The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-29
Will Ask for Uptown Trains.


The directors of the Norfolk Com
mercial club will ask the Northwes-
| tern to run trains uptown at Norfolk,
as previously instructed to do at the
quarterly club meeting and as petit
| toned by more than 500 business men
| and citizens of the city. Following
a conference with a delegation from
the newly organized South Norfolk
! Improvement League, the Commercial
club directors yesterday afternoon an
nounced that, while they regretted
that their action should cause dis
pleasure among any South Norfolk
citizens, they felt obliged to ask for
the improved train service.
Mr.. Kendall, heading the South Nor
| folk delegation and chairman of the
conference, stated to the directors,
when their decision was announced,
that he would not feel responsible for
the consequences.
The conference lasted three hours.
The directors of the Commercial
club took the stand that the South
Norfolk League certainly could not
in justice ask that the city as a whole
and the travelling public be deprived
of a train service to which they are
ENTITLED. The Commercial club felt
that no injury could come to anybody
by reason of the petition to the
Northwestern. The club regretted
that their action seemed to displease
South Norfolk, but felt obliged to
carry the petition to the Northwes-
tern, promising to do so in dignified
manner. The promise was also made
that the South Norfolk league would
be given opportunity to meet with
the directors and consider any propo-
Sition that the Northwestern might
make
Yesterdays conference was held as
the result of a communication from
South Norfolk asking for a joint meet
| ing At the conference Mr.. Kendall
was selected as chairman. In few
we'll chosen remarks he stated the
objections which the South Norfolk
league has against the uptown train
movement and general discussion
followed
1t was stated that should the up
town train service be secured, it
would mean eventuamy the abandon
ment of re Junction depot, the head
quarters building and the eating
house and would inflict incalculable
damage upon property in that part of
the city.
Letter Asking Cor Conference.
Following was the letter from the
league which brought about the
conference:
Railroad Hall.
South Norfolk. April 20. 1910.
To the Directors of the Norfolk Com
mercial Club:
We. the committee of the South
Norfolk Improvement League, after
due consideration and discussion of
your letter of April 10, as addressed
to the petitioners protesting against
the action of the Norfolk Commercial
club, in their endeavor to secure the
movement of main line trains into
Norfolk city depot, appreciate the
good feeling expressed in your COM
munication, and feel that you would
not wilfully, as you state, introduce
any action detrimental to our inter-
ests.
We fully understand your position,
and We see plainly the simplicity of
you plan, but, in our opinion, you are
positively wrong in your contention
as to the plan being simple and as to
the effect the Encouragement of pas
senger train service would have on
our interests. We assure you again |
that we DO stand for a bigger Nor
folk and a better Norfolk, and we
again assert that should you be sue
cessful in this movement it WOULD |
NOT result in the greatest good to !
the greatest number, but would re- |
suit in the greatest good to the least |
number
We are firmly of the opinion that |
if this matter is forced upon the North |
Western, it would ultimately lead to |
the abandonment of the Eating House |
and Headquarters, and TO the aban-
donment of the depot at Norfolk
Junction az now located. We, who
are experienced in train service, fully
and sincerely believe this statement,
and we fully believe that you are ask
ing for a PART of an object that is
We ask that you at once withdraw
your support to this movement at