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Show take up reduction of service from the Missouri river to Texas and the southwest. south-west. 4 MRS TO COAST TO BE CUTiE-TIO Saving- of $12,000,000 a Year Expected From New Arrangement. f'HlCAUO, May 4. One-third of all the passenger trains between Chicago :inil the Pacific coast will be eliminated after June I, according to word received re-ceived Prom Washington by railway of t'it'ials tonight. This step, it was said, would save approximately $12,-tiOU.OOti $12,-tiOU.OOti a year and cut off 1 1,728,000 miles of train haul, R. H, Aishton, regional director of the western railroads and assistant to W. ti. McAdoo, director of railroads, said that such a plan had been under consideration and has been worked out. Me added that he had not been officially offi-cially informed that it was to be put iuto effect on any certain date. Tinier the revolutionized plan of handling traffic, passengers would no loQffer have a choice of routes. Traffic to the west coast and intermediate points would be divided between four lines, as follows: Los Angeles and junction points, by Union Pacific. To San Francisco and junction points, by Union Pacific. To Seattle and junction points, by Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. To Portland and junction points, by Northern Pacific. The cut in service would take off I hree through trains from Chicago to Los Angeles, two to San Francisco and three to Seattle and Portlam.1. More than forty local trains would be dispensed dis-pensed with also. 1 1 was expected that the Chi C ago -Kansas City, St. Louis-Kansas City and lucafio-Onialia traffic would be given consideration next week, when officials |