The Forrest City times., 1893-04-28
ruk FORREST CITY HoTxL

On Monday last petlIlon was CIT culated among our business men for signatures, asking the Little Rock and Memphis Railroad company to ar range for the stopping of at least two of it's trains at this place for meals. Several years ago hotel building costing S21 900 was erected here for the accommodation of the travelling public. By an arrangement with the road this hotel was located upon the right-of- way of the Memphis and Lit tie Rock company. Our people sub- scribed liberally to the enterprise with the distinct understanding that this was to be an eating station of the road. It was thought by many of the sub- scribers that this arrangement was embraced in the contract. but such was not the case. It was tactiy under stood, however. that the company would continuously maintain the eat ing house arrangements; but, for some reason. 1t was discontinued some time after the Loda brothers took charge of the hotel. Since that time all over lures looking to d establishment of the former arrangement have been met by positive refusal on the part of officials of the company.
 Had it not been for the agreement of the railroad people to stop their trains here for meals it is more than likely the hotel would not have been erected. Without the patronage thus afforded the magnitude of the house is entirely beyond the requirements of the town. The railroad company may not have acted with intentional bad faith, but the fact remains that their failure or refusal to observe the i'm piled contract under which the house was built has resulted in serious loss to our people. The local stockholders of the hotel company are the very best friends and largest patrons of the road. These gentlemen have stood by the road during its long succession of troubles, yielding it moral and ma terial support in times of distress when it needed all the friends 1t could mus ter. In return for this friendship the road has entered and continued upon policy of repression which must inevi- tablv cad in still further disaster to that corporation. Instead of aiding in building up the towns along it's line, the managers of the roads affairs seem to have adorted and clung to the short sighted policy of antagoniZing all en- | terprises which would augment the wealth and population of the various towns through which it passes, thus insuring the curtailment of it's own l Forrest City, the trouble arose in 1889 over the opening of Rosser street. which was bitterly opposed by the rail- road officials for some reason.
 But our people regard the Little Rock and Memphis road with an af- lection which is not shared by any other railroad It was their first love, > so tn speak. They are willing to do their best for the "old reliable" but they naturally object to doing all the loving" They consider they are en- titled to some consideration at he hands of the company, and the latter now have all opportunity to do d grace ful thing, without cost or sacrifice to
 themselves, by restoring to the For rest City hotel the patronage of their trains. The hotel has been newly furnished from top to bottom, and is better prepared than ever before to meet the demands of the travelling public. It appears to us that it would be an easy matter to arrange for a twenty minutes stop of the 6 d. m. and p. m trains for breakfast and supper, re- spectively. It would benefit the to wn, meet the unqualified appreciation of passengers on these traius and in no wise prove detrimental to the road.
 l IT is to be hoped a liberal response