Bisbee daily review., 1908-11-25
SLEEPING GAR WILL NOT RUN
 INTO B|SBEE
Passenger Department of E. P. & s. w. At Fl PaSo Refuses the Recent Request of Bis bee Board of Trade.

The Bisbee Board of Trade has re- ceived reply from V. R. Stiles, gen eral passenger sagent of the E. P. & s. w., to whom copy of the resoll uons recently passed by the board anent a through sleeper from Fl Paso 10 Bisbee was sent, in winch it was stated by Stiles that the company can not see 1t that way. The letter fol- lows:
 Fl Paso. Tex, Nov. 21, 1908. MT. c. K Reynolds,
 Traffic Manager, Bisbee Board of
 Trade, Bisbee, Aria
 Dear Sir-I beg to acknowledge re- ceipt of your kind favor of the 1eth inst. enclosing copy of resolutions passed by your honorable body in re- gard to sleeping car service in and out of Bisbee. First, 1 want to assure you that we always want to do every thing that is consistent for the good people of your city, and upon sug- gestion of certain residents of BisbeS The question of running our Fl Paso Douglas sleeper into Bisbee was given serious consideration several months ago, but after taking a very carefsI record of these cars for several weeks, l was quite surprised to find that the majority of the passengers occupying Standard sleeper out of Fl Paso were Douglas passengers, in stead of Bisbee and points beyond. Hence, you will see that to make this change would be to accommodate the few. instead of the many. However, we hope the time is not far distant when our business will assume such as to enable us to put on an additional sleeper on the Drum mer's Special, running one car be- tween Bisbee and Fl Paso, and the other between Douglas and E1 Paso. Under present conditions, we could not possibly afford to do this.
 However, we are affording you some relief by our change of schedule, effective tomorrow. On and after that date the Drummers' Special, Train No 3, will leave Fl Paso at 7:20 D. ID. and arrive in Douglas at a. m., leav- ing Douglas at 7:30 a. m., arriving at Bisbee at $50 a. m, so that our Bis bee passengers need not necessarily be called until 2 a. m., or on their ar rival at Douglas.
 The train in the opposite direction (train No. 4l will leave Bfsbee at p. m-, arriving in Douglas at 6:16 D. m., leaving Douglas at p. m., arriV- ing in Fl Paso at $40 a. m., and un- less passengers make request to the contrary they will not be awakened at Fl Paso until a. m.
 We hope that this arrangement will afford the relief desired tempor- arily. or until such time as we will be justified in putting on an extra car.
 'In regard to weekly service be- tween Bisbee and Los Angeles, would suggest that this matter be taken up in the spring, or just prior to the in- auguration of the summer rates to the coast. Business at this season of the year will not justify such service, bza believe that the Southern Pacific would be willing to join us in the aT- rangement during the summer season,
 Yours truly
 ". R STILES"
 The members of the Board of Trade are not discouraged by this answer, and will again take up the question, pointing out matters which they think have not come to the attention of the company. Stiles asserts that a check ing up of the passengers shows that less than 50 per cent of them origin ate at Bisbee, Tombstone and Benson. The Bisbee men maintain that check ing up the tickets does not show the true state of affairs, as many pas sengers from Bisbee buy a ticket for Douglas, and from there buy their ticket and engage their berth. Others travel on milage. Their miIage is torn of to Douglas, they get their berth there, and go on. The ticket would show that the passenger at Douglas. It is also main tained by the Bisbee people that when the sleeper from Fl Paso reaches Douglas more people get out of 1t and come on to Bisbee than remain at the Shelter City.
 The change in the schedule, men tioned in the letter, affords little re- lief, as the passengers will be awak- ened at about o'clock in the morn ing. r..