East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-04-17

Hereafter the public VIII be fur
nished information concerning de-
layed trains by means of bulletin
boards at all stations on the o. Il. &
N, and this precious knowledge will
not be reserved for people living ex-
clusively in the larger towns and
cities along the line.
| According to the order of the rail-
road commission, every station must
be provided with bulletin board
and the information upon the board
must not be allowed to get stale, but
must he posted, hot from the wires,
frequently, as passenger trains be-
| come later and later.
A Portland paper says Of recent or
ders issued from the office of Cen
eral Manager ]. P. O'Brien con-
corning this matter:
II, through the negligence of
agents along the o. R. & N, or the
Southern Pacific, the Hartman sys-
TEN or its officials are fined for fall
ure to display proper bulletins show
ing the arrival of a delayed train, the
amount must be provided by the
agent responsible.
This is the ultimatum which has
gone forth from the office of Gem
eral Manager ]. P. O'Brien. The Of
ficials of the system state 1t was their
belief bulletins were being posted at
the larger stations, and 1t was not
until the matter was brought to their
attention by the Oregon Railroad
Commission that the truth was
known. After a conference with
the commissioners 1t was brought out
the railroads offered no objection to
posting bulletins. and even at that
time new boards were being turned
cut for some stations.
One complaint cited the fact that
bulletin had been posted on a
board ut umatilla for three days, not
having been changed. When Off
cials of the system start from Port
land on an inspection trip the fact is
immediately known along the line,
and by the time they reach the prin-
cipal stations any lack of discipline
is erased. For that reason it has
been easier for the public to discover
errors than the head of the line. 1t
is not true that bulletins have not
been correctly attended to at all sta
tions, but as there were failures in
some instances II has been determin-
ed to have the service uniform.
On the boards being turned out
there are painted the numbers of
each train, east and westbound. For
one line reads: mo. /, due
1t 11:45, will arrive" If the train
Is on time the letters 20. T." will be
in chalk after will arrive"
If an hour late, "at 12:45" will be
added. The rule of the commission
states bulletins shall be posted with
N a reasonable time after the train
IS an hour late. While bulletins are
not flashed into each station at a
given period, the trains are reported
% the dispatcher from every stop
md agents along the line can take
he time from such messages.
1T is now up to the agents." said
Nr. O'Brien yesterday. "If they do
lot keep proper bulletins they will
nave to shoulder the blame. There
IS no question but that agents are
bothered considerably by telephone
lucsies, and persons applying at the |
ticket window as to the arrival of
rains. With the bulletins displayed
prominently at all stations with the |
receipt of the last information re-
sarding the train, the public will |
earn to depend on the bulletin and |
lot on the agent, thereby decreasing
MS work"