The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-09-29
THE NARROW GUAGE.
The War Over the Change OF
Time.
A Letter from q Warsaw Citizen
on the subject.

For Lar K of better occupation or for some
other rea-on unkn9wn 10 the r'porter, the
citiz-ns of Warsaw, led by S. E. Spencer,
OF Sedalia, have for some time passed been
engaged in furious effort to prevent
chsnge Of running time on tie narrow
q ,ugs road. The following letter to the
BAzoo from Mayor r III. Melton, brought
up by Mr.. Spencer on a late trip, will per-
hsps best express the grounds taken and
reasons assigned by the citizeas OF Warsaw.
who are opposed to any change:
WARSAW, Mo-, Sept. "a, 1885.
Editor Bazoo AS friend of Sedalia /
write you upon subject that is agitatiug
our people "The CHI nge OF running time
on the narrow gauge railroad" The busi-
ness men of his locality, men who travet
aud ship over the road as we'll as all who
"go shopping" in Sc Ialis, are very much
opposs d to the CHI ,nge. They have unsni-
mously signed remonstrancs az inst 1T
and feel k-en'y the part great many OF
the busiu, IS men of s .dslia are taking In
favor Of the CHI ,nge which vii put them
to a great expen4e and inconvenience, and
there is a quiet resolution among our peo-
pie not to deal cent with any mau In
Sedalia who has sigded a petition IN favor
of the change. In tact general orders have
been sent from here 10 st. Lo1is by parties
who have always heretofore dealt In Sc
dalia | am sati-fied 8 great many of
your people who asked this change did so
wirhlut due rehs ction and In some cases to
accommo late some fricnd-au employee
of the road-who desired the change for his
individual accommodation. Be that as 1t
may, however, it is certainly creating
| feeling hos lie to Sedalia, which every
| friend of that beautiful and enterprising
city should gladly have avoided, and which
am satisfied she and they will promptly
have rect,fed upon learning the true state
of facts. Knowing the stand you have
always taken in behalf of Sedali IS best in-
ierest, give you these facts In order that
you may Investigate them and take such
sctiou as in your judgment may be to the
interest of Sedalia's business men as we'll
as the interest Of the COOL people of
! BENTON"
II is perhaps gr ,tui'ous on the part OF
the BAzoo to say in connection with this
communication anything m IRE than that
Sedrlis as a city has very little interest In
the matter, and that Sedalia's people have
not been at any time and are not now
making any particular effort 10 either
secure or prevent a change OF time on the
narrow q ,uSe. end that whoever it may
have been that cireu ated such a report or
created such an i'm preston in Warsaw was
acting wihout fJundatioR or warrant In
fact. But setting aside tn; question, there
is veyy good rea on to b.ileve that the
people Of Warsaw, in opposing change,
are standing in their own Light and injur-
ing not only their busioess but their
rel alton with neighbors south of them
Perhaps the best evidence of this fact Is
proven in a DC ti.ion which yesterday
re ched this city from Hickory county.
asking for CHI Ange ard setting forth the
r, as Ms therefor, shich petition con ainet
the names of all the leading citizens OF
Hickory county who h Y: any d.slinss
With Warsaw. VIII I Is really needed on
i the narrow gauge road aud Whist
wcul1 hes. subserye tie interests of
. all the patrons Of tn, road is two
trains sch way daily, and there is little
doubt thst were they placed on the road
the compnny would very soon 6nd that the
. facilities thus afforded would increase thu
demand until each of them would par
much better than thes single train now
run.
, This much Is certain, however, that the
argument used that the Warsaw mail
would be delayed, is altogether erroneous
as the trains now leave here before the
mails arrive, and they reach Warsaw the
next day at 6 p. m, where, as if the train
left in the morning they would receive
their mail at IL a. M, seven hours earlier.
As 10 the disadvantages Of the cit;zans
of Hickory county and the surrounding
country, they sre conelasively proven by
the fact that almost the entire scope OF
country tributary naturally and heretofore
to Warsaw, is seeking its outlet via of
Springfield, Mo. The BAZoo does not cara
to enter into any discussion of the subject
IT present, but trusts that the people of
Hickory and Benton counties will settle
their differences amicably and to the best
interests of all.