The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-13
ANOTHER new
Time CARD.
Will Go Into Effect On the |. G
Next Sunday, According to
RepOrts-Interesting Il.
X. Fight.
The l.. n Ms Time will BE Beaten
by the l. Il C.-Pay Train
Due Next Thurs.
day.

One OI tue greatest nXntS tof sue
premacy between railroads ever
waged Is now on with all its bitter
mesa between the Illinois Central and
the l.. & N. 1t is reported Of Sec
ond Vice President j. L. Harahan,
Of Chicago, that he once said he
would live to see the day when grass
grew up in the main line Of the l..
4 N.
The two railroads have for some
time past been contending with each
other for the fastest time between
Cincinnati aud New Orleans. The
Illinois Central, three weeks ago, In
augurated a change OF schedule
which enabled them to make better
time between Louisville and Memphis,
reducing it forty-five minutes or
more. Shortly before that the l.. &
N. beat the 1. G. from Cincinnati TO
New Orleans by two hours. The IL
linois Central did not like this, and
Immediately changed its time again,
reducing the time few minutes
more. This was still inadequate to
the demands, and yesterday another
change of schedule took place, chang
ing the time Of No. POS, the fast
midnight mail train, lessening the
time between Louisville and Memphis
twenty-five minutes. This places the
time just ten minutes under that
Of her powerful rival, the l.. &
N, but the Illinois Central Is
yet dissatisfied, and next Sunday,
according to reports, will have an
other time card, beating the L. & Ms
time all hallow. The details OF the
new card are as yet unknown, but
the report in railroad circles, which
seems to be reliable, is that in addi-
ton to the reduction in time two Sec
tons will be run out OF Fulton in
stead Of one, which will make up
thirty or forty minutes. No POS, the
fast mail between Cincinnati and
New Orleans, will then he flyer
right. She will 60 through like
"grcased lightning" from Cincinnati
to the Crescent City, making no stops
except those that are absolutely neees-
sary. She will then not wait for the
Chicago fast mail at Fulton, as she
does now, which will save over half
an hour. The second section alluded
to above will he the one to take the
Chicago passengers south, obyiating
all delay to the "ilyer." This fast
mail will then he one of the greatest
trains in the country. Other changes
are also talked Of. One is that il
needs be No. POS will
not come into Paducah
at ali, but will be met at the "Y"
just outside the city, by No. 20i,
which comes in about the same time,
and all necessary transfers of pas.
sengers, baggage, mail, etc., could
be made in short time without the
fast train coming into Paducah, thus
saving twenty minutes or more. 1T
is also said that the b. & D. can
save the l. c. an hour between Gin
cinnati and Louisville, which would
also be a great advantage.
Thus the great war against time
goes on, and the public stands back
watching the furious battle with no
little interest.
The pay car of the Illinois central
will be mere Thursday, and every
employee in Paducah will receive his
monthly stipend. The holidays are
approaching, aud the hundreds Of
dollars that will be expended from
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