New Britain herald., 1918-01-05
NEW HAVEN ROAD
 CURTAILS SERVICE
For Purpose Of Aiding Freight
 Service and Saving Fuel

New York. Jan. 5.-Curtailmen of passenger traffic by the railroads con- tinues the order of the day for the re- lief of freight congestion and the conservation of fuel and motive power.
 The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company yesterday announced that, beginning tomorrow, it will discontinue seventy-seve trains from it's through and local schedule. The more important of those elimi- mated are the Bay State Limited, leaving Boston and New York on week days at 10 a. m.; the Boston Pittsburg- St. Louis Express leaving Boston daily at 1 80 p. m.; the State of Maine Express, leaving New York daily at 7:35 D. m.; the Pittsfield Elk press, leaving New York Saturdays at 12:45 D. m., and the Gree Mountain Express, leaving Springfield at 6:55 D. m., and arriving at New York at l1:41 p. m. Hereafter the last named train will run only to New Haven.
 The sleeping car now operated on the Federal Express between Boston and New York will be discontinued.
 Beginning next Monday smoking will be permitted in the three rear cars of the Merchants Limited, and in the two rear cars of the Knicker- booker Limited. This will place all seats in the observation car on sale, Instead of using the cars for smokers only.
 The Lehigh Valley railroad an- nounces readjustment of it's paSsen- ger service, which will reduce it's con- sumption of coal by locomotives by 7,500 tons a month, and will reduce +l,J Y,,i1 i1a ' miles. The revised schedule will be effective beginning tomorrow
 The Lehigh Valley will discontinue it's sleeping car service to Chicago and Toronto in connection with the Grand Trunk Railway, and it's Detroit Chi cago cars in connection with the Mich igan Central. Parlor cars will be linn
 tied to one to each train, except in
 the case of the Black Diamond Ex-
 press, on which there will be one car from New York and one from Phila- delphia-
 The most important trains discon-
 tlnued by the Lehigh Valley are Nos
 and 8, night trains between New
 York and Buffalo; Nos. 12 and IS,
 night trains between Philadelphia
 and Buffalo No. 32, the Wyoming
 Valley Express, between Wilkesbarre and New York; Nos. and 8, hereto fore through trains between New
 York and Niagara Falls, will be dis continued west of Wilkesbarre, and train Mo- 1, which has operated be- tween New York and Wilkesbarre, will run only to Mauch Chunk.
 This will leave the Lehigh Valley with two daily trains, the westbound
 Black Diamond leaving New York &at 9 a. m. and arriving in Buffalo at S:15 D. m.; the eastbound Black Dia-
 mond leaving Bualo at 9:15 a. m. and reaching New York at $40 p. m.; the westhound Lehigh Limited, which will leave New York at p. m. instead of p.m, as at present, arriving in Buff falo at'7 D. m., and the eastbound Le- high Limited leaving Buffalo at S:15 D. n and arriving in New York at 8:25 a. m. Schedules have been ar- ranged to enable passengers to make good connections with Western trains. Announcem was made by the Pennsylvania Railroad that on ac- count of ice conditions in Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads, it will, un- til further notice, discontinue passen- ger, mail and express service by way of the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad for points south of Cape Charles, Va. This will mean the cutting off of service to Old Point Comfort and Norfolk.