The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-28
THOSE ANCIENT pEPoTs.


oratinc alton Over Tho Appeals Protest
Tho Nettieton Systom Progressive.
''TnK ArPEAL has done n great deal 10
build up and make Memphis what she
should be, live, progressive and modern
city, but never has 1t suggested an inn
proycment more sadly needed than Grst-
class railroad passenger depots" This
was the emphatic manner in which gen
tlcman who had Just returned from visit
10 Chicago and 81. Louis complimentcd
this paper 10 a reporter yesterday. Con-
tinuing his earnest remarks the gentle
man said: "Whcn left for Chicago II was
from the Mississippi x Tennessee depot.
My wife accompanied me, and We were
shown into a waiting-room over which |
would almost prefer stable. Few
II any of the Other dcpois in tho city
are superior 10 the Mississippi & Tennessee
in this regard. They nre not merely n
little behind the demands Of the times.
but a standing disgrace, both 10 the city
and the wealthy railroad corporations per-
petuaiing them. Not an hour ago | was
talking 10 a member of the minstrel troupe
that came in today, and he left the i'm
preston on my mind that the funny men
OF his company were rehearsing n lot OF
Jokes 10 be perpeiraicd at the expense Of
the railroad companies on this very matter
When dumped from the coaches they were
uncertain whether Il was into n stock yard
or country tavern. 10 properly appreciate
the distance We arc behind civilization In
the matter OF passenger depots, Memph-
ians should visit any OF the great
cities Of the country. They would
find an cdiicc highly ornamental, sup
piled with all the convcnicnccs, well kept,
with elegant reception and waiting rooms,
from which all the passenger trims pulled
out On each train is n large sign, This
train for - Mistakes arr impossi.
bic, for II fellow can't read. hc will find
polite officials TO keep him right. I can't
understand the policy railroad companies
pursue nj this end Of their lines. II looks
10 me M II they didn't care anything for
the passenger traffic given them, or, In
other words, the public bc DID, This Is
what their depot deccncics aud conyen.
fences imply. The tables should be
turned, and the travelling public say, rs
FAR us possible, the railroads be d-dp F"
Another gentleman, aud one promi.
monthly connected with the Kansas City
system, remarked that he was sincerely
guliifed that the protest against such pas
sengcr depot accommodations had been 20
vigorously entered. IL trust the agitation
will be continued until every company
whose road enters tho city will become
ashamed oi itself and come up 10 require
mcna. know there n nothing 20 be
gained by the roads m the policy they
now pursue, and much TO be lost by the
city While the complaint applies 10 our
roads at present, Il will not long be so.
Preliminary arrangements have already
boon made 10 erect a mammoth passenger
depot building that will be credit 10 the
city and our roads"
"But what about a union dcpot7"
ooh, we're never going 10 have ono
down there, or at least VIC are not going 70
wait for Il. The building we propose "a
erect will DO large enough for a union do
pot, but we will use Il for our exclusive
purposes"