| From the Mobile Advertiser &
Register |
| January 9, 1864 |
| |
| Will the Editors of the
Advertiser and Register allow a friend to suggest as an appropriate |
| M. & O. R. R. {Mobile
& Ohio RR} Time Table for 1864 |
| Up |
| Leave Mobile daily -- 10 minutes before
sundown. |
| Arrive Meridian -- sometime during the
week. |
| Pass intermediate stations -- when the
whistle blows. |
| Down |
| Leave Meridian -- on arrival of train from
Okolona. |
| Arrive Mobile -- in time for connection
with up trains (wood and water permitting). |
| Pass intermediate stations -- as
circumstances allow. |
| Rules and Regulations |
| 1. Engineers and conductors are
strictly forbidden to run faster than this Time Table. |
| 2. Foot travelers, leaving any station on
schedule time must flag the train then due, and keep at least
one-fourth mile ahead of all trains, moving in the same direction. |
| 3. Passengers leaving the cars to
"walk ahead" at any station must wait for the train at the
next "woodpile." The cars will not stop to pick up
passengers by the roadside. |
| 4. No passengers will be taken on the
trains unless provided with 5 days rations. |
| 5. Foot travelers will not be allowed to
pass trains when in motion, going in the same direction; and to
prevent wear and tear of track, must not exceed under any
circumstances regular schedule speed of 4 miles an hour. |
| NB -- To meet the extraordinary
expenses incurred by the company in this arrangement of trains, an
increased table and of charges has been adopted which, in view of the
increased qualities provided the traveling public will no doubt meet
with cheerful acquiescence. |
| Passengers from Mobile to
Meridian may rely upon ????? their destination by this road several
??? of either the river or Selma ???. |
| Ample experience during the
last six months ??? the managers in assuring the public that the
company will be able to make the time presumed by the schedule unless
the trains should be ??? "demonstrated" by "military
necessity." |
| By Order of the Grand M |