The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-12-14
For the Democratic Advocate.
Railroad and Mail Facilities.

MEssRs. EDITORS DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATE:
i have read with much interest the various
recent articles published in your paper on
mail and railroad service as furnished by the
Western Maryland Railroad Company. And
like nearly all other questions has two sides.
A change back to the recent schedule time
would no doubt better serve our commence,
than the present one, and therefore change
would be very desirable on our part. But its
practicability taking into consideration the
interest of the Western Maryland Railroad
Company is likely better known by the mana
gers of the road than by us.
We are engaged in our respective avoca-
tons, and in that connection profess to know
and propose to manage our own business
Certain men have been selected by the West
ern Maryland Railroad Company and Balti
more city the latter being financially inter
ested in the road) to manage its affairs. It's
the duty of those men to devote their time
and talent in running freight, passenger and
mail trains in such a manner as best 10 sub
serve the interests of the people-keeping IN
view however the interests of the railroad
company-aS its life or existence depends
upon its proper management.
We're Col. Hood to come to Westminster or
through your columns criticise. suggest or die
tate to you how you should conduct your
paper; or how the merchants, bankers and
manufacturers of Westminster should manage
their affairs; he would likely be told to attend
his railroad business and they would attend
to theirs, and very justly too. For the pre-
sumption is that Col. Hood knows as little
about the management of the business of
editors, merchants, bankers, doctors, manu-.
tacturers and politicians they do about
railroads and how best to manage railroad
business If Gel Hood and his associates
we're to undertake te please all the patrons of
the Western Maryland Railroad, trains would
have to be run East and West every five min
utes, and stop every train at every station
along the road, and would then fail to please
all, for some would want a through train with
out stopping anywhere. Aud it does not
require an expert to determine how long it
would be before they would run the railroad
company into the ground
In reading some of these comments one
might infer that Westminster above all the
other places combined is the place. and that
the Interests and convenience Of its citizens
should be considered even to the detrmeHt
Of nearly everybody else.
For instance, one much esteemed friend
DIR. Shaw. saws: I'VE meaning the citizens
Of Westminster who are exalted above others
have been putting up with insufficient mail
aud railroad facilities long enough, aud
suggests among other things that 'the 1
o clock train from Baltimore in the afternoon
ought to ruu to Westminster in an hour, stop.
ping only at Glyndon. thereby landing the
citizens Of Westminster at that place twenty.
six minutes sooner than il does now. Only
think Of it, ttcsnfy siT minutes sooner What
q wonderfully important place the city Of
Westminster must be And the Doctor adds.
1.-THE later trains could convey way passen-
gers, making the great city Of Westminster
the objective point, and all the others between
Baltimore aud Westminster save Giyndon
way stations, which. Of course, IN eonnec-
ton with Westminster they are, Let Us see
how the Doctors plan would work, take for
instance Fiuksburg statioa. aud | refer to
that from knowledge, presaming that there
may be a number Of stations between Balti-
more aud Westminster IN the same category.
A large proportion Of the passengers who get
on and of at this station reside from 1--WE to
ten miles distance. Let the Doctor imagine
passengers, through With their business in
Baltimore, ready 10 take the ! o clock p. N.
train, waiting from ! p. N. to q p. m. TIVE
hours and twenty minutes, then take the q. -
p. N. train aud arrive al Fiuksburg station
7.3G p. M. two hours aod twenty sever mia.
utes later than the p. train would iaad
them, two hours after the setting IN Of night,
aud then kaye 10 travel in the Hichi eve q
ten miles before reaching their homes All
this to land the distinguished citizens Of
Westminster 10 that eily. within possibly
few hundred yards Of their home, trreHfy az
H,isufss sooner than they nov arrive, fo- q
Is q noticeable fact thai tbese complaints are
made only by the citizens Of Westminster.
In conclusion let il be take for granted thai
the managers Of the Western Maryland Rail
road wall do all in their power 70 give toe
people along its line and in the vicinity
through which the road runs, the very best
accommodation possible, not 10 sacrifice tbe
interests Of the company OF isopasdile is
exis,ance.
l. 4. J. Lt~orrE