The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1914-10-23
MoRENcI SOUTHERN r. r.
SUSPENDS MAIL TRAIN
Failing Away of Traffic Resulting
from Industrial Depression Causes
Railway Company to Entirely Dis
continue Afternoon Mail Train
Schedule to be Followed by Postal
Department Not Known.


Announcement is made this week
that after Saturday, October "a. the
Morenci Southern Railway company
will discontinue indefinitely its after
noon combination freight, passenger,
and mail train which connects at
Guthrie with the Lordsburg trains of
the Arizona & New Mexico Railway
company, this change being made be-
cause of light traffic resulting from
the Industrial depression. One result
of this change will be that all passen-
gers from all points coming to Mo
renci will continue with the train of
the Arizona & New Mexico Railway
to Clifton, from where they will take
passage on service automobiles or
hacks into Morenci, or they will have
the alternative of remaining the night
at Guthrie, and boarding the forenoon
passenger train, which will continue to
be operated, for Morencf. Guthrie's
lack of hotel accommodations will
in all probability mean that all pas
sengers to Morenci will come by way
of Clifton. The cost OF travel from
any point to Morenci is increased
over the original schedule and opera
ton of trains, by less than one dol
lar.
This slight difference is. because of
the difference in prices OF fare between
Morenci and Guthrie and between
Clifton and Guthrie. The difference
named above considers that automo-
bile transportation between Clifton
and Morenci is continued for the
price Of one dollar.
Another result of the discontinue
ance of the afternoon passenger and
mail train is that United States mail
viii remain at Guthrie for the night
before being brought to Morenci, un-
less the postal department takes &C.
ton which at this time is not known.
Reports, not official, are heard to the
effect that the first and second class
mail may be brought by the Arizona
e New Mexico train each afternoon
to Clifton, from where it could be
transported by fast automobile to
Morenci, giving the tonwspeople
quicker service than they at present
obtain, as is achieved in the case OF
passenger travel, passengers now
coming to Morenci reaching the town
quicker by way of Clifton than by the
afternoon train, which is yet in opera
ton, but tickets for transportation
by which for several days have been
sold at stations with the understand
ing that the operation of the train
ceased on Ocober Is, as was originally
intended by the management of the
Morenci Southern, the extension of
the time to October rs being made in
the hope that the postal departme nt
would in that time announce or
make changes in mail transportation
Another solution propounded by a
number of Morenci's people is that
protest be made, If necessary to
bring quick service, to the depart
ment with the expectation that the re
quest of the patrons Of the mails
would meet response. Postmaster
Roscoe states that as yet he has re-
ceived no statement from the postal
department regarding the mail service
between Guthrie and Morenci, result
ing from the discontinuance of the
train service.
The forenoon combination train of
the Morenci Southern will continue in
operation, but will return to Morenci
before noon each day, instead of re-
turning In the Afternoon, after con-
Meeting at Guthrie with the Arizona &
New Mexico Lordsburg and Hachita
train as has been followed The
crew of the train will upon arrival at
Morenci be engaged in switching
work, thus relieving the crew before
employed for this purpose.