The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-03-21
MIR. TAYLOR SAYS
TRAINS MUST PAY
GENERAL MANAGER OF VI. & O.
SAYS HE WILL MAKE con-
NECTIONS AT ARTESIA,
PROVIDED 1T PAYS.
He is Willing to Give it a Trial, but
Wants Permission from Com
mission to Discontinue if
Same Does Not Pay.

Secretary Sykes, of the Progressive
Union, is in receipt of letter from
Mr.. r. V. Taylor, general manager of
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, in
which he apologies for the seeming
neglect of the passenger department
in having failed 70 reply TO a sug-
gestion of Mr.. Sykes regarding the
running of trains from Columbus to
Artesia TO meet all passenger trains
on the main line. Mr.. Taylor fur
ther states that his company will run
the trains provided that they can be
made to pay, and says he is willing
to test the matter by putting on the
trains, provided that he be given per
mission by the railroad commission
to discontinue them should they fail
to earn expenses.
While the officers of the Progress
sive Union and the people of Colum-
bus generally firmly believe that the
trains will pay, they think that they
are justly entitled to them even
though they should be operated at
loss, and therefore contend that the
company should put them on with
out requiring the city of Columbu or
the railroad commission to agree to
allow them to be discontinued should
they fail to pay. Another fact that
must be taken into consideration is
that the dull season is just coming
on, and that while the trains might
not pay for three or four months,
that traffic during the winter months
would be great enough to insure
nice profit on the years business.
There are many industries which lose
money during several of the twelve
calendar months, but which on the
entire year show a nice profit, and
Secretary Sykes contends that it
would be manifestly unfair and un-
just to the city to allow the officials
to put the trains on and then take
them off again in the course of a few
months simply because the revenue
received was not enough to pay oper-
ating expenses.
Secretary Sykes has written a let
ter to General Manager Taylor sug-
gesting that officials of both the Mo-
bile and Ohio Railroad and the Pro-
gressive Union appear before the
railroad commission for a full and
free discussion of the matter. He be-
lieves that by pursuing this course
all differences can be amicably ad-
justed and that the company can be
induced to begin the operation of the !
trains without exacting any unwise /
promises either from the railroad .
commission or the people of Colum- I
bus.
Information received in the city
yesterday is to the effect that the .
Mobile & Ohio officials have decided /
to inaugurate the service asked for
by the Progressive Union, and begin
ming today trains will be run to Ar
tesla to connect with all passenger
trains on the main line. These trains
will be operated according to the fol-
lowing schedule: Train will leave
Columbus at HAS a. m, connecting
with southbound train No. 5 at Arte-
sia, leaving Artes1a at Il: 30 D. m.
and arriving ia Columbus at 1925
p. M Train will leave Columbus at
1:45 o. m, connecting at Artesia
with northbound train No. 6, and re-
turning will leave Artesia at 2:35 p.
m, arriving in Columbus at sos
o'clock p. m.
These trains are in addition to the
trains already in operation, and the
schedule is an excellent one, giving
Columbus close connection with all
passenger trains which pass Artesia
on the main line. With this service
in operation travellers can leave Co
lumbus at 1:45 p. m. and reach Mem
phis at sos the same evening. It is
largely due to the efforts of the Pro-
gressive Union that these additional I
trains We're secured, and the organi- I
zation is to be congratulated upon
the successful outcome of its labors. I
Mr.. Philip st. George Cooke, a for
mer resident of Columbus, who is