New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-11
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
TIE PROPOSED NEw-HAvEN CHANGES
NEW ESGLANDS OFFICIALS PROTEST THAT 1T
Is An OUTRAGE ON THEIR ROAD AND
on THE PUBLIC.

>rv.ESGIANp,s OFFICIALS PROTEST THAT IT
Is An OUTRAGE ON THEIR ROAD AID
on THE PUBLIC.
Boston, Nov. 10 (SpeciaD-A cyclone Is brewing
4, railroad circles. Close upon the heels OF the
announcement that a large reduction in the tram
service between Boston and Washington Is eo"'
,er,pIated part OF which is denied by the New
Haven oficials however, comes the official state
mcnt that on November ~ it is proposed by the
New-Haven management TO consolidate BON 'ne
noon trains from Boston to New-York. win "e
ob,ec. of saving a large amount of engine mileage
one OF these trains leaves Boston by the Boston
and Albany. and is delivered to the New-Haven ~
hartford and the other leaves Boston by the
N.w-York and New-England. and Is deh'ere" ~
the Connecticut corporation at the same paoe,
on arrival Hartford both these trains WIZ
I've made into one and continued to New-York Guy
,egether 1t is also intended 10 change 'he '"'e
of the , p. m. Shore Line express to ) p M 80
tina; IL shall meet the p. m. white Train from
Boston. via the New-York and New-Ehsianu' az
New-Havcn, and be consolidated with IL III VI.
same manner as the other two trains VIII pe a.
Hartford 1t is this latter proposition mat i
stirring UP the cyclone. and the people VINO arr
making the biggest howl over 1t are 'ne o'"''"''
OF the New-York and NewEngand
General Superintendent I. d. Barton OF ,l'e
New-York and New-England Railroad says Vi Tue
New-Haven order: -.
~ow-york I, formerly had a third train over the
New-Hayen lines known as the washington en-
press. This was paying train put INC ->e"
York, New-Haven and Hartford tooN IL ""!
There are fourteen trains between new io'M
and Boston, only two of which so over the shortest
route-the New-York and New-Engianu l"eSe
are at II o'clock and g. The New-faVeh reiuseu
10 make the short time on our l. O'CLOCK uan''
but stopped at the principal local sta'lohs q" 'e'
line and made the time to New ork SIN anu d
half hours. Then. to kill the New-Engiand Tram
altogether. they put on a fve-hour and forty
minute train by way Of the Albany roao u iea'e
at the time. and. of course they soiu ,he
70 O'Clock tickets for the Albany train IN prefer
ence to the New-England tram
Now the New-Haven makes both l. CLOCK
trains six-hour trains. and merges them as one
Train from New-York. OF course it will give an
Albany ticket to a passenger desiring to come to
Boston by that train. though II he insisted upon
having New,Engand ticket a ne cor@ he p WSte
or O'Clock train, by way of the New-Engiand
NeWHsVe e rails it goes in live hours and forty
mnutes. and ought to be iive-honr train. II
sIoWeT time on the w,Haven Ali O'clock pas
sengers from New-York nov come over the New,
order of the New-Haven the New England train
abolished or merged Win yin tse S SSSrs snG ne
for o'clock passengers. simply TO XIII the pest
paying train OF the for dscontnuance
OF this train under the contract but nothing is
said in the contract ABOUT Vi Iiiuc. w
shall protest against this latest action of the New
haven. The basis of division OF receipts between
the companies is the pro alta mileage OASIS
The Sound Line agreement now requires less IMAM
sixty days notice for termination II any tram Is
Ia be abolished to reduce expenses, II snoud De
the five-hour 10 O'Clock train ove~ the Shore Line
which is at popular hour The > O'CLOCK
rain over the ewEngland should be the I'VE
hour train. and it is an outrage not only against
The New England road. but against Boston and the
travelling public to increase it's running time from
five hours and forty minutes TO six hours.
The attempt to make capital against the New
York and New England Railroad out OF the changes
announced in the autumn passenger scneuuie OF
the New York. New-Haven and Hartford led TO
the publication of story yesterday about the
''bottling up of the New England road IN when
il was suggested that the New England trains
might be thrown of the Grand Central station
The bears in the stock market coincidently made
q raid upon New-England stock and depressed II
/: per cent There is foundation for the report
that the New-Haven road proposes 10 smut us
rival out of the Grand Central station. In the
changes in through service between New ork an'
Boston already published. the England road
has been placed on parity with the New-HaVen :
own trains officers of the New-Haven yesterday
denied that any war opened upon It's rival
The changes in train service were made as a
measure of economy Friends OF the New-England
road said that the loss by the discontinuance OF
the Washington express from Boston by way or
the Poughkeepsie Bridge system was trivial. Inc
heightened time of the white Express between
New-York and Boston would make little diherehce
in the travel.
England Company had changed its original route
for the extension proposed from Brewsters station
IN IegCett's Point. director in the new COM
rany said that the New England road had Hiade
them differed essentially from the others. but 1t
deemed advisable to have more than one
feasible in order TO facilitate the acquisi-
ton of rights of way.