Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-04

tNOntInueu from EuRe tHe.1
again, one could easily handle their
passengers.
Between midnight and l.o'clock in
the morning there are two more east
bound trains, and all their passengers
could be put onto one train without
it being over-crowded.
Will Interchange Equipment.
What is true with reference TO trains
moving east is also true with refer
ence to those coming west, the num-
Der being the same in each direction.
To operate passenger train on a
round trip from Omaha to Chicago
requires the services OF six locomo-
tivees, or $50 in the aggregate, where
as the business could be handled by
half this number and with a rear
rangement Of the schedules, the eff
cheney of the service would not be
greatly impaired.
The general rule is twelve men to
each through train each way, or 900
on the twenty-five round-trip trains.
Added to these are nearly half as
many more men employed in stations,
round houses, switch yards and coal
ing stations. s-z{,
Aid Food Production.
With the train service reduced one
half, more than 900 able bodied men,
nearly all in the prime of life, would
be released to go onto the farms, or
engage in pursuits whereby they
would be adding to the producing OF
food supplies of the country.
Locally, the railroad officials are OF
the opinion that when the commit
tee. in Washington concludes its work,
it will have worked out a scheme by
which instead of twelve passenger
trains leaving Omaha for Chicago be.
tween early evening and o'clock the
following morning, there will be not
to exceed six. Just how the sched-
ules of these trains will be arranged
is matter that has not been given
serious consideration. That will come
when the order to cut to the bone is
issued.
II is certain, however, that an
equitable distribution of the business
will be made. This arrangement will
take into consideration through traf.
fic and the. best possible accommoda.
ton and convenience for the local
business along the respective lines,
Also Applies to West.
While the knife is to be put into
the Omaha Chicago train service, il
will be applied on the lines operating
to the west. J.
At the present time there are ter
through trains each day between
Omaha and Los Angeles and four be,
tween Omaha and Portland and The
north Pacific coast country.
The western business has all beer
gone over and it has been found thai
eight trains daily can easily handle
the business that twenty are callec
upon to handle now.
Cutting out ten trains each way
daily between Omaha and the Pacih,
coast will release more than 200 loco
motives and enable close to 1000 mel
to take up other lines of work
| Reductions in the train service be
tween Omaha and St. Paul and Min
neapolis and between Omaha anc
Kansas City will take fifty locomo
tives out OF service and at the sam,
time enable about 800 men to 20 on
and till the soil or engage in othe
lines OF work.
Reductions on Branches.
The reductions referred to have t.
do with only the main lines. Unde
the schedules as it is proposed Il
work them out there will be CORE
spending reduction on all branches o
all the roads.
In Nebraska, on the branches, Their
is at least one passenger train eacl
way daily. On many of them Their,
are two. There are also two to fou
freight trains each way daily.
Under the provisions of the con
templated plans, on all except tn
most important branches, exclusiv
passenger trains will be the exesp
ton instead of the rule. Generall
there will be one to two trains eac
, way daily. They will be freights, wit