New-York tribune., 1918-01-03
Only One to Each Dav
Train; Congressional
Limited Annulled
Merger With B. & O.
Reading Suspends Philadel.
phia-New York Passen-
ger Service

TN Jersey City on the verge Of
water famine and railroads terminatin,
there hauling water in tank cars to sun.
ply their engines, the Pennsylvania
system put a further dent in New
York's train service yesterday by an
nornciHg the withdrawal Of Io4 week.
day and tifty-onc Sunday trains.
All tn, Sc trains 10 be taken of BIZ
the nsylvania-be beginning January
operate IN the territory east of Pitts
buTghA Chief among them is the Con.
gressional Limited, which mas been
running continuously for thirty-two
years. The north bound limited. leav
ing Washington at o'clock in the
afternoon, VIII be replaced by train
made up of day coaches, one dining car
and one rarlor car.
Under the rearranged schedule chairs
viii be at a premium, for only one par
lor car will be carried hereafter on any
day train on the Pennsylvania.
Service over the system between New
ork and Cleveland will be curtsiled
by the dropping of the cast-hound
Cicvelander and the west-bound Buck
eye. The Boston Pittsburgh 81 Louis
expresses also are withdrawn. With
these and other cancellations al the
suggestion of William q. MeAdoc, Di-
rector General of Railroads. 206 trains
have been pruned out of the Pennsyl-
vania schedules since July l.
he Pennsylvania and Baltimore &
Ohio have agreed TO consolidate their
service between New York and Wash
ington. Thcl,- trains viii be onerated
on alternate schedules, and the Baln-
more e. ONO for the present viii use
the terminal Of the Jersev Central in
Jersey City, instead of the Pcnnsyl-
vanla terminal.
Water Shortage Serious
Even without the doubling Up al the
Central's station Jersey City is hard
put to il. not oni.I to supply water for
engines. but TO find enough for its own
domestic and manufacturing; needs. The
town faces a water famine to-day. due
10 the practice OF keeping faucets open.
Residents have thus kept their pipes
from freezing, but they may find the
cost in convenience much greater as a
result OF their canniness.
With fifty million gallons day flow.
ing down from the intake at Boonton,
close to seventy millions are flowing
away into the sewers. and the supply
in the reservoirs has run below the
danger point. City engineers were IN
the field at Brookdale last night trying
TO effect junction with the NewarE
mains. Conditions were such that
number of factories viii likely be shu
down to-day. in the meantime the po
lice are warning householder5 10 watcE
their boilers.
Every fourth train was cut from tn,
J,o h.. ,i,,.i,,1.,
with the result that thousands Of com
mutcrs were delayed from one TO thre,
hours. SO great was the crowd tha
police reserves were called TO handl,
il. Water for the engines WAS hard t(
get and slow in coming. The Jerse,
Central and Jchigh Valley roads, fol
the same reason, were equally cmbar
rassed.
From what source Jersey City is tt
get relief from the threatened water
famine is in doubt It was announced
last night that Mr.. McAdoo, while the
engineers were looking into the posi-
bility Of diverting part Of Newark
supply had made arrangements with
the East Jersey Water Company to let
through at least enough water to take
care Of the engines and power houses.
At Nyack TWO New York trains were
NltnOraWn NitnOuI notice. i he e..-
gines, left standing overnight on side
tracks. We're frozen tight when their
crews appeared. An army locomotive
was borrowed from the concentration
camp at Dumont to pull out the third
city train.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. "A good
share of travellers coming into Phila-
oelphia to-day made the last lap Of
their journey in trolley cars, abandon
ing trains which by reason Of cloggei
switches and over -burdened terminal
facilities were strung out for miles
through the suburbs
Trains from the West on ;thc Penn
sylvania were often as much as five
hours late.
The Reading temporarily suspended
the sale OF tickets for New York in the
afternoon, due TO 4 tio-up in The Jersey
City yards.
Al midnight the Philadelphia &
Reading Railway Company announced
that passenger train service TO New
City had been suspended indefinitely.
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