The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-02-07
CHANCES FOR IMPROVED TRAIN SER
VICE.
Through Lancaster Seem To Be Very
Favorable As Result OF Cooperation
OF Lexington Commercial Club
With Representatives From
Lancaster To That End.

Inc JOI Bays.
That Lancaster has a good chance to
secure from the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company some valuable
concessions with reference to various
changes in the schedules of passenger
trains in and out of this city is the
report of the committee of citizens of
Lexington, Lancaster, and Stanford
who went to Louisville recently for
the purpose of holding a conference on
the subject of better train service with
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
officials.
President Baily D. Berry and Sec
rotary S. H. Clay. of the Commercial
Club, John NJ. Farra, of Lancaster,
Shelton Saufiey, of Stanford, and
Frank B. Carr, General Agent of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad at
this point, went to Louisville yester-
day morning to meet General Passen-
ger Agent R. D. Pusey by appointment.
The conference was held yesterday
afternoon at two O'Clock in Mr.. Pusey's
office. He gave careful attention to
the suggestions made by the commit
tee and stated that he was very much
interested in the subject. He assured
the committee that the matters would
be Immediately taken up and we
would be given serious consideration at
once The committee was pleased
with the cordial reception given and
returned last night feeling that good
had been accomplished for Lexington.
Some of the matters placed before
Mr.. Pusey by the committee were the
changing of the schedules of the daily
for Cincinnati at 7:2O in the morning
and the one leaving Cincinnati for Lex
ington at 400 in the afternoon. 1t was
suggested by the committee that this
train be made fast train between Lex
ington and Cincinnati both ways and be
continued from Lexington through Win
chester to Richmond, Ian aster and
Stanford, with a further extension
during the summer season to Crab
Orchard. This train would permit the
people of Garrard, Lincoln and Madison
Counties to leave their homes early in
the morning, reach Lexington at ar
early hour and have the entire day in
this city before returning on the night
train. 1t was further suggested with
regard to this train that cafe-parlor
car be added to the equipment for the en-
tire route so that passengers would b,
able to get their meals enroute.
Another suggestion made by the Com
mittee was that the through trains o.
the Louisville and Nashville Railroa,
between Cincinnati and the south b,
routed through Lexington, coming from
Paris here and out to Winchester owe
the Lexington and Eastern tracks.
Another change was asked for witt
regard to. the Lexington Cincinnati trail
leaving here at ESQ in the afternoon
The request made was that the time o
departure from this point be changed t
$50.
While the committee is not at libert
to make a more definite statement tina
that given above, still they expresse
themselves as being well pleased wit
the result of their conference with MI
Pusey who received them with earnes
cordiality.
There is great need of these change
and the making of them will be of vas
Importance to Lexington. Unde
pr, sent conditions the people on tn
lines of the Louisville and Nashvill
Railroad experience great difficulty i
coming to Lexington at ALL, but wit
the proposed service, they can easil
come to this city and enjoy an entir
day between trains. At present tim
it is so difficult to come to Lexington
that certain citizens OF Lancaste
persuaded the company which for
short time operated the Richmond-Le,
ington auto-bus line to discontinue thu
service and to operate from Lancastt
to Nicholasville in order to make col
nection with the interurban for Lexin,
ton. This bus line since the marguerite
of that latter service has beel, averagir
twenty-five passengers each trip. TIL
is strong evidence of the need for a r
arrangement of the steams chedule.