The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-24
Montgomery Railroads
 Will Gut Expenses.
10 COME AFTER TIE HOLIDAYS
Move is Made Necessary by Az
 verse Legislztion.
vesssss Rsads Eaferisg Me.tssmeEs w1n Be Aaeetea sy the Policy q RstrsseAne.t asa Re-
 asstisa sf Force.

M story that came to The Adver
 sfser yesterday 10 correct there will b
 almost . revolution in local railroal
 circles and especially in the city's mag
 nifcent system of suburban train ser
 vice. A
 From reliable authority it wal
 learned yesterday that after the holi
 day rush there will be . cut of one
 fourth in the forces of every depart
 ment of the Louisville and Nashviil,
 in Montgomery. None of the salarie will be cut, but one-fourth of the force employed In the mechanical. roadway
 transportation and yard department
 in and around Montgomery will be GU
 Nothing will be done until after tht holidays but some startling changes are expected early in January. Nate. rial reductions in the local forces o the Atlantic Coast Line and the Wes. tern are also looked for. Reductions have been made from time to time fr the forces of the three roads men tioned and scarcely one half of the forces that were employed in any oi 1. the departments q, year ago are at : work in Montgomery now. From vii. mington the Atlantic Coast Line has z already pent out notices of a big re- auction In forces after the holidays and the same thing is looked for at any day from the headquarters of the Louisville and Nashville and the Wes- tern.
 It is possible that the local mer- chants have the advantage of one of the most thorough suburban train ser- vices of any city in the South as their customers from evefy section of the territory within 100 miles around Montgomery can come to this city in the morning. do a good days trading o mi ot hoa aIf fn ha3,. I, t1.at The Louisville and Nashville has a To- cal train from Birmingham getting in here at 10 o'clock in the morning and leaving at ci30 in the afternoon. Peo- pie from Wetunipka and all over Ei- more, Clifton and Autauga counties come to Montgomery on this train ev- cry morning and the benefits to the Montgomery merchants from it are in- estimabie.
 Another L. & N. local train gets in from Geneva and Graceville at 10.30 a. m.. leaving at 3:20 D. m., bringing peo- pie from the, vast section of Geneva. covington and Conecuh counties. The Western has train in from Selma in the morning and out at night and splendid local train service on the Att. lanta division.
 The Atlantic Coast Line has train in at 10:40 c. m.. from Dothan and Lu- verne bringing people to Montgomery from the counties of Coffee, Henry, Pike. Houston. Montgomery. and Cren-f shaw, and enabling them to get back to their homes the same night. The Central of Georgia has a train in at 11:10 a. m.. and out at 4;45 p. n.. bring ing in people from the counties of Bar bour. Bullock. Russell and all of that section of the State. Every road run ming into Montgomery has this mag nificent suburban service except the Mobile and Ohio and the Seaboard Air Line Speaking of the suburban ser vice a local business man said yester day that the local merchants hardly realized the thousands and thousands of dollars resulting from 1t. The indi- cations now are that most of these su- burban trains will be taken off after or in January. while the fast through trains will be made to do local work. The result of this. will be that people from the territory around that come here In the morning will be compelled to spend a day and night here, not be- ing able to get back to their homes unz til the following day. This will mean. the loss of thousands of dollars not