The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-19
A Move for Better Railroad Facil
ities--Let the Business Men Act.


The Business Mems Association Of
this city is composed Of many Of the
most prominent citizens Of our COM
munjty and are unquestionably in a
position to be Of great assistance in
advancing the interest a. general wei
fare of Frederick OF late years con-
siderable progress has been made in the
manufacturing interests located in our
midst. The two railroads leadirg into
our community are most lii orally
patrouized and Frederick is justly re-
garded as valuable station. We have,
h YweVerer, suffered in many ways
from inferior or Indifferent railroad ia
cilities. our trains over the Baltimore
and Ohio are constantly detained and
it has been claimed that numbers of
summer boarders are prevented from
seeking homes in our county on ac-
count of inferior railroad accommoda-
ton. Two and half and three hours
to Baltimore and Washington Is GER
tainly slow for this progressive age.
We mention these things in no spirit
of faultfnding, but simply to call the
attention of the railroad authorities to
the facts as they exist in hopes Of find
ing in due time q proper remedy. The
attention of the business men might be
called to the delay of the early Wash
ington and Baltimore trains by the
milk business. The handling of the
cans consumes from twenty to thirty
minutes per train. This business has
became 30 important in other sections
that q car with passenger coach at
tachsd is alone run for the conduct OF
this growing industry. This would
enable AN early train from Frederick
to Washington and Baltimore with
limited stops to make the dis ance cas-
lily within two hours-say an hour End
forty minutes. The delays ofpassenger
trains by freight moving in front OF
them at Washington Junction causes
considerable delay and annoyance to
passengers Why should freight be
moved in front Of passenger from
this point when no schedule lime
has been fixed for freight? To Balti
more passenger trains a'e constantly
compelled to trail the freight for miles
causing the greatest annoyance. The
Sunday Washington train reaches
our lower depot from three to five min
utes before the outgoing sunday train
leaves, and yet there ae cars filled
with passengers side tracked at the
lower depot within a stones throw
of their destination waiting for an out
going train to pass. Surely three to
five minutes change in the on going
schedule could remedy this provoking
delay. At Blue Ridge Summit, Pen
Mar, Buena Vista and other points
along the Western Maryland Railroad
every facility is given TO the summer
residents and rs consequence, thou
sands are seeking homes in that sec
ton Of the State. In our mountains,
overlooking this beautiful city, we have
country surprising anything in
mountain or valley landscapes at either
of these points on the Western Mary
land, and yet not boarding house or
hotel is to be found. We have con-
tended that hundreds II city boarders
would gladly come to our mountains,
if proper accommodations could be
found The railroads would profit by
these boarding houses and hotels and it
should be their aim to attract passen-
gers to such places rs Frederick. These
little things are pointed out simply
that the troubles may be averted and
that our city may be supplied with far
better railroad facilities We hear of
number of enterprises in the way Of
mountain hotels and if they material
ize we must see to the improvement Of
our railroad traffic.