The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-04-09
DEMANDS THAT SANTA FE
GIVE BETTER SERVICE
Assistant Declares That Pass.
sngsTs are Often Packed
IN Cars Like Cattle

The attofaey general aea ordered
Assistant Attorney General George
Henshaw. to flle a motion before the
Supreme court ksking for recon.
sideration Of its opinion IN wnai IS
known a. the Guthrle-Marletta paasea
ger train case An which the court re.
yersed the order OF the Corporation
commission on the grounGs that three
passenger trains a day each way from
Purcell north to Guthrie was adequate
and reasonable service FOR the travel
ing public between those points. The
State Capital (Santa Re paper) stat.
ed that the attorney general admit
ted that the passenger train service
between Purcell and Guthrie was ade-
Quate, this was not true, the attor.
ney general WAS not present o. the
trial, Quoting from the opinion: THE
assistant attorney general stated dur
Ing the trial, There la no doubt Of
the adequacy Of the service between
Guthrie and Purcell aa 10 the people
living along the road ! am Willing
10 admit this service could not be
better under the circumstances. Il Is
the bohblne OF 81 os 81 pureelB tASi
We object to- 2
II was meant BY tals Admission thSt
three iirst.claas passenger trains daily
was a reasonable service between
towns under the conditions then ex.
isling, the road having just emefgel
from the aoods OF last year II the
decision rendered by ihe court should
be maintained. II Is insisted, It would
establish a precedent that railroad
could operate train from without
the state 10 point within tAe state
IN one direction and could cover part
on the same distance IN another dl.
rectlon. making for The distance over
Tapped adequate train service and yes
have no through train seryire from
lhe principle points IN the staie By
the order appealed from he railroad
gas not required % operate IosT pas
senSer trains daily between Guthrie
and Purcell but that order required
that d should operate thla specific
train. which would bermlt ang one
from the southern part Of the state og
from Texasc to come 10 ans town
between Marietta and Guthrie and
have a day 10 trnusaci hts anslners
and retaru the same day
The motion for reconsideration 10
lor the purpose OF securing a nodltica.
lion OF the pinin rendered by the Su-
preme court TO the effect that three
through trains each way daily be.
tween uathrle and Marietta (GaIas.
Vile, Texas.1 Is d reasonable and nc.
cessary service for the convenience
Of the travelling public The schedule
Of these trains can Be changed bs
the Corporation commiaslon ct any
time 70 suii the convenience Of the
railroad and the public, and The obiec
iionp urge that The opinion BE- modl-
fled SO that those trains should be Oh
Grated az ono continuous through
train from Guthrie south on some reas
enable schedule as above auggasted
Mr. Henshaw stated that there had
been no complaint as 10 ID hs paasen.
ger train service on the NJ. K. & r.
road through Oklahoma That Il nov
0peraleb four passenger trains daily
each way over the main line Of thai
road, and Is preparing to put on. inc
first of Jene. a through fast passeng.
ef train especially for through frafflc,
which will probably be TIE aneat
train operated N the Wes This
road has spared no means il pfepar
Ing adequate passenger service. II
has built IN the henvieal passenger
traffic Of any rcad operating IN the
West There "a nn reason why pasi
seneera from west 0f the Hanta Fe VI
Oklahoma and Texas should taIge the
lrat cfoaa gDad leading 10 The katy'
lines In order to complete their Jour.
'ney % that road. 4 she Ganla Ne
would establish reasonable md ade.
auate passenger service The com.
plants against Abe Santa e have
Sleen numerous and the aEidhnaA IN
1.-THE ease ahpyes dlaaIoaed ikagaDnN,
lsenRere were cfavaea ID iFaana oak
most a. thick aa eaihla AM pegple
ere not expected 70 ride on sach
trains # they can DC Otherwise. The
revenues of passenger service ii the
state ng Oklahoma have lnCreaans Our
lhe present year over any preceding
tnor