Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-08
|IIu5ANCE ON THE RAIL
THAT CROWDS THE AISLE
'atriotic Passengers Do Not Com
pi&,n OF Wartime Incouvcnicnccs.
One at Least Can He Rcmcdicd.
WHEN SUIT CASE is A FRAUD
saiiroad5 Once Encouraged Passen-
gcrs 10 Keep Cases 0ut or Bag
gage Car, but Times Have Changed.
I'll Cases Can he Checked.

n ~ some trouble to travel by rail
~ ihc ESQ var times, but no one ever
H'Nrs amy complaints or the part OF the
travellers. THAT Is attributable to the
i'tct that tAc travellers arc patriots.
ihey KNOW Just why there are fewer
i'lt shorter trains. and why there are
'-'re people travelling over tho rail-
Ways now than ever before. Therefore.
iacy kucw just why standing room is
q premium on many coaches. and
1eE simply griu and endure It, because
o. rs patriotic to do So
Every puss"uEcr train that goes out
2. !'irhmoDG nowadays. or comes into
ihs city. IS packed beyond Us comfort-
aHlc capacity, and not only the men
folks, bat women sometimes. have to
and w for miles and miles before
they can seize q scat made vacant by
lht Decentralization Of q more fortunate
.cllow-traveler.
There is one nuisance connected
Win wartime travel. however. that
can be, ana perhaps should be, abated,
az least. in Il measure, II Is the suit
case in the passenger car. !, would
b" patriotic in tho railway people ak
Mtii ns thu owners nf the suit cases
t' anat" this nuisance.
fAe tjine Was. not Elr IN the past.
"leu The railway authorities enc0ur-
aEcd the salt case. and whenever OPP
po"tunity was afforded they urged pas
scuEcTB to carry as little baggage as
cluary traveller could get along very
well with the clothes that could be
packed in a suit case and carried in
the passenger car IKE handbag. The
tTntnneu, who had TO stumble over
these cases frequently as they passed
Up and down the aisles and oftener had
10 help people get them OF the car
at the stopping point. did not Join In
thla suggestion. but tho higher ups"
among the railway fraternity did, be-
nj T.
baggage car. and In many cases avoided
the necessity OF running two baggage
cars on one train.
IS before stated, II has been noticed
mat there IS more travel in these war
times than there was eighteen months
or two years ago and there are fewer
trains and shorter ones for the people
20 ride on. II has been further no.
ticel tnat majority OF the people
Who are travelling are going short dis
ianccs. or such 30 are going good
Wty arc going on hurried business and
do no, expect TO remain away from
home any longer than actually mecca
@STE Thus II may be seen that the
trunk IS not needed, as the suit case
VIII h"ld all inc apparel and all the
~ p"rI they need. and a good many
nors Quarts than even the Virginia
inNr allows
Tne result is very many travellers.
mule and female. have quit carrying
trunks - bc chcCko@, but lug along
tla suit case % be- taken in tie car
Two or three years ago maybe longer
when long passenger train on tho
Sou .hcrn Hallway not very far from
kifhuoHt Was rounding sharp curve
q; rate II about sixty miles an hour,
heavy sui, case that had been placed
by PASSENGER in the wire rack above
tho seats fail on the head o: a sleeping
passenger mot tho owner OF the case)
anE t-Uirad his Uranium not a little
IN fact the PASSENGER was badly hurt
aui the company had 10 ray a hand
.th2' time the southern has not al
lowed pasSeHrrrs !" place their cases
ur other heavy baggage or Luggage in
the Faclss bthcr roads took the warn
inH from nc southern, and now all
tGc roadH cnte!iug Richmond with pos
".'ty "Hr exception have adopted the
same rule There Is now nowhere 10
ftrry the sUtt ease except in between
Vac seats. an! that Is very inconvenient
70 the passengers when two weighty
ouc7 ar. occupying one seat and both
.tTc a case. For these reasons most
,uf the travellers place their cases in
the aisles alongside the seat Enter
any crowded car you may and you will
sac both sides az the aisle lined with
heavy suit cases for the tra!nmen and
conductors and the belated passengers.
or those who for any reason have TO
leave their seats, to stumble over.
The remedy for this nuisance Is
very simple one 1t has been sug-
Ees;cd by Richmond business man
who spends at least a fourth OF his
time on the rail hut who never carries
anything In the way OF baggage larger
than an understood handbag. He wants
the railroad companies. or Railroad
Director Mchdoo.Sto make n castiron
rule mat sui; cases must be checked
and hauled in the baggage car. He
has figured the thing out. and he says
any ordinary baggage car Will more
than hold all Of the suit cases that
,all OF the passengers who can be
crowded into any passenger train that
goes out OF or comes into Richmond
would take along with them. allowing
one case to the passenger. Some pas
sengers carry two. bat then some like
the Richmond business man quoted
carry none.
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