Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1911 — SAY TRAINS WERE MONEY LOSERS. [ARTICLE]

SAY TRAINS WERE MONEY LOSERS.

Panhandle officials state that the report published in a morning paper Sunday to the effect that the four passenger trains recently taken off were money makers is incorrect. Neither the two State Line trams nor the Red Hummer paid, thev said. T'he management declares that these trains had at no time paid but were kept on for the accommodation of the traveling public and had it not been for such a falling off in business the trains would likely have been kept on. \\ hile the- State Line trains always appeared to be crow'ded coming in and leaving this city, yet the officials say that only a short distance out the coaches were practically empty. Five additional train crews have been taken off by the Panhandle and the force is now at the same state Of reduction it was during the depression in 1908.—Logansport Pharos. -