The Washington herald., 1913-03-28
TRAFFIC TO west
ADJUSTING SELF
Pennsylvania and Baltimore
and Ohio Running Trains
to Chicago.
ALL BEHIND SCHEDULE
No Tickets Are Being Sold to Points
West of Pitts
burg.

Traffic to the Middle West is slowly
readjusting itself. Trains over the Balti-
| more and Ohio and Pennsylvania Rail-
| road lines yesterday crept over
changed routes, skirting the flooded sec
tions in a determined effort to keep
| communication with the stricken terri
tories open to the outside world.
st. Louis remained cut of practically
, from all connection with the Eastern
cities. The trunk line of the Pennsyl-
vania road. known as the Panhandle"
is impossible to traffic. Trains on the
Chesapeake and Ohio reach Cincinnati
and Louisville. but all further West
ward connection is impossible. Traffic
to st. Louis will probably be handled
from Chicago.
One train each way is being maintain
ed over the Baltimore and Ohio on the
Washington to Chicago run This train
leaves Washington for Chicago at is
2. m. The route traversed is to Pitts
burg, thence to Alliance. to Cleveland.
and over the northern route, the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern. 10 Chi
cago. Trains on this line are running
with about ten hours delayed time
compared with the regular schedule. All
tickets are sold subject TO indefinite de-
lay from Pittsburg.
Trains on Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is running
two trains to Chicago out OF Washing
ton. one at 7:io in the morning and one
at 7:50 in the evening. Tickets are sold
with the understanding OF possible in
definite delay from Pittsburg. Trains on
this line are from ten to fifteen hours
behind regular schedule time. Officials at
Union Station said last night that no
sleepers We're being run out OF Washing
ton for points further West than Pitts
burg.
More than the usual number of peo-
pie, it is noticed at the ticket office in
Union Station. are applying for tickets
to points in the West that have suffered
from the fearful floods. Many are buy
ing tickets for New York, to go from
there to Chicago over the New York Cen
trail lines. which are practically unaf-
fected.
Several inquired anxiously at the sta
ton yesterday for tickets TO unhappy
Dayton. They were given transportation
over the Chesapeake and Ohio to Gin
cinnat, whence to Dayton no certain
transportation could be promised. The
number of passengers over this Southern
route was somewhat increased yester-
day. With the fuller reports from the
stricken centers, many with those dear
to them in the danger zones hurried to
put an end to the agony of uncertainty.
and purchased transportation as far on
the way as ticket agents in Washington
were authorized 10 sell to them.
All Trains Are Late.
Trains from Chicago made Washington
yesterday and last night with no pro-
tense of keeping to schedule. A train
on the Pennsylvania Railroad, due at
4:io o'clock ip the afternoon. reached this
city about midnight The Chicago. New
York limited, on the Baltimore and Ohio.
reached Washington at s o'clock last
night. 1t was due in Washington at
o'clock yesterday morning. Another
train over the Baltimore and Ohio, due
here late yesterday afternoon. was un.
reported at an early hour this morning.
The railroads are making every effort
tn make communication with the sections
suffering from the floods as expeditions
as possible. Officials are endeavoring to
have all in readiness to forward neces-
sary supplies and assistance as soon as
they have been assembled for transporta-
ton. Reports, according to railroad Of
ficials at Pittsburg. are still far too
meager to determine the exact conditions
Of the lines through the flooded territory.