Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1913 — SLOWER TRAINS FOR WINTER [ARTICLE]

SLOWER TRAINS FOR WINTER

Atmospheric Conditions Make RevL sion of Schedules Necessary in Most Sections. Instead of slowing down a few of the extra fare, extra fast trains, the speed of nearly all passenger trains is to be slackened. The plan is to make a general lengthening of passenger train schedules, that is, alljnain line trains that may be in any way considered In the through route class. This takes in probably 60 per cent, of all passenger trains. The present plan la to deal with trains that operate 200 or 300 miles up to 500. The exception to the slower cards will be to the south, where the weather is not considered sufficiently severe to Interfere with operations. Cm timecards becoming effective In many of the big western roads the schedule scores of passenger trains is strung out to time cards considered safe. The managers say it is farcical to advertise these fast trains in winter, when they cannot meet their schedule more than ten per cent, of the time. The locomotives will not steam, and snows and other atmospheric conditions keep trains delayed, and the public becomes aroused. The railroad men argue that the public will "be better satisfied to have slower trains and have them operated on time.—Chicago Examiner.