Evening star., 1919-12-30
HOLIDAY RAILROAD
TRAVEL DECREASES
1919 Figures Below Those
Compiled for Similar
Period of 1918.

Holiday travel in and out of Wash
ington during the Christmas holi-
days of 1919 decreased generally as
compared with travel during the hol-
iday period of 1918. the railroad ad-
ministration announced today.
In figures showing the relative
travel in ard out of Washington for
the period December 16 to "a. inclu-
sive. the total number of passengers
arriving in Washington was 1885,
the adminiSt ration announced. A
large majority of these were through
passengers, however. and the net
total arrivals in Washington during
the period named was 57.11s. This
figure is compared with gross arri-
walls during the same period in 1918
of 256.555 and a net arrival of 32.924
pa ssengers, showing that a greater
number of persons came to the city
during the eight days of the current
year.
There was a considerable falling off
in the number Of persons who left the
city during the eight days of De-
cember 16 to "a. this year, the state
ment said, 24,975 persons leaving the
city during the holiday period of the
present year. as against 1874 in the
same period of 1918.
Affected by Ban on Liquor
Officials of the railroad administra-
tion believe that a large part of the
decrease in the number of persons
leaving the city is due to the fact
that last year at this time there was
considerable traffic in liquor between
Washington, Baltimore and Phila-
delphia.
Since February. 1919, there has been
ban On bringing liquor into Wash
ington, and it was said that lessening
of the liquor traffic might have had a
large influence on the amount of traf-
fic out of Washington. Restrictions
on travel placed by the railroad ad-
ministration on account of the coal
shortage had some effect on the holi-
day travel also. it was said.
Total sales of tickets at the Union
station and the consolidated ticket
Office, at 18th and F streets, during
the period December 16 to "a. 1919.
were 50 1853 tickets Gncluding pur-
chases by persons passing through
the capital). with a cash value of
s46S.630.31, as against ticket sales
Of 111,369, with a cash value of $731.-
o9S.23. for the same period of 1918.
There were 29.206 fewer tickets sold
this year. resulting in a net loss of
s2s3. .S67sz. over the same period last
year. Sale of Pullman tickets out of
Washington during the holiday period
this year amounted in value to $54.-
675.20. as against total sale for the
same period in 1918 of $S0,696.62, a
decrease of $26,021.42.
Pullman Car Report.
The total number of Pullman cars
out of Washington during the period
named in 1919 was 2.O96, as against
2,055. an increase OF Al. The total
number of day coaches out of Wash
ington during the period of Decem-
Der 1S to "a. inclusive, 1919, was
1887. as against 2,S07 for the same Pc
riod in 1918, a decrease of $40
coaches.
There were 5s,461 pieces of bag
gage checked at the Union station
during the period December 1S to "a,
1919. as against 6s.403 pieces for the
same period in 1918. decrease of a.
942 pieces. Parcels checked during
the same period in 1919 numbered 49,
957. as against 29.s56 for the same
period in 1918, a decrease Of 1899
parcels.
Total receipts at the Washington
Terminal Restaurant for the period
December IS to "a. inclusive: 1919.
were $11.306.75, as against $16,62026
in the same period Of 1918, a decrease
in business of s5,313.51.