The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-27
COOPERATION
 OF RAILROADS
SECURED IN MATTER OF FUR. WISHING TRANSPORTATION
 AND ADVERTISING RESORT
Rev. C. E. Hickok and Secretary c. R. selding Report on Trip That Brought Excellent Results for This Season

There has been much doubt obtain ing as 10 whether railroad facilities 1 for business here could be secured 1 whether or not train service owuld interfere with a big season, and
 whether cooperation along adycrts- ing lines could be secured, until Sec retary George R. Bedding of the Busi-
 ness Mems League and Rev C. E | Hiokok, who was chairman q the re-
 cent big membership drive. had re-
 turned from visit to St Louis and
 the following is their very satisfac-
 tory report
 To the President and Board Of Gey~
 ernors of the Business Mems League:
 Your committee that has visited this past week the various railroads
 for the purpose of securing their
 hearty o-operation in forwarding the
 interests of Hot Springs presents to
 you this report
 Notwithstanding the fact that the
 railroad situation is acute all over the country and that the railroads are
 facing tremendous problems of trans-
 portation your committee was not only well received. but obtained from 1 the various lines the assurances of 1 hearty support of the League in it's efforts Co increase the patronage of this resort What these problems are | may be grasped from the following, just few prominent things that were
 met by your committee In ts various | interviews.
 I Int western roads have been drawn upon for locomotives for use on the eastern roads in moving passengers and freight on account of the war situation These engines taken from such roads as the Missouri Picafic were of the best types and highest ef ficiency As all new motive power being built is forwarded abroad, it is impossible to replace these en- zines In addition there are prob
 ems in this department that have to | do with labor owing to the men who ! have been called into the service of | he country
 Many of the roads are disseminating rains, practically all of them in fact, are doin gthis None of them are con- sidering the putting on of additional rains As examples. the Wabash has discontinued it's day trains between St. Louis and Chicago; the Penn ylvania system has taken off it's re sort specials to Florida. This has been done in order to accommodate ho great freight and troop move nents in connection with the war en-
 arprise When the fast trains be- tween New York and Chicago are be- ng discontinued some idea can be lrawn as to the ser,)us problems fac l ng these roads.
 | Another element that enters Into his problem is that of securing
 ;leeping cars. The government is using such 0 large number of these 1 or the transportation troops that
 he railways are unable to secure ad- 1 iiuonal cars for their various lines. l Together with all of this the rail | ways are having unprecedented traf-
 flc in both freight and passenger ser
 vice. The problem with them is not
 to get business, but 10 properly take
 care of that which presents itself To
 them
 i Notwithstanding the railroad situ-
 ation your committee met with a or dial reception and the assurances
 from each road that 1t would heartily
 cooperate in order to make the com
 ing season and year a prosperous one
 for the city
 The Illinois Central and Rock island
 Lines will advertise Hot Springs with
 minum of not less than S2.500 In
 addition, the Rock Island will push it's
 booklet and the Illinois Central will al
 once place Hot Springs in the large
 electric sign over the Chicago station.
 The letters in this sign are ten feet
 high.
 The arrangements with both the
 Chicago and Eastern Illinois and the
 Chicago and Alton Railways were not
 concluded, as the proper persons to
 see were not available at the time
 Enough was done with these two
 roads to lend the assurance that they
 would do their pat in the adyertis-
 ing, perhaps with the same minimum as the Illinois Central.
 The Wabash Railway will also CO., operate with the minimum advcrtis- ing of $2,50o This will be placed largely in the north, in the territory | Of Detroit, Cleveland, etc. | The Missouri Pacific will spend ap- proximately $5,000 or more in adver- l tising In addition 10 the regular handsome booklet issued by that road the first pages of the new time tables | ,,.fU oa,rt- o dfuplaV advertisement of