The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-12-10
ALL owl TRAINS
anr anar~ nurw4
ARE ABANDONED
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED|
ON ACCOUNT OF COAL
SHORTAGE, SUNDAY
NIGHT.
NIGHT TRAINS OFF
Main Line Night Trains Also
Suspended; Southern
Railway Not Yet
Affected.

Int uooI ufdStlc ACTION YET TAKEN
to conserve the coal supply of the
nation went into effect at 1901
o'clock Sunday night when passen-
ger service all over the country was
reduced 33 per cent.
The order came home to Columbus
with the suspension Of four night
passenger trains. All the owl trains
have been suspended between Colum-
bus and Artesia.
These trains that have been tho
subject of so much criticism are vital
arteries Of commerce and their dis
continuance even temporarily will
work serious hardship on Columbus
in a commercial way, not to mention
the Inconvenience it will occasion to
the travelling public.
Just how long the order will be ef-
fective is not known. 1t will remain
in force until the coal situation ma
terially improves which will be for
many days yet, it is believed.
No orders affecting the passenger
service on the Southern Railway or
the Southern in Mississippi had been
received up to last night. It was
rumored here yesterday, however
that there was a possibility of the
night train coming into Columbus
from Birmingham being suspended
under the reduction program.
All night trains on the Mobile and
Ohio main line have been suspended.
These arc trains Nos. / and 2. The
day trains No. going south and due
at Artesia at 1i;50 a. m. and Train
No. going north and due at Artesia
at ALB .. m. win be continued on the
present schedule.
Night trains Nos. I and have
been taken off. Day trains Nos.
and 6 will operate daily between
Meridian and okolona.
The suspension Of the night trains
between Columbus and Artesia means
that no mail will reach Columbus
each day during period of eighteen
hours. No mail from Artesia and
points north and south will be re-
ceived in Columbus from o'clock
in the afternoon until 12:40 the next
day. Express is similarly affected.
Perishables from New Orleans and
the coast will be delayed seven hours.
An shipments Of this nature from the
South have come in on the Owl trains
early in the morning and now they
will not reach the city before noon.
The change means a congestion Of
express from noon on each day.
Heretofore these shipments have been
distributed through the day, a large
amount Of them being handled by the
night trains. Now they viii be con-
centrated to the noon train from Ar
tesla.
Following are the official orders
suspending the passenger service:
United States X. r. Administration
Circular No. 676:
/. Trains and 4 will continue
as through trains operating on pres
ent schedules between Mobile and
ST. Louis.
?. Trains and will operate
daily ON present schedules betweeny
st. Louis and 0kolona and will be
abandoned between 0kolona and Me-
ridian. No. l will leave Meridian
two hours and thirty minutes late
on its present schedule, or six a. m.
No. 2 will operate on its present
schedule between Mobile and Merid-
ian.
8. Trains 5 and viii operate
daily between Meridian and okolona
and will be abandoned between 0kc-
Iona and Union City. Trains 5 81
6 between Murphysboro and St. L5us
will be abandoned.
4. Trains 107 and los between
Tuscaloosa and Montgomery viii be
abandoned.
5. Trains 100, 12i, l22 and 12S
between Columbus and Artesia vii
be abandoned.
6. Trains 8 and VIII make al
stops where they are not now sched-
uled to stop where other tram SER
vice has been abandoned.
No. leaving st, Louis Monday q.
M, the sth win run through to No
bile. but viii be held st Meridian
until a. m. No. >, leaving Mobile
Monday night viii operate on it's
present schedule through to St. Louis.