Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-06
THRU PASSENGER TRAFFIC TO
PACIFIC POINTS TO BE CUR
TAILED BEGINNING IN JUNE.
SAVING OF $4,000. 900
BY REDUCING SERVICE
Various Lines Designated For Passen-
ser Traffic to Given Points, Thus
Dividing Business and Doing Away
With Duplicate and Competing serv-
ice-PowerGoes to Freight Business.

SHiCdSO, May o. ram SelNlCc lIOii
Chicago to the Pacific coast will be
slashed vigorously on about June 1
and one third of all transcontinental
passenger service will be eliminated,
according to dispatches from Wash
ington. This step, it was said will
save approximately S12,000,0O0 year
and cut off 11,72S, coo miles of train
haul.
r. H. Ashton, regional director Of
the western railroads and assistant to
w. G. McAdoo director Of railroads,
said last night that such plan has
been under consideration for some
weeks and has been worked out. He
added that he had not been officially
notifid that it was to be put into effect
on any certain date. Mr.. Ashton is
president of the Chicago and North
western system.
Release Locomotive Power.
He said that one Of the chief advan-
tases of the action would be the re-
lease of much locomotive power for
other than passenger service, which
would be a great factor in relieving
traffic congestion. Information from
Washington explained that the corr
venience of passengers, the trend ct
travel and the commercial losses or
gains were taken into consideration by
the railroad administration.
Under the revolutioniZed plan OF
handling traffic, passengers no longer
will have a choice Of routes. Traffic
to the west coast and intermediate
points will be divided between four
lines, as follows:
To Los Angeles and junction points
Santa F'e.
To San Francisco and junction
points-Union Pacific
To Seattle and junction points-Chi-
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul.
To Portland and junction points
Northern Pacific.
Lines which formerly competed for
transcontinental traffic will provide
only connecting service. which is made
practical by the use of interchange
able tickets.
Many Trains Taken Off.
The cut in service specifically takes
off three thru trains from Chicago to
Los Angeles, two to San Francisco,
and three to Seattle and Portland.
More than forty local trains also Will
be dispensed with and the void hileo
by more stops by the former thru
trains on the lines where the thru
service suffered it's greatest curtail-
ment.
mates several fast mail trains the
rearranged schedules permit deliveries
Of mail exactly as at present. snort
ening distances Adjustment OF vary
ing routes. and minor changes permit
of faster running time from the MIS-
sissippi river to the west coast.
Local travel will be cared for IN
practically every instance where there
has been a curtailment with double
daily service.
Transcontinental Hit Hardest.
Service between Chicago and st.
Paul, Chicago and Omaha, and Chr
cago and Kansas City will not be re-
duced as much as the transcontinen-
tai service. intermediate and inter-
sectional travel have. made 1t neces-
sarv to leave In operation all except
three trains.
1t was expected that the Chicago
Kansas City, st. Louis kansas CITY
and Chicago Omaha traffic would De
given further consideration next week.
when officials take up reduction OF
service from the , Missouri river 10
Texas and the southwest. Railroad aa
ministration officials regard the 81
Louis southwestern service as being
about 20 per cent larger than is justi-
fed by the revenue. The southwestern
service from Kansas City will also
suffer since competition always has
been keen at the Kansas City gateway.