St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-11-17
BETTER SERVICE.


TUESDAY afternoon a committee
from the Eas, Side improvement,
Association met with Manager liufi.
bert. of the o ". y railway. aud
with Manager Fuller, Of the Con.
~olidaied--thc object being 90 scc
II arbitration could mo-, sccurc better
accommodation fof suburban pas.
scngcfs.
At the office OF the q. W 4. bu,
little satisfaction was ob,ained-as
the plea Of lack of power was one
which could not lc denied by the
committee MIR lIuflbcr,. how.
ever. believed that by next May.
when the new power plant will be
completed al Cazadcro. his road
will be in a condition 10 better serve
the public.
Mr.. Fuller, Of the Consolidated
was most cordial in his reception of
the committee lie was frank in
imparting the information sought.
aud dwelt considerably upon the
ST. Johns line.
"Ycs, IL is a fact that We have
reduced the service to ST. Johns
from 50 trains each day to as
but we have arranged il so that
more cars are run at the morning
and night rush hours than before, "
said Mr.. Fuller "As yet the new
time card has not been in service
long enough TO determine its eff
cacy. Here is the way we check
up and show what each car and
each trailer carries upon every
trip" and Mr.. Fuller brought out
the check sheets to show the loads.
These are for a few days in the
latter part of October-thc later
ones not being ready"
"The people of St. Johns have
no kick, Mr.. Fuller, upon the pre-.
sent service between ten aud two"
said Mr.. Thorndyke. But from
two o clock TO seven il is thought
by those whose business calls them
to and from St. Johns that the ser
vice is inadequate. II is true that
we have two I5-minute cars in the
morning, and two at night but the
addition Of another in each case
seems almost necessary to relieve |
the congested travel. From and |
after seven in the evening 20 |
minute service is plenty. Is il not |
a fact that last Sunday your cars
were so crowded that you were |
forced TO run on the old scheduled"
Mr.. Fuller admitted this. When
told Of loads of over ioo-loadS
running as high on one car as t3s
aud even up to i6j-he declared
that such conditions were exceed.
ingly bad and would be righted as
quickly as possible. lie stated also
that four new "onc-end" cars were
being built and would soon be
ready. Don't raise yonr cxpecta.
lions too high. though" he added,
as 81. Johns will have but two OF
these the others going OH the
Vancouver run"
"The people of 81, Johns aud all
along that route deserve good ser.
5ice-and we will give IL to them"
continued Mr.. Fuller. That |
ocality has grown very rapidly but /
Se thought after the fair there /,
would be falling off. This does
lot seem TO be the case. Your
may rest assured that we
will do our utmost To aid them in
up all of the suburban
ommuniiy-and | am pleased that /
'ou called"
THR REVIEW is sure that Mr..
fuller means what he says-and
hat as quickly as possible new
lme'card will he issued. So far as
onsistent with the patronage the b
ervice will be bet,ered and the Il
ompany will strive to avoid the /
verloads which have been the rule b
or several weeks. Mr.. Fuller i
Iates that above sixty passenger is
lore than should he carried on the
ig ears while on the trailers so
ould be considered normal: and he
Ill do what he can 10 aid 81. <
,hns in advertising an efiicien,
'r'serviee for all prospective
welleTs.