The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-23
BACK no 20 HOUR TRAINS
For New York Central. but Pennsylvania IL
Not Likely TO Change.

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There will be no more eighteen hour
trains between here and Chicago over the
New York Central. This was decided upon
yesterday at a conference of the heads OF
the operating departments held in the office
OF President William H. Newman Of the
New York Central and Lake Shore roads.
President Newman has not been believer
In the necessity Of eighteen hour trains, and
although the heads of the operating depart
ments, including such old railroad men as
General Manager Bradfeld and General
Superintendent A.. II. Smith, told him yes
terday that In their opinion the schedule
was a safe one. Mr.. Newman put his foot
down and said that twenty hours was fast
enough As result Of the meeting this
statement was issued abandoning the
eighteen hour schedule that was put in
force last Sunday:
NEW YORK. June 70. 1905.
To the Press and tho Public:
Since the sad accident which has happened
on the Lake Shore have had a consultation
with the operating officials. who have ex-
planned that the accident was caused by
misplaced switch and was not due to the
speed OF the train. and they assure me that
the present schedule can be safely and easily
maintained.
While / agree with the operating officials
that there Is no physical reason why the
schedule should not be continued. neverthe-
less. in my Judgment. the time OF the 'rwen-
teth Century Limited should be restored to
twenty hours and 1t will be done at once.
W. II. NEWMAN. President.
Now York Central and Lake Shore.
Until the new schedule can be arranged
the Twentieth Century Limited will leave
New York at $50 P. NJ. and Chicago at 2'3o
P. NJ, as at present, but running on twenty
hour schedule and arriving at both terminals
two hours later than now.
The last eighteen hour trains are now
en- route. The train that left here yeeter-
day had forty-five passengers, almost
her full complement from here
Before the conference President Newman
, said that he had always been opposed to
running 30 fast train.
Il felt from the very beginning he said.
: that a slower train as slow as the trains
we ran until lately, would be more COM
iortabl to the passengers and would give
equal satisfaction. The faster the train,
you know the more liable are the passen-
gers to be Jared and bounced about. What
We learned, however, was that the pas
eengers saw no difference between the
speed Of the twenty hour train and the speed
Of the eighteen hour train and that they
were satisfied with this high speed train.
OF course, we felt that the new fast train
was Just as safe as the slower one, or we
never would have put it in commission.
Moreover the time of the Twentieth Century
l. United on our tracks between here and
Buffalo has been no faster than the time
OF other fast trains which we operate
Most modern trains, I believe, are rum
ming too fast You will find If you inquire
that nearly all railroad men Are opposed
to them. At the same time very fast train
Is not necessarily dangerous. Such train
properly handled is every bit as safe as a
slower train can be. We satisfied our
selves that the Twentieth Century would
Re as safe to travel on IA slower trains or
we never would have inaugurated such
service. 1t has seemed to give satisfaction
to the travelling public, too, as far as l can
learn
The New York Central, it was learned,
cut the two hours of the schedule only
because of the Pennsylvania 3 eighteen
hour train. In cutting two hours off the
twenty hour schedule the operators took
one hour and forty minutes off on the Lake
Shore, where the accident happened. The
other twenty minutes were taken of between
Buffalo and Albany.
PHILADELPHIA, June 22.-The Penn
sylvania Railroad has not yet considered
taking off the eighteen hour train to Chi
. cago. At conference Of the officials in
President Cassatt's office to-day the New
York Central wreck was discussed, but no
action was taken by the railroad, nor is any
likely to be.
THE matter Of annulling the eighteen
hour schedule has not been considered az
yet said Charles NJ. Sohaeier, superin-
tendent of passenger transportation of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. "The twenty
hour schedule may be returned, but think
not. There are wrecks on fifteen miles an
hour schedules