Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1918 — PARLOR CAR TRAFFIC REDUCED 25 PER CENT [ARTICLE]

PARLOR CAR TRAFFIC REDUCED 25 PER CENT

Travel in parlor cars has been reduced 25 per cent, as nearly, as railway officials are able to estimate it, since the new rates went into effect which requires the payment of half a cent a mile additional for the privilege of buying a parlor car seat. Nevertheless, there is complaint’fri certain quarters that there are too many parlor car passengers and that the demand for more luxurious accommodations than the ordinary coaches afford is making many trains too heavy, at the expense of too much coal. It is pointed out that parlor cars are really a necessity for many persons who are aged, in delicate health or in need of the cleaner washroom and other accommodations offered. The problem seems to be one of making the coaches more agreeable for long trips. Meanwhile, one eastern road is reported to be removing the present large seats from its parlor cars and substituting smaller ones, so as to be able to place sixty or seventy -passengers in a parlor car. The present parlor car seats a little less than half the number of persons who can find seats in the average modern day coach.