The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03
RAILROAD NEWS.
Eastern Lines Will Put on More
Fast Trains.
Plan for Flyers Between New
York and st. Louis.
CONDITIONS IMPROVED.
Western Roads Must Cooperate
With Limited Service.
Gossip and Matters Of Interest
in Railroad Circles.

St. Louis, Nov. 3.zThe eastern lines
are ready. according to the assistant
general passenger agent OF one of the
greatest OF them. to alter their sched-
ules and to shorten the running time
OF their limited trains between New
York and St. Louis whenever the prin-
eipal western roads viii inaugurate
limited service between st. Louis and
San Francisco or Denver.
The official who made this statement
added that existing conditions favor
the esta blishment of a transcontinent-
al route via St Louis, and expressed
the conviction that this desirable re-
suit depends almost solely on the SER
vice between st. Louis and the West
None of the eastern lines could in
crease the speed of the New York and
St. Louis limited trains greatly" the
official said. I'm year or two there
will be eighteen-hour trains between
New York and St. Louis, but I doubt
whether this speed could be tolerated
at the present time. improvements to
the tracks are in progress on the New
York and St Louis roads, and until
they shall have been finished, the
eighteen-hOur service canno0 be in
stalled. Not more than two years will
elapse before the trains between New
York and st. Louis will run as fast
as those between New York and any
other city.
Excepting the eighteen-hour limit
1 ed trains of the New York Central lines
and the Pennsylvania between New
i York and Chicago, the St Louis SER
/ vice to and from the east is as good as
/ the service between Chicago and the
east For distances Of 200 or 400 miles
/ to the east, I believe St. Louis has In
comparable service.
Refers TO Schedules.
For illustration, look at the New
York and st. Louis and the New York
/ and Chicago schedules OF the New
York Central lines and the PennsyI-
vania- The shOrt-Iine distance be-
! tween New York and st. Louis is 1910
/ miles, and between New York and Chi
/ cago, $40 miles, the latter being less by
100 miles. orr ordinarily. two and one.
/ haf hours. Taking relative physical
conditions OF the routes into account
/ the difference of $50 miles need not
initiate, ultimately, against St Louis
Six of the limited trains operated
/ by these roads make the run from New
York to St. Louis as follows. twenty
/ seven hours. IS hours, % hours. 27
! hours, ~ hours ana Q hours Six Of
/ the limited trains of these roads make
! the run from New York 40 sChica 60 in
/ the following tfmca fwenty-tIaree
! hours. n hours, 8 hours. IS hours
"a hours and is hours
Six OF the trains make the ruin from
1 st. Louis to New York in the following
tllne; Ihlrty hours, 9 hours, 81 hours
% hours, IS hours and 80 hours sly
| OF the trains make the run from Chi
! cago to New York in the following
/ time; TWenty-fOur hours, 8 hours. 25
hours a hours, % hours and Is
! hours.
AS I have said. the eighteen-hour
train between st. Louis and New York
can hardly be inaugurated before
/ about year and a half Otherwise. it
seems to me that the speed made BY
the New Iork and st. Louis trains is
as satisfactory as that made by the
/ New York and Chicago trains As far
as equipment and conveniences are
concerned, can truthfully say that this
service between New York and ST
Louis IS unsurpassed.
The eastern roads would be glad to
! nave transcOntinental route through
! St. Louis. More traffic should pass
] through this gateway, and there are
4 many reasons why the eastern lines
would facilitate the movement between
/ the east and west via St. Louis
Il am sure that the eastern lines
would shorten the running time of
/ their limited trains as much as possible
and alter their schedules to the extent
/ that might be necessary, in order to
/ promote the transcontinental route
/ through St Louis.
q" am not speaking at random. I
make these assertions advisedly The
St. Louis route would be beneficial to
But One Impediment.
There is only one impeachment to the
establishment of a transcontinental
/ service proper through St Louis This
| is the fnadequacy of the service be-
! tween St. Louis and Denver What St
Louis requires are limited trains to and
from Denver or San Francisco.
THE articles in the Republic advo-
eating the st. Louis transcontinental
route were read with interest by rail-
road men. I, for one have surmised
that the articles were inspired. Some
/ executive official, perceiving the need