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and Fairfax and Arlington Counties
could take DIST or leave 1t alone,
depending on the Washington trend.
Perhaps the highest rate OF con-
fusion will be registered among the
committing gentry. As late as last
night, some transportation concerns
were trying to work out a formula,
the best they could do after weeks
of playing a guessing game.
B. & O. to Change Over.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
which hauls a goodly number OF
commuters, announced it was put
ting its daylight schedules into effect
Sunday, daylight time or not. The
same is true of the Pennsylvania.
This means that most trains,
local and through, will depart an
hour earlier here and at nearby
points, perhaps causing some COM
muters to revise their modes OF
living for a time.
The B. 81 O., for instance, antici-
pated a mixup for, unadviSed COM
muters riding the train now arriv-
ing from Brunswick, Md, at 7:05
am. Under the new schedule, the
train would reach Union Station
an hour earlier, leaving workers
with time on their hands before
heading for the office.
AS a result, early train passengers
in the know will wait for the train
now arriving at $40, putting them
in Washington at 7:10a am, rail-
road officials said. -
Ghost Trains Expected.
To meet this emergency, more
coaches will be added to the sec
ond train. But what about the first?
1t will resemble something like a
ghost train, almost uninhabited by
passengers, the railroad fears.
Another situation will arise in the
afternoon for these residents of
Silver Spring, Forest Glen, Kens-
ington. Garrett Park, Gaithersburg,
Germantown and other points.
Those accustomed to catching the
4:5O will be just an hour late to see
it pull out, perhaps almost empty.
Luckily, another train, now sched-
uled for a 5:55 departure, will be
along at 4:55, and that should be
quite jam.
Last year the B. & o. found it
self in a dither just before the
daylight saving date. It's new
schedules were printed, but 1t was
apparent Congress would not meet
the deadline. Hastily. the railroad
printed up an alternate set of
schedules. Cost for 10000 system
schedules and 10000 of the con-
densed variety was $500. Addi-
tional thousands was spent for ad-
vertising to set the public straight.
This year the railroad played it
differently AS long ago as last
June 20 Senator McGrath, Demo-
crat, Of Rhode Island introduced
his Senate bill. 1t seemed probable
that Congress would enact a DIST
bill by April Is. So the B IL o de-
cided to print only its DIST sched-
ules, waiting until six weeks ago to
go to press.
Since the timetables already were
distributed, there was no alternative
but to adopt the new times Sunday.
The same situation prevailed for the
Pennsylvania Railroad. That road
was working today to rearrange Its
Washington Baltimore trains to
make them as convenient as pos
sible.
Greyhound Bus Lines also will
adopt new schedules Sunday be-
cause it's timetables are distributed,
The company sees little inconven-
ience for nearby fares, since buses
run at close intervals. But some
long distance passengers may miss
buses and be forced to wait for an
other
Airlines, which cling to standard
times regardless Of introduction OF
daylight time, anticipate no trouble.