Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-04-10
ROADS MUST
COOPERATE
THEIR DUTY TO MAKE GOOD
CONNECTION.
TRAIN ORDERED TO WAIT
Railroad Commission Orders Omaha
Road to Be Delayed Reasonable
Length OF Time for 500 Train at
Turtle Lake, But Refuses to Order
1t to Stop Twilight Limited Trains.
Madison. April 3.

Madison, April ,.
The railroad rate commission yes
terday handed down a decision hold
ing that the making of proper con-
nections between trains on the same
railroad system as well as between
trains on competing systems at june
ton points, is in the interest of the
| general traffic, a matter of public
| convenience and comfort and duty
the performance of which public car
riers hold to the public.
The commission refuses to order the
Omaha railroad to stop its Twilight
| Limited, No. 63 and Ga, running be-
! tween the Twin Cities and Duluth at
| Turtle Lake, except in case of emer
gency, as the COMPANY has done here
tofore voluntarily, but it grants the
request of Olaf Rosen, land agent at
Rhinelander. for better connections
between the Omaha and 500 trains
| for st Paul at that place.
The complaint alleged that the
Omaha train operated its train No.
II between Spooner. and St. Paul
| and Minneapolis, leaving Spooner at
SIS a. m, and arriving at st. Paul
at 9 a. m passing Turtle Lake at 6:22
| This trim Is not a limited train but
makes the SO miles in 8 hours and 10
minutes, while other trains ON the
same road make the distance in
hours and so MINUS Further. that
the 500 line operates a passenger
train from points east of Rhine.
lander to st. Paul, due at Turtle
Lake at 6:25. or two minutes after
the Omaha5s train. He asserted that
passengers on this train for any point
between turtle Lake and st. Paul on
the Omaha must wait at Turtle Lake
until 1850 p. m. on account Of miss
ing connections.
Blamed Other Trains.
| The answer filed by the Omchs
road admitted the facts as SCI forth
in the complaint. but declared that
the 500 train was nearly always lats.
while the Onl7ha's train, which starts
from Spooner, oniy rs niles away
arrived at Turtle Lake almost invari-
ably on time. It further asserted
that passengers may. can and do
leave Turtle Lake on the defendants
freight train No 81 at 9:45 instea
of having to wait until afternoon as
alleged
The 500 line in it's answer declared
| that train No on that road is
limited train from Saulte Ste. Marie
! through to st. Paul and il a very
neary train, hence it often has diff
Guilty in making its schedule, and it
| would be unreasonable to require the
company to change the trains arriv-
| ing time at I rite Lake.
Commissions Ruling.
After discussing the evidence AMI
arguments presented the commission
says:
lt should be beneath the dignity
If gny railway management to dcllb-
| erately arrange train schedules in suc1
a way as TO cause one train to de-
| part from a station at the very min
| ute when another carrying passeng-
| ers for the former arrives. leaving it
| to the disappointed passengers to
while away tedious hours of waiting
| ana incur needless expense. Nor 70
we feel tncli,cd to attribute l..uoh
'fFight to the argument that the
| construction of automatic Unlocking
/ Joints makes the waiting of one trpin
on another line at junction points
| on which interlocking plants have
been established. impracticahle or
| impossible From certain arguments
that have been brought to our atten-
ton We might not unfairly draw the
| inference that such automatic inter
locking plants have some times b zen
! constructed quite as much for the
purpose of establishing a plausiH'e
argument against certain trains. It
Is our judgment and determination
that the present service at Turtle
Lake is inadequate and that Omaha
trim No. II should be held at Turtle
Lake for not to exceed twelve min.
utes when 500 train No. is not over
ten minutes late and that the man.
agement of the 500 railway company
should telegraph or telephone to the
agent at Turtle Lake informing him
whether the train No. 7 is on time
and If not how much late; also
| whether or not the 500 train No. 7
has passengers on board who desire
to go south on Omaha train No. IL
On April the commission will,
hear arguments from Alfred II
Bright on the 500 road against the
reduction of passenger rates on that
line and on April 10 various com
J plants against the service and rates
VIII 1e heard. April Il it Is expected
the commission will go to Superior
to look up complaints brought by the
Superior board of trade against the
elevators of the Omaha, Northern
Pacific and Great Northern railway