Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23
AIRLINE" RAILROAD
'OFFTCES MUST CLOSE
..,l Mean Big Saving in
y, overhead Expenses and
Consolidate Work
EFFECTIVE APRIL 30
,ioo Living Up to Pledge Of
ctrietest Economy in Direct
ing Carriers

o,,,.delphia will be without "'r'-,he-
- rallroad offices by April So
@ A. before that date all railroads
s., country have been ordered tn
III their passenger and freight Of
citles not touched by their lines.
,Sousand employees of these roads
m b. affected by the order it is esti-
y, The saving in overhead oN-
.,,. such as rent and salaries, win
.r,, into the hundreds Of thousands
dollars. ,..., ,
r. addition to this, 1t was learned
,,n,delphia is to have = consolidated
.,b city Office Tor all the roads en-.
Na ,hc citv.' This means tn" Penn
es a,,s lines. the Baltimore and OhiO.
y philadelphia and Reading and the
isbIeh Valley Railroads,
IN order making these changes was
..csst in statement issued by Rail
"a Drcctor General McAdoo shortly
s.r no tool, his place as head of the
,iroads Of the nation.
IN ibis statement Mr.. MCNdoo pledged
a.. railroad administration to the strict
y, ocouomv IN the running Of the lines.
y, consolidation Of tho lines did away
,hb all competition among them.
ENpcnscs Enorms'is
ror wears the railroads Of the country
al in competition and some paralleling
.cb olher i'm various sections Of the
.,rtry-haye followed the practice Of
r,iptainng business-soliciting offices in
,arious cities Of the country not touched
Frectly by their systems.
There are upward of thirty or forty
.rrb lines in the country. Each MAIN
aimed an office in the principal cities Of
s various states. This meant the
nantalnlng Of a complete Office force in
,ach office and the renting of quarters.
railroad men would not estimate the an
rpal cost Of this system of soliciting.
tt Il was agreed that it runs far into
NJ hundreds Of thousands of dollars.
with competition eliminated. the rail-
rad administration deemed these on
pnditures Unnecessary and the closing
orier resulted. Some of the offices have
already been closed. These Offices re-
y
d can be arranged" Others were or
dered to close "by April so"
The elimination Of individual branch
sy ticket offices is made on tho same
orjncipe as that Of tho "orf-thc-liuc'
freight and passenger Office, lilimiua-
ion Of competition Of all roads was
deemed necessary to take away the
tecessity Of the maintenance Of these
Ranches. This also will result in large
nvlng for the roads.
All cities in the country win be
similarly affected The rule has already
been made effective in Washington. In
addition to the combined Office main
aimed in Union Station, a consolidated
Office has been established in the cen
tal business section Of the city.
Consolidated Ticket Office
The Philadelphia consolidated Office
Ei be in the vicinity of Broad and
chestnut streets it was learned. SeV-
rial sites are under consideration. one
hat received particular mention was
/ nat now occupied by tho Rock Island
Line on the southwest corner OF Six
ieenth and Chestnut streets. With the
dts.ng Of this office under the McAdoC
oFder il will he made available for use
as consolidated ticket office by tho
lines entering the city.
Among the larger lines affected by
he order in Philadelphia are the follow,
hy:
Achison, Topeka and Santa Fc, al
Chestnut street,
Burlington Route, $50 Chestnut street
canadian Pacific. G29 Chestnut street
chicago, Burlington and Quincy, S3C
Chestnut street.
Chicago, Great Western, S2S Chestnu
street.
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul, S1S
Chestnut street.
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
1dener Building,
Chicago and Northwestern 1Oo(
Chestnut street.
erand Trunk, Bourse Building.
Great Northern, S36 Chestnut street.
Missouri Pacific, Widener Building.
new York Central. Bourse Building
new York New Haven and Hartford
"mmercial Trust Building.
Norfolk and Western, Commercial
Irlst Building.
Sorthern Pacific, III Chestnut street
lne premises occupied by the rail
Vaus range in annual rental from 5000
@slV'VOO The average is estimated be
~een $4,000 and $4,000.
40 provision is made by the rail
vac administration for local dcalin
sth these railroads. All shipments vii
nave TO be made by railroads touchinl
lmadelphia which conect with the line
other sections