Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-07
1875 PASSENGER
TRAINS CUT OFF
EASTERN ROADS
Sweeping Reduction in Ser
vice Made on Order
Of McAdoo.
LOCOMOTIVES TURNED
TO HAULING OF FREIGHT
Drastic Step Is Taken for Relief
of Present Shipping
Congestion.
DEMURRAGE RATES RAISED
Cost of Delay in Releasing Cars for
Further Service Is Made
Prohibiiivc.
RATES RAISED
Cost of Delay in Releasing Cars for
Further Service Is Made
IrOhibiiivc.

\ " SH y Z; u . y January o.-An-
nounccmcnt was made to.nish; at .hc
e'licc .. D.rcetor-I;encral McAdoo tina,
approximately iso passenger trains had
q cen taken or the three primcips roads
operating cast of Pittsburgh since mid
hiEh' last might.
Nearly 100 through passenger trains
ncrc eliminated from the Pennsylvania
schedules more than Gf;y from the
! Baltimore and Ohio and about the
same number from the New York Cen
irsi and New Haven lines. These were
i al Parior-ea: trains, or trains com
posed mostly Of chair cars.
Locomotives relieved by the cutting
N Of these trains vii! be turned 10
Il thc hauling OF Goa! and generally 70
q icv.ns tho freight cons cstioa.
80 more passenger trains will be
chopped off IN tho immediate future.
hut inc d.rcc:orscneral may make a
further ruling IA The number 0: chair
cars allotted 10 some trains. which he
conceded yesterday. lie said he would
allow four % some trains, but ~ all
likelihood, thiA u.il be reduced 10 i
single chair car on some train, TO
accommodate III persons Or tho feeble
On nearly ali ~ tho trains the chair
.ar viii be cut ou; entirely.
4 ,liAin-CAR SITUATION
CAUSE OF COMFY SION
y e''e' S"u"es TOT CONFUSION
'"a 'o'' 'Hh"'h' ~ INC saiiroad stations
"sc" ny aeou' nE inc chair
- non trains had been
''''ee'eo persons hoidihs chatr tickets
.o'a - t-Hc 'hc next 'raln with
ic L. trts, -
'"''' 'S"cSs hup''e"'.oA ana endless
i ''"'''a chsueo' oShe' passengers
- '"'a o' l"NoftisW IN 90
81 "'"'"s hc"'S. oe'hE refused seats al
81 80 s'~''o" "hen theS sara 'hcE hHe"
81 SHe.S "c'e oc!h- Soia uptown. MT.
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rrcczin- ana b.uncrir- ono-,,;on.
yhcyc ,e he.yy communicates =,
trciebt a, tidcw,,o- no-,. sh;,. -n
available bu, labo, for ,o,di,- .bc,,
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,nr"
,
I'll
"a
!" promote more prompt unloading
~ iFciRh. cars pitec'or-"encral Nc
81 Ndoo to-od+ c"tapiiShcd new fai!road q
81 'enlu '"'os TOT uo'ncStic tFanlc.
81 shcct'Fc january - continuing the
u PEcse"' - n"s" 'ice ''ihe' bHt pro-
r i"ln- ~ ''''se" '"hR'hS from "o
II 'Vo Per cent III eh"rSe" thcfca'tcr.
nc ui' e.tot appc"ico 20 SNIP
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