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Show M'COEMICK IS PLEASED - WITH THE SLOW TRAINS NEW YORK. March ?. One of tin items of complaint against the merged Union Pacific-Southern Pacific lines the discontinuance as a fast train do luxe to the Pacific coast of the Sunset limited train over the Southern Pacific following tho merger In 1001 was discussed at today's to-day's session of the hearings in progress here. ,-. , Assistant Traffic Director Ernest O. McCormlck of the merged system, widen the government Is suing to dissolve, testified tes-tified that the through train, which for-merlv for-merlv ran In about seventy-two hours hot ween New Orleans and San Francisco and was run seml-weokly and trl-wcelciy at different times had been lengthened to ninetv-three hours In 1302 and a dally service established. The time was substantially sub-stantially bettered. , Mr. McCormlck says that at present tho through train has a lay-over at Los Angeles. An-geles. Although this lengthened the schedule between New Orleans and San Francisco, it was a popular arrangement which enabled tourists to look around l.os Angeles en route. Those who wore In n hurrv to get to San Francisco could take another fast train. |