M.R. & B.T. TO CUT OFF SEVERAL TRAINS |
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M.R. & B.T. TO CUT OFF SEVERAL TRAINS |
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| Unofficial information given the Lead Belt
News, is to the effect that the M.R. & B.T. [Mississippi River & Bonne Terre]
Railway will cut off several trains and do considerable shifting of their station forces
on June 10th. Two passenger trains and two local freights are among the trains to be cut
off. Passenger train schedules will consist of a train arriving here from St. Louis about
noon and returning to the city about five p.m. Connection will be made at Riverside with
the Missouri Pacific. The new passenger schedule will no doubt do away with what little
business the road now has. Passenger service schedules over the road have not been
arranged for the convenience of the public for several years, with the result that the
busses have about gobbled all the business. William Thomas, operator at Desloge, will be transferred to Flat River. The passenger station at Flat River will be closed except about thirty minutes before arrival of trains. Some old conductors will be reduced to brakemen and some old brakemen either cut off or placed on the extra board. Published by THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois Co. MO, Fri. June 1, 1928. |
