The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-22
SEEKS BETTER SERVICE.
Tnlladega Newspaper Wants to Mako
 MOntgomery More Accessible.

T1IIa0GRR NeW1RaVCE WI "
 Montgomery More Accessible.
 The TalIadega Mountain Home Of re, cent date contained a lengthy editorial complaining of the train service pc tween Talladega and Anniston, ana
 According to The Mountain Home, passengers from Northeast AlaDama must spend two days and night tray cling to and from Montgomery to transact their business Cow mercial and Industrial Association or Montgomery who, with the Transpor- tation Committee of that Assoclatlon' locked into the betterment or tne ra.i cry. said yesterday, when snown the
 It is simply a question of practical railroading. To make connexions De- rounding country with Montgom."I the Alabama Mineral Railroad lIstn must leave Attalla at 5 or O'CLOCK in the morning; How many passen. at that time of the morning.? Why 1t would be a losing policy for the road; 1 expect the matter could De remedied by attaching a passenger coach -o through freight train and make Con nection at Calera. but of course that is with the company"
 The editorial referred to Is as eol- lows:
 
 who have not given the subject thought will be surprised to know that in actual economy of time, when It comes to visiting Montgomery. for the transaction of business. official or pri- vate. they are little better off than they were fifty years ago, before railroads were built into this section of the State This condition exists particular ly along the line of the Alabama Min eral Railroad operated by that general promoter and developer of Southern in- terests. the Louisville and Nashville system. This line Is operated between passenger train North and South. Un- fortunately, however, the southbound train goes down in the afternoon and reaches the Capital City too late TOT business. Persons therefore visiting the Capital on business are forced to remain in the city two nights and a day. precisely the time that was re- quired to make the trip on the old Powell stage coach line half century agone.
 The inaccessibility of Montgomery to the citizens of Talladega and An niston, for instance. is in singular con- visit cities in other States over the lines of the Southern Railway. By timely schedules on these lines our cit iZenS are enabled to visit Atlanta, Rome and Chattanooga during business hours. with sufficient time for transacting or dinary business. and return home the same day-and bad Birmingha.n as well. No insidious distinct on intc1d- ed.
 Nor does The Home intenl this ar ticle as a complaint, but merely sug- gestive. Without skill or sx2erionce in the operation of railroads, it IS sug- gested that the schedule of the south bound train on the Alabama Mineral be changed to a time. about eight hours earlier. so as to connect with the Bir- mingham accommodation at Cdlcfa which arrives at Montgomery Tn the forenoon. The northbound tram, cf course, should leave Calera in the evening on the arrival of the Birming- ham accommodation. Such chang Q of schedule would enable citizens of Anniston. Talladega and other points on the line to visit Montgomery. with four or five hours for doing business, and return home the same day. The change thus respectfully Suk gested would require no additional train or crew and therefore no additional cost, except possibly the payment of the crew for a few hours additional services. Manifestly the people and the railroad company would alike be benefited by the proposed schedule and may we not hope to see 1t speedily put in operation"