Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-10-26
A. a N. COLLEGE UNFAIRLY
TREATED eY RAILROADS.
viii Continue to Complain Till JUS
tice Is Done.

Will Continue to Complain Till jus
tice Is Done.
College station, Texas. Oct. 26.
The A. & NJ. College of Texas is 10
cated on the Fort Worth branch OF
the International & Great Northern
railroad and the main line of the
Houston & Texas Central.
The International 4 Great Northern
operates one passenger train each way
daily and the Houston e. Texas Cen
trail operates three passenger trains
each way daily.
The Western Union business foI
College Station is handled through the
Houston & Texas Central Office.
One man does all the work for the
Houston & Texas Central and the
Western Union combined. and the In
ternational & Great Northern has an
agent and an assistant. There is one
third the passenger service afforded
by the International & Great Northern
but twice the number of men en-
ployed.
! OF the six passenger trains sched-
uled through College Station on the
Houston & Texas Central daily, three
of them have this point as regular
stop, although there is more business
done at this station than In the ordi-
nary town in which all trains stop.
There is no night agent on the Hous-
ton & Texas Central and one is
needed
In order to avoid the employment of
additional men at the railroad office
in Bryan, under the law that provides
that operators handling railroad mes
sages or train orders can work just
so many hours and no more, the
Houston q Texas Central uses the Col
lege Station office as a train order
office with the result that often the
yards are blocked because trains are
tied up here waiting for orders. Two
long freight trains were at College
Station Monday at noon when the reg
were due, and both passengers were
delayed while the "saw-by" process of
passing was Unanswered. 1t happened
recently that freight train reached
College Station with orders to meet
another freight here, the time being
very close to that of the passenger.
The train at College endeavored to
work over the hill to Bryan by tele-
phone agreement, but things could not
be adjusted to the satisfaction of the
engineer, and the freight laid OUT at
College. The College people propose
to insist on the passenger trains stop
ping here, and that there be a night
agent provided, and that the WesterS
Union give better service than the one
man monopoly of the work can posi-
bly, do. The Western Union has done
a cash outgoing business of $50 up to
the middle OF the month OF October.
In addition to this, there has been
lot of incoming business. There were
many thousand words sent out during
the month to the newspapers that
ought to have been handled from the
College Station office, but because of
the fact there are no night hours and
there are not operators sufficient in
number the messages had TO 90 to
Bryan to be taken care of. In a city
five miles is a short distance for mes
senger boys with paved streets and
bicycles, but for man to have to go
five miles from the college to file a
telegraph message inthis locality II is
a great inconvenience. The BRYAN tel
egraph office gets credit for a great
deal of business that originates at Col
lege Station and ought to be handled
ont of the office here. All the press
dispatches out of here during the foot
ball and the baseball season must be
taken to Bryan to be handled. Il IN.
Nalxnc nj -
service because ii costs car fare to
go to Bryan, and this station, with a
thousand Texas boys liable at any
moment 10 be communicated with by
the folks at home, ought to have
proper telegraph facilities.
The Wells, Fargo & Co express
recognized the IMPORTANCE of the A.
& NJ College and has put in an exclu.
sive express agency, with delivery
service, and the Fargo is getting the
business.
The college wants a telegraph office
The college wants the Houston &
Texas Central trains TO stop here.
The college wants the Houston &
Texas Central to put In night office
The mail is still handled on the fast
train. which does not stop. and some
of It must wait. II is a discrimina-
tion against an important mail. tele-
graph and shipping point, and the au-
thorities are preparing to take the mat
ter up with the railroad commission.
1t may be long drawn out contest,
but the statistics of the office here
will Justify the request that is being
MADE.
On the trip to Dallas of the corps
October % the Houson & Texas Cen
tral will get over $4,000. On the trip
to Houston in November nearly as