Arizona republican., 1901-02-14
IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED
More Attention Should Be Paid 10
 Comfort of Train Passengers,

The man whose vocation necessita- les much railway travel becomes vcry strongly impressed with the i'd a that there is great opportunity for improve ment in the passenger service on most of the trains on all lines in so far as concerns chair car patronage So un- fair an amount of attention is devoted 70 reaching tho highest degree fl pe:
 lection and luxury in the equipment, appointment and service of everything connected with the limited train that the express train does not receive tho attention it deserves-otherwise the conditions existing at the head ends of the trains in express s rvice, so griCv- ously apparent to even the casual ob- server, would long ago have been iemeded. Very little consideration seems to b. considered necessary for other than the sleeping car patr1nag. Why this is SD is rot readily discern able for the day coach and chair car traffic constitutes a Very large volume Ot the business on all lines anl the app aranee of forcing passenger back to the sleeping car as the only way to avoid being herded like cattle, engenders sense of unjust treatment which leads to a trial next time of d competing linl-though at present tn, competitor observes the same methods. lt Is a safe proposition to rema \ that the line whose passenger ofIcia $ will be original enough to turn from he hue and cry about limited trains, which are now moro d matter of course than novelty, and devote energetic a ipp, tg [ l, ;,,,,
 sleeper accommodations, will very quickly secure from its competitors a heavy patronage that the perfectiors of the limited trains do not interest.
 That the sleeper does not necesSari,y meet all requirements of other than smoking car patronage and that With he proplr accommodation and servic, the open car is preferred by many is attested, for instance. by the continuet success of the santa Fe's Californ d limited, which offers an indication cf what is desirable on all through trains An equal ornaten ss of equipment is not required, but the same essentials ,f accommodations and properly trained crews ale required very badly in most cases. No example is necessary. for an obs rving ride of tWcntyfour hours in the day coach or chair car of a throuSl express on most any line will evidence possibilities of improvement in many matters of both equipment and service.
 SOME THINGS NEEDED.
 In the matter of equipments two clos cts is Inly a matter of common decency and accommodations in each are pr,.- Videl for washing. With very litt'e nee cSary extension of spaca. The lack in this particular is a general as it Is anna yir% And in this connection it may be remarked that on lin which have fitted .hcic equipment in this par ticu,ar il is Very often rendered aggra- Natingly useless through an absence of towels and soap. This is certainly the fduN If some one. lut the indifference of the crew Co the fact indicates a lack of checking on the someone's part. It Is questionable if the provision of small smoking room is not a good thinS, all things considered. for it tends to ptCrSuT an cnd,avor on the part of of smokers to smoke elsewhere, to hold a seat in both cars, and 1t also hclrs out in times of snort seating capacity. The crowding cf coaches always looks bad and is bai for passengers have right to a seat and feel very much aggl.eved at being denied such for they und rstand perfe ctly that thare is no excuse for such lack of consideration. The Operating officials who D rmit such events tO occur on their divisions eith- CT d. not keep thoroughly in touch with their duties, are not prop rly supplied with equipment. or else have their au- thogity hamper5d in the disposition