The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-24
Division Passenger Agent COnfers With
Local Men; States Necessary
TO Suspend Train
RELIEVE FREIGHT
CONGESTION HERE
H,Ip Prevent Repetition of Eastern Con-
ditiOns; Save Enough Coal to Supply
City Of ChiCkasha

Fay Thompson, division passenger
agent for the Rock Island, and Pat
Portel, assistant general freight agent
for the same road, were in this city
yesterday talking with business men
here relative to taking off two of the
regular passenger trains that run on
this division The trains which are
proposed to be taken off are the
ones that depart from here about
o'clock p. M, and $40 o'clock each
morning, and are known as the
Firefly.
No definite action has been taken
as yet but in speaking of the matter
yesterday evening Mr. Thompson
said that he had spoken to several
OF the bankers and business men OF
the town and that he thought there
would he little opposition f. the
mtve that would be taken.
In place of the two trains that viii
be taken off, the schedule of train
No >23 will be changed and more cars
both passenger and baggage will be
placed on this train. This train will
leave Kansas City at 1Ocr5 p. m, and
will arrive here the next afternoon
at 1;55 O'clock. From the south,
train No "a will be changed so that
it will get into Kansas City about
1880 a. m.
"The reason why we are seeking
to put this schedule into effect is
largely to save the western part of
the United States from the car short
age ana the fuel shortage which is
evident in the eastern part of the
country said Mr.. Thompson. at
is purely a patriotic measure and is
done in the interest of economy and
the government OF course at the
present time there is no great jam
in the est but when such conditions
exist in the east we are bound |
sooner or later to feel the effects |
in the west and we are o take ac
tion now, profit by the experiences
of the east half of the country, and |
prevent the same condition appear
ing in the west so far as possible.
ITO show you how the passenger
traffic affects the freight traffic and !
ties VI the transportation of food |
stuffs. will cite you to an instance
on tie road between Topeka and
HerringtOn, Kans. There are seven |
teen passenger trains running there
daily This is on a double track and J
yot it keeps freight traffic tied up
10 great extent. Yet here on the
road running through Chickasha
there are now fourteen passenger
trains running each day over sin
gle track
"And so you can see that the
action which we will probably take
will be done in the interest of the
government The FREELY is one of
our best trains yet we are compelled
80 make this sacrifice. This is only
one of the sacrifices the railroads
are being asked to make and I am
satisfied that even greater things
than this will be asked. If it be-
comes necessary we-will take every
passenger train off the road if it will
keep freight traffic from being jam
med and will get the food and fuel
to the people who need it."
It was pointed out that the fuel
that would be saved by taking the
trains off would be no small item
and would be more than enough to
supply the people of a city the size
Of Chickasha. The average amount
OF coal used in running a train be-
tween this point and Kansas City
amounts to something like forty tons
and for two trains would amount
to eighty tons each day, .~4- =