| From the Vicksburg Citizen |
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| November 25, 1861 |
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| Two Daily Passenger Trains {on
the Southern (of Mississippi) RR} |
| Open to Newton Station, Distance from Vicksburg to
Newton is 110 miles |
| Through Fare - $4.90 |
| On Monday, October 1st, 1860, the
following schedule goes into operation: |
| Morning Through Train leaves Vicksburg at
8:00 o'clock A. M.; connecting at Jackson Junction with the Passenger
train of the NO, J & GN RR, going South arriving at Newton Station
at 4:00 o'clock P. M. |
| The Evening Accommodation Train (Stopping
at Jackson) will leave Vicksburg at 2:55 P. M., and arrive at Jackson
Junction at 5:10 P. M., connecting with the Passenger Train of the NO,
J & GN RR going North. |
| Returning the Through Train will leave
Newton Station at 11:30 A. M., connecting at Jackson Junction with the
Passenger Train of the NO, J & GN RR going North and arrive at
Vicksburg at 8:25 P. M. |
| The Accommodation Train will leave Jackson
Junction at 8:00 o'clock A. M., connecting with the Passenger Train
from New Orleans, and arrive at Vicksburg at 10:45 A. M. |
| Passengers from Vicksburg for Canton and
the North by the Mississippi Central Railroad, will take the evening
train. |
| Passengers for Stations East of Jackson,
will take the Morning Train. |
| Passengers for New Orleans can take either
Train. |
| Passengers getting on the cars without
procuring a ticket from the Station where the company is prepared to
sell them, will be charged Ten Cents extra for the First Station, and
Five Cents extra for every station thereafter to the place stopping.
The above shedule will be complied with and all passengers and freight
will be carried as far as the condition of the Road, the safety of the
Public, and the ability of the Company will justify, but for any
failures of omissions to comply therewith or to carry any freight
which may be hauled to any Depot for transportation on the Rail Road,
the Company will not hold itself liable. |
| W. M. Wadley |
| Chief Engineer and General Superintendent |