The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-08
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rho south Georgia Railroad runs
from Adel Georgia, to Perry fioi t'"'
1t is scvonty-seven miles long. IL Is
not n part of any system, we neileVe'
and 1t can "tote It's own Skillet as
the saying goes; that is to say, ~ ''.'
mako its own schedules. stop where -
pcases and when 1t pleases' "i'hous
regard to any larger interests '"a''
those of It's immediate local territois'
Its patrons" as they are eaiieo w
the Atlanta Constitution, REGENCY
asked for slight change in passeh-
ger schedules that would cond"ce "
convenience. while 1t would not SER
ously disarrange the business or inter
ests of the road"
President oglesby and superinteno-
lent Oglesby and General Freight ana
Passenger Agent Harrcll took the case
under AMUSEMENT, and promptly oe
| termined to comply with the WISH Oh
their patrons, and made the announces
ment: eve make strenuous eHort "
| onerate our little rond so that we may
n,ease tho greatest number OF pa
irons" In the opinion of the Const'tu-
| ton, Chat is constructive lEiehu
making and business getting gosPei
for railways generally" Then our al
ways amusing. but never convincing
contemporary INDUCES In this familiar
vein of moraiizing:
| "what pity all the big lines DO
not act on the same basis. II some "
| the excellent administrative abiilty Oh
! tho OGlesbys were spread out over the
lareer lines they would fare better
and their patrons would be better
pleased. The day of the 'damn-the-
nublic policy is over-but some OF the
railroads don't know It
That sounds almost like a campaign
for Governor in tho great State OF
/ Georgia; but there Is nothing In It
1 absolutely nothing except weak at
tempt to curry favor with the mob. Al!
the big lines OF railway in the countrS'
90 far as we know. are doing in their
way and to the full extent OF the''
ability exactly what the Oglesbys are
, doing with their little railroad In TWO
states. 1t is easier for them to make
changes in their schedules than fol
;, the railroads of great system WIZ
all sorts of connections TO make We
we venture TO say that there are
good many of their patrons who ar
not satisfied with the slight change Il
1.-The passenger schedules they have con
coded to tho greatest number of pa
-. irons" 1t would be as sensible
exnect the Constitution to print II
ma mmoth editions on Washingto
band-press as to expect extensive raj
road systems to be run as neighboi
hood line can be conducted. We
not know single railroad IN u
country that is operated on the DAM
49, the public policy" or any railroad
fact that has ever been actually ope
ated with this idea in view. 1t wouldi
w.. pay. It would not be a business-h
,. method of managing commercial
~ terprisc Of any sort, and we have fou
80 that railroad managers have We
=, clear idea of what they are to expe
In the way of revenue in the maxi
80 of their schedules and the running
their trains. They make great tina
mistakes it is true; but they are t
= last men who would antagonize
public deliberately or with NAL
aforethought. 1t wouldn't pay.
roe We think sometimes that the patro
., meaning the public, are not aitogeti
70 fair in their treatment of the railroa
,r,. Here is a case In point. Not gr
ON while ago some men, or, perhaps.
sco was a struggling railroad trying
az. run itself on the Oglesby plan. bl
MI a road TO a place called Egmont,
Law the Blowing Rock country. The c
and struction was heavy and its cost lai
Walt Before it reached this terminus tn
was a considerable numbering ousit
ling done in that region, the logs ia
ex from the mountain sides being tire
IRE. ported TO the railroad, then some tW
Inc tv miles or more distant, at IS
ting thousand. The Oglesbys IN TINS
the thought that they would make ST
fad. uous effort to please the greatest n
,vcle Der OF their patrons, and as soor
the their road reached Egmont they
pend the price on the hauling OF lumbe
, the 81 the thousand. That was not ST
eally factory, however, to the patrons,
id to had been paying three times as I
for the same service, and they appe
d for to the Corporation Commission at
!. In leigh to come over and help I
that which the commission imnediatel!
CEN by cutting the rate to 90 cents
es IN thousand. This doesn't look eX
90 IN right to us, and 1t would seem to
there that the policy of damn the railr'
pre- is almost as wrong as the damn
It the public policy"
THE MOsLEN! REVIVAL"
According to American mission
-, the Mosem world is in tho midst
great revival of religion. Now