Evening journal., 1918-01-04
RAILROADS FURTHER
adjust service
Reduction in Trains to
Chestnut Hill Will Soon
be Announced
SHIFT CT EWS
TO FREIGHT TRAINS

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Jan. 4.-Passon-
ger officials Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road were slill working on passenger
schedules yesterday and a reduction in
the service on the Germantown and
Chestnut Hill branch will be announced
as soon as the details are completed.
There viii probably be some further
adjustments of the passenger service
as a result Of the iJ5 trains which are
20 be Withdrawn by the Pennsylvania
beginning next Sunday.
While the local Main Line service 10
Paol has been cut and the service on
the Chestnut Hill branch will also un-
dergo the pruning knife. The railroad
company. it was stated yesterday,
would add sufficient cars TO the re-
naming trains TO accommodate the pa
irons OF the road 70 Is expected that
some travel VIII be eliminated by the
dropping Of the train as passengers on
pleasure trips will probably reduce the
frequency Of their visits 20 the city. A
reduction OF passenger service on the
Pennsylvania lines west OF Pittsburgh
will also be announced shortly.
The New Year service on the Read
ing Railway which was suspended az
10 a. m on Wednesday was resumed
at $50 a. m yesterday. During the
period that the service was stopped on
the Reading line the Reading tickets
were honored on the Pennsylvania but
no Reading trains were run out OF
B Dad street station. The temporary
suspension Of the Reading service was
due 10 the freezing Of water pipes IN
Jersey City which cut OF the water
supply In the Jersey Central Terminal
making 10 impossible to obtain wafer
for locomotives
With the elimination Of moro than
300 weekday and sunday trains on the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad and the Read
Railway the locomotives and crews
released from passenger service viii
be pressed into the freight service.
The mere elimination OF the trains
adds TO the track facilities for the
handling Of freight trains.
Acco ding 20 latest figures published
The Pennsylvania Railroad system had
6,391 locomotives having combined
tractive power Of i73 939,6i3 pounds. Of
the total i.G92 Were passenger engines,
$3.50 freight, and 9i5 switching engines.
The Reading has $50 locomotives with
a tractive power Of j091L72i pounds.
The Readings locomotives consisted of
200 passengers. 623 fecieht 1856 switch
ms and three special Railroad 0niciais
were unable 20 say yesterday how
many passenger locomotives viii be re-
leased for use in the freight service as
result Of the reduction IN passenger
trains, but the number Of engines and
the tractive power viii be considerable
and will be a helpful factor In solving
the problem Of the shortage Of fuel.
The passenger crews will also be
shifted TO the freight service. The
transfer from passenger service TO
freight VIII be increased from now on
aud so far the employees have made no
protest or'complaint at the move There
are differences In the wages received
by crews In the freight and passenger
service and whether the wages Of the
employees will be changed accordingly
will probably be put up to Director
General McAdoO 20 solve.
There is general BELIEF that the
wages Of railroad employees, and espe-
cially Of the unorganized men, Will be-
increa ed. Many employees have a sem
iorily standing which they would not
want TO sacrifice by leaving the service
and for that reason it is expected that
the veterans Of the rail will continue 20
stand by the companies even if some
Of the young men are lurcd TO other
industrial lines as they have been since
the shinbullding plants and munition
factories bid for men,
Train service continued TO be hamp-
cred yesterday by the abnormal cold
spell and through trains to the South
and West were several hours lgie
Passengers were compelled 10 endure
long waits IN the stations before they
were started on their way.