The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-04-17
and south.

The new Seaboard train goes on
tomorrow morning. 1t is a new tram
In one sense Of the word aud I'm anoth-
er IL IS not. There has been n train
leaving on h Seahoard for some time
at : in the morning but It went no
farther than Hamlet. Beginning to-
morrow a train will leave ON the Sen
board nj 40 a IN. and will go through
10 Rutherfordton reaching there Mt :
y, H. The run will not be stra ght
through for the train will lay over
III Charlotte for several hours but this
Is an advantage rather than a disad-
vantage FOR i will give the passengers
time 10 get OF and walk around the
city and thus break the trdaum OF the
otherwise tireson.a Journey. There
Is also a lay over in Charlotte Il about
SIX hours on the return from Ruther-
fordton. The through train viii run
every dap and viii carry mail no; only
week days but also IN sun lay. | will
max all the local stops from VIII
min-ton 10 R~utherfordton.
The people along the carolina Ten
tral have long wanted such u train
and the papers along the line seem
delighted NJ the service lie ng inauc-
ura;ed. Close connections Will be made
Tor all points north. west AMI south.
Wilmington people can &c: In Char
lotte, spend five rours, and return TO
Wilmington on the same day. They
f1n on m poIatyt, ~,n,l ea.. -.
and return to Wilmington the same
day. 1t VIII be by tn. the best SER
vice ever given on the Carolina Gem
trial and The train will 40 doubt prove
to be popular from the beginning. IL
will leave Z little early IN the morning
but when - much can be ACCOMPLISH
ed by the train leaving when 1t does
no objection Will be made by the gen.
eral public. The Sea0oard may not
he giving the best Cr freight SER
vice but it looks like they are endeay-
oling 10 satisfy the travelling public.
The trip from the seashore TO the
mountains OF western North Carolina
can now be made in n days time and
have several hours which can be spent
in the city OF Charlotte. IL
The train will leave Wilmington at
4:30 in the morning, reaching Hamlet
at $40, where it will connect with No.
Go for Jacksonville and New York. 1t
will arrive at Charlotte Mt 11:5O and
leave for Rhtherfordton at 4 o'clock i'm
the afternoon, reaching there at 6.
o'clock. Returning, it will leave Ruth
erfordton at G:30 in the morning, ar
rive in Charlotte at 1915 and leave at
D in the afternoon, reaching Hamlet
at 80, in time TO connect with No.
Al from Norfolk and Raleigh, and will
arrive in Wilmington Mt II 80 Mt night
Close connection will be mad at Ham,
let with train for Raleigh.
This train will cOnnect Mt Lincolton
with the G. & y. w. for Hickory and
Lenoir and at Monroe with Nos. SO and
53 TO and from atlanta. No change
VIII he made i'm the schedules OF any of
the present trains OTHER tina No. 40,
which will leave Charlotte at 40, in
stead of 5:01 a. m, as heretofore, and
No II between Portsmouth ant Attain
ia will leave Hamlet ut $50 instead OF
1915 p. m. No. IL will make connec-
ton in Atlanta for New Orleans, Bir-
mingham and Memphis.
II is also announced that on June
1st, the Seaboard will run parlor cars.
on trains 30 and 40 between Char
lotte and Wilmington, In accordance
with the regular summer custom.