Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-01-05
DELUXE TRAINS
WILL Be TABOO:
MANAGERS MEET
Service Will Not Be Impaired
is Opinion Of General
Managers in Secret
Session.

While some of tbe frills are likely
to be eliminated, the public may rest
assured that nothing is going to be
done by Mr.. McAdoo, or the railroad
officials working in conjunction with
him, that will seriously impair the
railroad passenger service of the
country"
The foregoing is the assertion of
General Manager \ Walters of the
Northwestern after returning from a
meeting of general managers of the
central division of the Railroad Pas
senger association, held in Chicago.
When Mr. Walters LETT Chicago
Thursday night the meetings were
still in session and will probably con-
tinue until Saturday. The action of
the general managers is subject to
the approval OF special committee
on national defense. If this commit
tee approves the action of the general
managers relative to passenger train
service rearrangcmcnts of schedules
will be worked oLt in time that the
changes on the railroads of the coun-
try will become effective Sunday,
January Is.
Agree Not to Talk.
According to Mr.. Walters, the de-
liberations of the general managers
Of the railroads were secret to a GER
tain extent. In addition, there was
sort of a gentleman agreement
that those in attendance would not
divulge the, details of the action
! taken.
However, it is learned from other
sources that are regarded reliable that
the ak is to be applied vigorously to
some of the train service, particularly
east of Chicago Regarding this Mr..
Walters refused to, talk.
1t is said to be a fact that all spe-
ciaI service will be eliminated from
the eastern roads. The fast bonus
trains are to become a thing of the
past, at least during the continuance
of the war, and where two trains are
operated, il one can handle the busi-
ness, the other will come of, This
will apply not only to one road, but
to all. There will be a discontinue
ancc of the running of all parlor,
lounge, observation and library cars.
However, equipment first class for
the convenience and comfort of the
public will be used.
West Not Affected
West of Chicago, and especially in
Missouri river territory, the cut in
equipment and train service will not
be so deep as on the eastern lines,
due to the fact that heretofore the
roads have eliminated considerable
of the de luxe equipment and have
reduced the number OF trains to
practically the actual necessities.
Still there are likely to be a NUM-
Der Of trains laid off between Omaha
! and Chicago, Omaha and St. Louis
and Omaha and Kansas City.
| West of the river there will be a
Encouragement of train schedules to
conform with the schedules farther
east.
There is the remotest possibility
that some of the through trains from
Chicago to the Pacific coast may be
taken off. If so they will come off
all roads, that each line may be
placed on an equal footing with
every other line.
So far as the service on the Ne
braska roads is concerned, it is said
that there will not be any reduction.
The claim is that on every road op-
Grating in Nebraska every train now
operated is carrying to capacity and
any impairing Of the service would
work a serious Inconvenience to the
public, something that the railroad
men and the members of the rail-
road war board desire to avoid.