Evening star., 1933-10-31

Savings Of over s2,soo,ooo there are
estimated
At Columbus, Ohio, and in adjacent
territory the plan would close the
Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore g. Ohio
and Norfolk e. Western freight houses
leaving the business to be handled by
the New York Central and Pennsyl-
vania. Six classification yards would
handle tra.dc now taken care Of by II
and three engine houses would DO the
work of six.
A portion of the New York Centra,
and Chesapeake 6E Ohio tracks, which
virtually parallel between Charleston
w. Va. and Columbus, would be aban-
doned or reduced in status. =
OF the seven systems planned for the
Nation, two would be in the East, built
around the New York Central line,
and the Pennsylvania. The Baltimore
& Ohio Reading. Central of New Jer-
sey and the Norfolk & Western would
be included in system No. 2, which
would have 5000 miles Of track.
System No. / would have 29,14s
miles; No. 3. the Southeast 20,S1C
miles: No. 4, Mississippi Valley, 20810;
No. S. Northwest, 17,S07; No. 6. Gen.
tral West. 33,577, and No. Z, South
west, 27,5l3. The Chicago and st
Louis terminal systems would be Jointly
owned by all Of the lines.
100000 Would Lose Jobs.
The plan would provide that the
100000 or more employees who would
lose their jobs through consolidation
be pensioned at half or two-thirds pay
Tor two years. During that period an
effort would be made to PLACE them
In jobs.
Drastic curtailment of facilities in
virtually every large railroad center is
caiieo Tor. the studies showing that in
almost every instance none of the IA
cllitles Is used to anything like capacity
At Chicago railroad yards would be
reduced from 125 to so, engine houses
from so to 28, freight stations from
66 to Sc. The number of employees
would be cut by this reduction alone
from 1900 to approximately 3.1o0.
Estimates Of dollar savings in most
instances relate solely to system No. Q
For this it is estimated that annual
sayings say would be as follows: Cleveland
1855, 900: Youngstown, $475 900; Pitts
burgh. 81 100000: Buffalo, Rochester
and Northern New York State. $2,5Oo,-
600; Harrisburg. Pa, $75000O; Balti-
more. 100000: Philadelphia, 81, 600.
600; Bethlehem and Allentown, ST.
Total savings to both the Eastern
systems are estimated as follows: St
Louis and East st. Louis, So. 138, 900 an
nually; Louisville, s569 900; Indian
apolis. sl.l02,000; Cincinnati. 1890
600; Columbus, Ohio, $l,085. 900: De-
troit, s2,00o.000 and Toledo, s3,365, ,0o0
p. r. r. Would Handle Traffic.
Under the method Of operation pro-
posed for system No. 2 all east and west
bound through traffic would be concen-
trated upon the lines of the Pennsyl-
vania. The plan states: "All through
passenger service between New York
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington
and Chicago. st. Louis and other Mid
die West cities operated by the Balti-
more g. Ohio Railroad will be with
drawn and travel accommodated on
existing Pennsylvania schedules. Like
wise. all through service operated by the
Lehigh Valley and Reading and their
connections via Buffalo will be with
drawn"
The entire B. g. o. high-speed heavy
coal-carrying lines between Pittsburgh
and Washington, Baltimore and Phila-
delphia would be reduced to the statu,
of single-track branch line for
handling strictly local business. The
report calls for initial abandonment OF
the tracks between Philadelphia and
Baltimore.
The plan calls for the closing of shops
at Lafayette. Ind, and Decatur. Ill.
Prince. spon ;or Of the proposal, is a
Boston financier. He employed J. w
Barringer, a railroad expert. now chief
OF the examining force Of the Recon-
struction Corporation. to draw up the
plan which bears Princes name.
The plan first was submitted to Presi-
dent Roosevelt last Winter when he was
considering emergency railroad legis-
lation, but since that time has been re-
vised The studies made public today
were undertaken to show the effect the
proposal would have on various termi-
nails and railroads and the economies
that could be effected.