowd that will take adj
vantage of the excursion.
Railroads Interested.
The Seaboard Air Line, the Atlantic
Coast Line, the Southern and the Cen
trail of Georgia are each out for the
business, though not all reach the same
resorts. The Southern does not bid
much for the seashore business, con-
fining itself to the mountain resorts OF
which the road has large list. The
Coast Line and the Seaboard are close
competitors and reach much Of the
same territory. The Central has a
smaller number of mountain resorts,
but claims to have as good as are on
the map
Though the publishing or a through
rate to New York on the occasion of
the excursion on Wednesday had not
been contemplated when the plan was
inaugurated, the action of the Ocean
Steamship Company in placing in effect
a round trip rate to New York on the
same day Of $27.75, forced the all-rail
lines to take some action.
Yesterday 1t was officially announced
that the same rate was in effect to
New York over the Southern, the Sea-
board and the Atlantic Coast Line.
Extra Pullman Cars.
The Atlantic Coast Line will have
a through sleeper on to New York,
and will sell for two trains on Aug.
II to any resort point. The Seaboard
has extra sleepers with large num-
Der of reservations already made for
OLD Point Comfort and other seacoast
resorts. The Coast Line will have two
or three extra sleepers on its Florida
and West india Limited. The South
ern will have at least one extra Sleep
or to Asheville, and perhaps two.
Tickets for the special excursions
will be good to return by any train
or steamship up TO and including
Sept. ]. thus giving a two-weeks out
ing at a very moderate cost to the
bert known resorts OF the whole coun-
try.
The coming excursion will surpass
all others of the kind inaugurated by
the railroads out Of Savannah.