The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
kENOSHA MAY Be hit SOON
Vast Saving Has Already Been Effected
by the Cutting Off of Trains and
Railways Plan to Extend the Re-
auctions to AL Parts of Country.

Extensive reductions in passenger
train service in addition to those al
ready made are soon to go into effect
in central territory. Between March l
and July Is, the railroads in this ter
| ritory effected saving at the rate of
almost seven million passenger miles
year in passenger train service, accord
ing to report just made to the Rail
roads War Board by R. H. Ashton,
president of the Chicago and North
Western Railway and chairman of the
| Central Department Committee. The
total reductions already made and
| those soon to be put into effect in this
territory, amount TO over 100000
passenger miles. This is in addition to
reductions of over 100000 passenger
miles already reported in eastern ter
ritory.
The states included in the central de-
partment are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mime
sofa, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dako-
ia, Ohio, South Dakota, West Virginia,
Wisconsin and Colorado. This reduction
in passenger train service is a part of
the program of the War Board in the
conservation of coal and men for the
more important freight handling pur-
pose.
The exact reductions already made in
central territory are at the rate Of g.
888, 402 passenger miles a year, and
will effect a saving of approximate
ly 100000 tons of coal year, which,
by this reduction is made available for
other purposes. The further reductions
to be made will bring the amount of
saving up to $4,000 tons of coal.
Among the roads which by reason of
the extent of their service have been
enabled to contribute most largely to
this result in central territory are:
Pennsylvania, S35,756 passenger miles;
Big Four, 779,560; Chesapeake & Ohio,
1850; Baltimore & Ohio, 6O1,987;
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, 580,206;
Pere Marquette, 574,629; Erie, 1885,
1872; Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha, 310,048; Rock Island, 298,006.
Several roads which have up to the
present made only small reductions in
passenger service, have planned such
reductions to take place in the imme-
date future. The Burlington system
plans reduction amounting to 1,800,
900 passenger miles; the Rock Island,
a further reduction Of 886,456 passen-
ger miles; Missouri Pacific, 100000
passenger miles; Missouri, Kansas and
Texas, a further reduction of 598,822.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois, the
Grand Rapids & Indiana, the Kansas
City Southern, the Lake Erie & West
ern, the Michigan Central and the 500
Line, several of which roads have al
ready made considerable reductions,
have planned total or further reductions
amounting to from 10000 to 100000,
passenger miles each. The total amount
of additional reduction already planned
amount to 5,539,561 passenger miles,
making a total of 1922, 1853 passenger
miles for the railways of the central
department.
The whole matter of reduction in pas
senger train service has been carefully
worked out by the committee and the
railroads of the central department.
Most of the further reductions are ex-
pected to be brought about by length
ening the schedule of transcontinental
trains and will, therefore, be felt To-
cally to small extent.