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Asheville Daily Citizen
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina
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South Bound Railroad officials plan to add a through sleeper train from St. Augustine and Jacksonville via Savannah and Columbia to Asheville, enabling 22-hour travel without changing cars, starting as northern tourist travel from Florida begins. This will divert business to Columbia.
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The Columbia S. C., State, contains the following interesting news in Monday's edition:
"The South Bound railroad officials now that the travel from Florida towards the north is about to begin, are making arrangements to give a quick and comfortable connection for the benefit of the tourists.
"They are arranging to have a through sleeper put on from St. Augustine and Jacksonville, via Savannah and Columbia, to Asheville, making the entire time without change of cars only twenty two hours. If this is done the south bound incoming train now getting here at 4 p. m., will leave Savannah at 6 p. m., and arrive at 11 a. m.
"By this schedule, too, all business along the line will be diverted to Columbia, as it will give the farmers an opportunity to spend the day here instead of only two hours as at present."
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Columbia, S.C.
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22-hour travel time without changing cars; business diverted to columbia allowing farmers a full day instead of two hours.
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Arrangements for a through sleeper from St. Augustine and Jacksonville via Savannah and Columbia to Asheville for tourists as northern travel from Florida begins; south bound train to leave Savannah at 6 p.m. and arrive at 11 a.m.