| From the Augusta Constitutionalist |
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| February 26, 1865 |
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| Travel from Montgomery to Augusta |
| A correspondent of the
Mississippian gives us information, after experience, as to how a trip
from Montgomery to Augusta can be made in these troublesome times. He
says: |
| Experience has taught me the
propriety of having a traveling companion of the other sex, and so, at
Montgomery, I eagerly embraced the opportunity of taking one in
charge. It is true, one has to look after trunks, baskets, hand boxes
and sometimes babies; but to be admitted to a seat in the ladies' car
is alone sufficient to compensate for all the little attentions
expected. |
| Leaving Montgomery on Thursday
morning at 8 o'clock, we arrived at Columbus the same afternoon at 5
o'clock {on the Montgomery & West Point RR},
without change of cars. The distance is ninety-seven and a half miles;
fare fifteen dollars. On Wednesday morning, at half past six o'clock,
we left Columbus, and arrived, without change of cars, at Macon the
same evening, at three o'clock -- distance one hundred miles -- fare
thirteen dollars {on the Muscogee RR and the
South Western RR}. At Macon I would recommend the Brown House
to travelers, being convenient to the depot, and quite reasonable in
charges -- only twenty-five dollars for each fire which you may order
in your room. We left Macon Thursday morning at eight o'clock for
Midway, distance thirty-five miles {on the
Central (of Georgia) RR} -- fare, eight dollars. Midway station
is about one mile from Milledgeville; and here passengers will find
every description of vehicle to take him across the break -- the price
depending on the demand -- from fifty to five hundred dollars per
head. |
| We arrived at Midway at 12
o'clock, and taking a wagon, reached Sparta at 7 o'clock that night,
distance twenty-four miles. Here you stay all night, and have to pay
enormously for inferior accommodation. On Friday morning at 5 o'clock,
we left Sparta for Mayfield station by wagon -- distance twelve miles.
Leaving Mayfield at 11 A. M., the train {of the Milledgeville RR} arrived at Camak at one
o'clock, fourteen miles, where we changed cars for Augusta {on
the Georgia RR}, forty-seven miles, arriving here at 6 P. M.
Travelers would do well to scissor these paragraphs. |
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