New Britain herald., 1919-08-08
RAILWAY SITUATION
 MIRRORED IN TOWN Six Passenger Trains Do Not Run
 -Frei6ht Traffic Slow MAILS ARE NOT AFFECTED
Examinations for Positions of Clerk and Carrier at Post Office to Be Heating Apparatus-Bricf Items.

Heating Apparatus-Bricf Items.
 The railroad situation is causing much interest in this town, which is an important junction on the New York, New Haven and Hartford lines. The wall1out of the New Haven men has already hurt the town and the freight and passenger schedules was as varying today as a thermometer in changeable weather.
 Plainville has become such rail- road center that it is seldom a train of some description is not in the To- cal yards. Today was different and the usual noise of moving freights was not heard. The dinky trains re- mained almost on schedule although the 3:20 train to Hartford did not run this afternoon.
 The first sight of the effect of the tie-up on this town was at S:20 this morning when train No. 1103 was due to leave for New Haven. The train has run from Northampton to New Haven since the founding of the Northampton division. This morning a large number of passengers as- sembled at the station and purchased tickets for the Elm City. The train did not arrive and word came over the wire that it would not run owing to the strike. The train due north at 6:15 tonight will not run either. It is the first time in years that To- cal people have been unable to re- turn to Plainville from any town north of here on the same day and by train.
 Passengers desiring to go by train to New Haven and points north of this town have to go by way of New Britain, Berlin, and Hartford. The Waterbury division was not as badly affected as was the Northampton. Four regular passenger trains on the Waterbury division did not run, be- ing Nos. 61 and 62 and the two through express trains from Pough- keepsie to Boston and vice-versa which arrive in this town at Il and 11:3O a. m. respectively. Although the officials of the New Haven road stated that no schedule would be in effect, the passenger trains are on schedule time whenever crews are obtainable.
 Thus far the government mails have not been affected except by de- lay Mail north and south by way of the Old Canal road must take the roundabout detour to reach it's des- tination.
 The local freight yard and it's force has not been affected thus far although the employees are waiting hourly for some word from the union of which they are members.
 An old railroad man stated this morning that he was of the opinion that his associates were doing wrong. His idea of results would be to have all traffic stop at once and not have small groups of men stop work here and there throughout the country. The effect which the men want would soon be forthcoming if all railroad work ceased throughout the country at the same time.
 Civil Service Exams.
 Positions of clerk and carrier re- main to be filled at the Plainville post office Examinations for the filling of these two places will be held under the United States civil service com missions rules at the post office in New Britain starting at o'clock to- morrow morning. A large number of applicants have been reported from the local office. Several local young men are among those who will take the examinations tomorrow. The places are permanent for those ob taining them and an advance of s1OO per year in salary is given until the maximum of s1,500 is reached A general education qualities a person for the examinations. Questions in