Evening journal., 1889-04-25
REST FOR RAILROAD MEN
Sunday to Be Observed on the
Central System.
FREIGHT TRAINS TO De STOPPED.


Nothing 10 he Moved After May but
Live stock and Peri>hable Guods-4r.
Dcpew Explains the Plans Of The Rail-
road Company.
NEW Yong, April 25.-Aeter May tho
New York Central railroad vii cut 81 The
greater part Of its Sunday freight ta.ac.
This is said to be- a part of great Wander
bit Saba cru ade. which started some
time ago with the suppre son of the Sunday
stages on Firth avenue, and may be largely
due 70 the effort Of Col Eliot f. Shepard.
Az any rate, it Is the beginning Of e reyolu-
ton on ali railroads east Of Chicago Ia which
The Vanlerhlts hold the controlling interest,
and will in a short time extend TO the passen-
ger service rs wei as frei hit
President Channcey NJ Depew said yester-
day to a reporter, 'sThis is no sudden move
% the part Of the Central The mnttcr has
been discussed by the directors for some time.
Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt was very much ii
favor Of IL, and at The last meeting which he
attended before he went to Europe. March
80, it was decided to make the experiment,
and we shall commence it after May r.
The Motive.
"What Is the motive for the change, ,Ir.
Dopewf' asked tue reporter.
ut Is purely religious said Mr. Dapaw
"We expect that it vii, improve the morals
Of our men--give them more time at home
aud make them better satisfied with their
lot To be sure it win cut them down ia
Their weeks earnings one-seventh, but /
tafIi Ia Inv
ahead when they can have a day of. If it
proves successful, and we expect 1t will we
shall extend 1t as far as possible to passenger
trafns. or course we cannot stop a man and
his family nt Buffalo or Rochester, or Po-
dunk, wherever Sunday overtaltes the trains.
/ or course through trains on the road will
| have 70 continue just the same as perishable
| freight We cannot let such freight stand
over Sunday and ia many cases New York
needs the SUPPLY
VIII IL Anect Freight TrafHcs
"Will not this cut down the freight traffic
Of the Cenralr
Hardly. We exnect 70 work harder
enough through the week to make up for it,
and consequently there viii be no men thrown
ont of employment by it. This will extend
4 20 every one OF our ronds east of Chicago
II the roads west would do the same II would
materially help as, Of course, but the compe-
tition on some Of the roads is SO great that
they cannot afford 70, and the same win
hold good in their passenger traffic II is the
competition which prevents tho stoppage Of
through passenger trains. | was IN favor Of
the measure from the first time Mr. VAnder-
bilt proposed Il, but it opens up some din.
cult and complex problems 1t con.
Meeting roads offer us freight We must
take It, We cannot afford 10 lose tha bust
ness Perishahe FREIGHT and live stock must
also be hurried through, but altogether a
think we shall cut down our freirht trafal
on Sundays AZ east 80 per cent Outside ot
our system don't think there win be ans
change made ia this direction, ana on many
of the lines it cannot be done on account oi
competition
This move includes besides the New York
Central aud It's branch roads centering ia
this city, the Michigan Central and the Pitts
burg and Lake Erie The freight trains will
mainly all be stopped al o'clock Saturday
evening" and will not start before O'Clock
Monday morning.