The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22
IN an interview with General Passen-
cor Age Mt TnYoe Of the Southern rail-.

IN an interview with General Passen-
ger Agent Tayloe, Of the Southern Rail-.
way, he says:
'"The time was when the passenger
business in the South during summer
months did not amount to much, except
In tho matter of local excursions, and
some people, of course, going to tho
Easter and Northern resorts. In tho
wonderful business development, how
ever, in the South within the last eight
or ten years, things have changed
Gas for the Southern Railway. our
summer travel is quite as important as
our winter travel. In the winter people
from the North East and West go South
to visit the Florida, Georgia and Caro-
lima resorts. In the summer our people
In the South now appear for the most
part to be able to enjoy summer outings
and our travel during June, July. ana
August is probably greater than at any
other time of the year. While num-
ber Of people go to the Eastern seashore
ana mountain resorts and also to the
lake region, and some to the Rocky
Mountain section, more go to the noun
tain resorts of North Carolina, East
Tennessee and Virginia than anywhere
else. Within the last few years there
has elso been a good early summer bus
mess to South Atlantic Coast places, such
as Atlantic Beach. off the couSt of Jack.
sonvillc; st. Smon's Island, near Bruns-
wick, Ga; Isle OF Palms. adjacent to
Charlcston; Morehcad City, n. c.; also
Virginia Beach and Old Point Comfort.
all OF which attract Il great many OF our
Southern people during the month OF
Juno particularly.
I'VE have already had our spring
schedule meeting and have about gotten
our summer plans mapped out. For the
coming summer Wc expect to operate
three additional new trains In our Vest
ern North Carolina country-ono from
Spartanhurg to Asheville, one between
Knoxville and Ashcvllle. and ono between
Salisbury and Ashevillo, In connection
with these trains we will run sleeping
cars from Mobile, Charleston, Augusta,
Macon, Savannah, Jncksonyillc Norfolk.
Memphis and Nashville, and parlor cars
between Charleston and Ashevllle and
Augusta and Ashcvllle. We viii also
have summer sleeping car service be-
tween Winston Salem, Greensboro and
Morehcad City,
1--WE also expect to make considerable
Improvement In our summer service IN
Virginia, and havo arranged for addi-;
tionnl passenger train between Washing
ton, d. c., Manassas and Strasburg, and
very frequent service between Washing
ton, Leesburg and Bluemont, as there are
many Neutrality-suspicious. who spend tho
summer In that part of Virginia,
we have also arranged to put In
some short service connecting UP our
through lines between Richmond, Dur
ham and Raleigh, N. c., with Buffalo
L.ithla Springs and Mocklenburg, Chase
City Va.
our st, Louis louisville lines will
have before long the line finished between
Huntingburg and French Lick Springs.
Ind and when we get orr line COM
pleted to French Lick we expect to enjoy
n good passenger business IN the South
and Central West. There are number
of people in Louisville, st. Louis and
Evansville, who like the mountain coun-
try of North Caralina, and quite q con-
siderable summer travel has developed
from that portion of our line into the
Western North Carolina section,
we have lately acquired the Transyl-
vanln Railroad, forty-two miles, from
Hcndersonville, ~ G., to Lake ToSaway,
n. c., and the Sapphire Country, In
order to accommodate that travel, We
Will, during the coming summer operate
three trains ON that branch line, where
formerly only one through train was run.
"Altosether our summer plans are
pretty extensive, and VIC do not believe
the people of the South with their pres
ent progressive ideas Of advancement,
Wall cause us any disappointment for the
forthcoming season.