The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-18
The @. & 0. Trains.

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There was some days ago considerable
feeling manifested by the people of Cliff
ton Forge about the schedule that had
been promulgated for the stopping o.
trains OF the G. s. O. railway at this
place. This feeling found expression
in a public meeting and the appointment
Of a committee OF three citizens to wait
upon Gen. ingalls,, president of the com
pany, and lay the grievances of the
people before him. The result of that
interview was to allay apprehension to a
certain degree, and to confirm the conf
dence reposed in the management OF the
railroad, that nothing would be done to
initiate against the interest of Clifton
Forge ordeprive the people ofany of the
privileges to which they are legitimately
entitled Since then there have been
some modification of the impressions
caused by the visit of the committee to
Cincinnati and Richmond. 1t is now
understood that trains Nos. 3 aud 4 will
stop only at the new depot in West Cliff
ton Forge, and that after April 18th, No.
1, or the train that reaches Clifton Forge
from the east at $50 p IN will also be
limited in it's stoppaga to West Clifton
Forge. No. 80, Or the train that has
heretofore reached Clifton Forge from
the west at $50 will stop at West
Cliftoa Forge forty minutes before
coming to Clifton Forge, where it
will re n lin oaly lon- enough to BE-
boar lie II by passengers for the Rich
mon anl ALE yhaay division. It is in
conte N olatiol also, We learn, during the
SUNNI or to concentrate all trains at one
cause the present Clifton Forge station
to be practically a. anlonaJ.
If this is to b, the policy of the com
pany, til IN 1T meansa great wrong to
Clifton Forge, an an injustice that the
people will not submit to, If there is any
way +, re n ~ it. 1t must BE- conceded
that the priaeiDll bl'inass of the road
at this poin5 com,s from TIL people OF
Cliftoa Forge, and why they, should be
deprive of rltlf)tl facilities, or OF
extended t. Pop lloI; con nlaitie;, and
forced to % netrIy a mile to rel:h the
station where stopp ages a. to be mldt
we cannot un erstaa |. Thsre is at pres
ent neither population nor business at
the nav depot to justify any such ar
rangement, and the people OF Ciiftol
Fore would be les, or more than IN ortal
to limit to such hardship an incon-
venie1c4 withol5 al elcnest 'otest.
We have heretofore coatenlel that
in the interest OF tn, people of!the State
We have ea.lestly argle ID tn Ut there WAS
not laa ire llarity or an inconveniea,,,
tia could b. po.n5e out, thai HI l )6
b .en or yoald not be prom pity correetel,
when the N saagam ,n5 beolna c)sli.-
ant of it. We believe Sd yet, al furth,r
believe that the enlightened all p1olic
spirited ptesid ent OF tn G. &. 0. railway,
will see to it that Cliftol Forge is 81 to
be the first exception to this rule, and
the first to dem onstrate that we have
been wrong. II the policy OF the c3m-
panY is to concentrate It's trains at one
static then that station should be whore
the people would be accommo plated and
where the larger values would be affected.
1t is in contravention of wise public pol
icy AMI a perversion ofpower 50 literally
granted by the State, for a whole cons
mu 1ity to be Inconvenience for lessa:
and so far as the public and the ralro is
are IN ,erned, i'm material interests. Plb
lie Sc lti n Eat wo1id not only n ,t justify
it, bui would rebel against it, an appeal
to all the asel,ies available to corf1,5
the wong ald vim lie s5s.the right.
We hope and believe this whole mt
ter will be adjuste in the light of wise
pu Die policy and pu5ic justice, all
that the clai rs of the people of Clifton
Forgs will b, recognizeI in the a.,
com n )dations that will BE- iiseI an1 es>
tab.ishal for their conveaiaace by the
G. s. O. railway.
1t is an I'M u s5ice AMI a public rellec-
tiol upon Clifton Forge to appropriate
the name that belongs to it and substi
tute anothe., uakno VA to the travelling
public, to indicate the locality of the
tow. 1t is a further Unjust to give
ano 5her locality that nlma, to which it
is not entitlel by either corporate claims
or b lsiness relations. All Clifton Forge
wa ITS is the fair thing and this
the people mean to have if there is any
Way TO GET IT,