Arizona republican., 1909-12-28
TRAIN SCHEDULES
 TO BE REQUESTED
A New Santa Fe and a New Rock Train Will Neeessitate a Gen
 eral Change.

It is reported that there is to be general revision of schedules on the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe rail- roads about the first of the year. made necessary by the inauguration of an added train each way each day. In all probability there will be a consequent readjustment of the schedule on the $. F. P & r. line. though the local office has no advices on the subject yet. Whether the NJ. & P. will be dis turbed is not known, but presumably not so far as has been learned. Out of it all will certainly come a much better mail service for Phoenix than the city has heretofore enjoyed. espe- cially in respect to mails from the east. It is understood the mail that is now supposed to arrive over the Rock Island in the morning, but which seldom does, will now actually get here in the mid- dle of the preceding night. giving the early morning hours for distribution so delivery will be prompt in the morning. providing the mail comes via the Santa Fe, which is quite probable. But if it should continue to come via the Rock Island if will be on a train that will surely get here in the morn ing stead of one that is now general ly late
 No. g, a fast mail train on the Santa Fe, now leaving Chicago at g: 30 a. m. and overtaking at Albuquerque No. 1 which leaves Chicago the night befor
 at 10 o'clock, and No. z. which leaves Chicago the same morning No. does
 only at a. m, or seven hours earlier Is to be continued on to the coast, in stead of transferring it's load at AL buquerque to the other trains. The westbound trains. except the limited. will all pass Ash Fork close together early in the afternoon. No. 1. the regular Chicago-Los Angeles train will arrive at Ash Fork about the present schedule time of 12:3O. No. will be a little later than its present schedule of 2:45. this being the train at pres ent carrying the through mail. No. 9. the new mail train, will pass Ash Fork about ? D. m. No. 3, the Santa Fe limited. will vary but little from its present schedule. arriving about a. m.
 Going east the passenger trains ex- cept No. 10 will also pass Ash Fork in a bunch early in the morning with but little change from the present schedule. No. will pass about 4:30 a. m. No. at a. m., No. at 3:30 a. m. No. 10 will become the most available train for passengers from Phoenix as it will pass Ash Fork about D. m. No. {, however, passing at 4:30 a m., will be the principal eastbound mail train. It is understood that Nos. and 10 un- der the new schedule will run over the Belen cutoff. not passing through Albuquerque. Under this arrangement It seemed natural that the bulk of the eastern mail would come via the Santa Fe. in which event it would arrive here about a. m. giving the next six or seven hours for distribution. before the scheduled arrival of the present Rock Island train from the south and assur- ing delivery by this route at the time it was supposed to be delivered by the other route
 But later information last night was to the effect that there is to be an added Rock Island train over the south ernroute as a competitor of the new Santa F'e train. that will actually bring the mail in on the time the former Rock Island service has been trying to make. or even better. In fact it was said this train would reach Maricopa at D. m. instead of between 4 and a. m the scheduled time of the present Rock Island service. The new train on the Rock Island will be. it is said. fast mail train and the former Rock Island trains. Nos. and {. will actually become limited trains. which they have heretofore been erroneously called, by leaving off the chair car and other features that have made them ordinary passenger trains. They are henceforth to cater only to the limited'' patronage. The net result Of it all is that Phoenix will secure a better mail service whichever of the compet- ing lines gets the privilege of carrying the bulk of the mail.
 In regard to the s. F. P. & r. sched- ule it's readjustment. either now / or later. will have to provide for the fu- ture service on the A. & C. road It ! is thought likely the new schedule will , be so drawn as to permit the dove tailing in of the A. & C. service that will he inaugurated in the spring By May 1 or before it is expected a night train will be run from Phoenix to Los , Angeles. leaving here about D. m. and arriving in the coast city about 9 the next morning.