Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-10-22

L S-EJlCNolNtu UIfit| lllC Will
hall be used for 10 purpose othe
than holding court. unless by ;
written permit from the Board Q
County Commissioners.
On motion adjourned.
pEDEn j. HoniX,
Attest: Chairman
/ r. GLAvIN, Clerk.
The Railroad Commission at Warren
The Railroad Commissioners ar
rived in the city with the regular
| mixed train on Tuesday morning
For otice this train was on time
The commission is composed OF Gen
Geo. L. Becker, S. ?. Williams, "
NJ. Ligget, and their secretary 4. X
Tiesberg. The citizens met tile coin
!! mission At Eiwardh's Hall and pro
ceeded to lay their grievances befor,
them. The complaints had been re
duced to writing and these were reaC
| and listened to attentively by til,
gentlemen OF the commission who
we believe, were impressed with tn,
Justice OF our cause. w. r. Powell
Dr.. Wattan,, D. A. Whitney, Senator
March and several other gentlemen
arose and elaborated on specific
grievances. F. Ferguson created q
laugh by saying that Superintendent
Jnntes had forbidden him to put
either windows or doors on the side
facing the track on warehouse
built on his own property. General
Manager Mohler and Superintendent
JAMES OF tie railroad company had
preceded the commission here in theil
special car and were present at the
meeting. Mr.. Mohler spoke in de.
Tense OF the railroad company, the
gist Of his remarks being that the
income from the passenger depart,
ment on the st. Vincent branch did
not warrant the company in putting
on a passenger train. He said moth
ing, however, about the enormous
income from freights. Mr.. w. +.
Powell replied to his smooth talk by
quoting an apt story. : A man il!
Wisconsin had been attending Il fu-
neral and a prayer meeting at which
he had heard several long. discources.
On his return home lie was asked
how he liked the preaching. Wal,
he said, | heard a great darrlea OF
words but there was nothing salts
lying and neither We're the re-
marks OF Mr.. Mollel' satisfying.
What was wanted was regular pas
senger train and better depot facili-
ties
A complaint setting forth our
grievances had been drawn up by a
citizens committee and was presented
to the Commission as follows:
To the Honorable Railroad and
Warehouse Commission OF the State
Of Minnesota:
Pursuant to the unanimous ex-
preston OF the citizens OF Warren
and vicinity at public meeting held
on Monday evening, October 10Th,
1891, we desire to call your atten-
ton to the following facts:
We have just cause for complaint
at the hands OF the Great Northern
roat ut this place, and we believe
thatit lies in your power and is your
duty to correct the same.
/. Our first and greatest griev-
ance is the utter lack of adequate
passenger and mail service, which we
have been obliged to endure during.
the past three years. We have had
but one train a day north OF Crooks
ton, to do the passenger, mail, ex-
press and freight business, which is
entirely insufficient to satisfy the
growing needs Of our people. The
freight business on this division is
immense and requires all the, atten-
ton Of the train tnen to handle, and
consequently the passenger and mail
service is neglected and very much
Inconvenience thereby. Trains SCI
dom arrive or depart on schedule
time, which i:'' @ll:AritNscnn ses mur!,
delay, loss Oh i:I" and Inconvenience
Iii trnveiln@ ami is Very eN;,speruliny
III Sei'ii',@ or receiving i:,;ii.
2. The depot facilities at. this
point are entirely insufficient for tie
business transacted. Twelve Years
ago when this line oil road WAS being
first settled, our present depot f;,cili-
ties were, perhaps, adequate for the
business that was then done, but
chat time has long since passed, and
the business has Increased SO i'm
mensely tlIat at the present time the
accommodations are ;.bsur,llv insult
fcient AND not according to. law,
having, but one small waiting room
Tor patrons, aud what platform
space there is, is almost wholly con
sumed by the handling oil freight
thereon, making it positively dam
gerous to life.
3. We on the Minnesota side OF
the Red River, north OF Crookston
have been almost utterly ignored by
the railway company, and yet FUR
nishing the nucleus by All immense
land grant to this great road, while
travel is being taken from us to en-
rich other sections We do not wish
to .presune to dictate us to what the
company shall do elsewhere, but do
believe we should receive that for
which we have SO dearly paid. ii not
actually our rights by law. We will
ship from Warren this year 1,25O,-
600 bushels OF wheat alone, besides
other produce, Which with the i'm.
mense amount OF incoming freight.
makes an enormous business for. the
company, and we reserve the right
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