Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-03
ROADS TO ABOLISH
LIMITED TICKETS
Pennsylvania and Reading sys-
TENS Will Renew Privileges
Withdrawn by U. S.
PLAN ADDITIONAL TRAINS

= rortoin limits at present placed on
,,ctets and other restrictions due to
rortime conditions will be eliminated
when plans now under consideration by
Ono pennsylvania Railroad and the
Reading Railway for restoring pre-
uar conditions have been completed.
We" II is highly probable that privileges
rot cnioyed by travellers prior to the
war will be added.
interchangeable commutation tickets
and mileage sold by the railroad
administration are good under the
conditions stipulated at the time
NJ their purchase. After they have
been used. the subject OF their con.
tinuance under the present arrangement
will come up for consideration by the
Individual railroads. .
The 81, ,35 excursions to the shore and
The Sunday excursions to New 70
will be continued by the Readiro. Cor
resnonding reductions from the regular
fare will be made to other resorts.
p. d. Osterhout, assistant general
passenger agent of the Philadelphia and
Reading, said yesterday thorough
study Of the suburban traffic during
rush hours would be made, with a
view to providing greater comfort and
convenience to commuters.
Rush Hour Relief
eve realize that trains are crowded
IN the rush hours" he said. 1--WE
want to see IL we cannot remedy the
conditions which now exist on the in :
bound suburban trains between 7 and
0 o'clock in the morning, and the out
bound trains between 4.30 and @ in
the afternoon.
"The problem Is a big one and will
require thorough study and time. The
public must be patient until we can
fet some scheme worked cut. There
Is more traffic than there ever was. The
housing situation in Philadelphia has
driven people to the suburbs. During
the war people got away from the idea
Of working in the towns in which they
lived and that habit still continues.
"Then We have to consider the traffic
en- the road. We cannot simply put
on a number Of extra trains. They
must be fitted into a schedule which Is
already full. If we crowd it too much,
we will simply slow up the whole serv-
ice. II we use longer trains than we
use now, the service will be slowed up.
The suburban platforms are too short
to accommodate longer trains. People
will gather on the platform and will
walk through the train instead, and
there will be delays"
Mr.. Osterhout said plans for the
Easter rush to the shore were being
made now. Bigger crowds than eve'
are expected, he said.
Five Trains Added
Five additional trains between Phila
delphia and New York have been nut
on. Trains run in both directions al
10 o'clock In the morning and In
the afternoon. At 7 o'clock In thu
morning through train leaves New
York for Philadelphia. Plans for addi
tional suburban trains between s
and 10 o'clock in the evening are be-
Ing considered. Efforts are being mad,
to get back to the hourly service t.
New York maintained before the war
1t is expected the Pennsylvania Rail.
road will make similar railroad oonces
sions. but no action has as yet beer
taken by its officials. No change il
rates will be made for several months
BY either road here.