Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1912 — Punctual Trains. [ARTICLE]

Punctual Trains.

The West of France State railway has devised a method of bringing trains to their destination on time, which must surely appeal more to a Frenchman's sense of humor than to his convenience. Instead of accelerating the speed of trains which have been notoriously behind time, says the Scientific American, the officials of this road, who happen to be government officials, have adopted the naive plan of startings the trains as much earlier as the average time by which they have been late. The Standard of London, commenting on the matter, says: “Whereas hitherto the stipulated times of departures and arrivals were purely mythical, they will henceforth be statements of fact, unless, of course, it should again become necessary to apply brake power to the — time table.” ■