The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-08
Railroad News
BUSY SESSION OF
COMMISSIONERS
THos, HALL QUITS BOARD FOR
TWO MONTHS - MANY I'M.
PoRTANT RAILROAD
MATTERS coNslD.
Erred.

Grand Forks, ~ ID, April Sat the
meeting of the North Dakota railroad
commission which was held in Minot
this week a number of very important
matters were up for consideration.
COMMISSIONER w. I'll. Stutsman and
Secretary Tom Hall arrived in this CITY
yesterday and discussed the doings Of
the board today.
One of the matters brought up was
the application OF Tom Hall for a
leave Of absence for sixty days with
out pay, he asking for this on account
of the fact that he will be engaged
in Grand Forks during the coming two
months as secretary of he progressive
republican headquarters. In the mean
while, the commission will employ
other assistance at Bismarck to care
for the work OF the office.
Consideration was given the board
to the question raised by the people
of Walhalla, who ask for a better
service between that city ard the twin
cities. Under the present schedules,
several hours, delay is occasioned by
reason of the fact that the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific trains
at Grafton miss connections by about
fifteen minutes. Walhalla people ask
for change in the schedules OF the
two roads SO that connections may be
made MIGRATION, and the board passed
a resolution asking the railroads to
make such a change.
Trouble Getting Cars.
Several complaints were made
wherein ii was claimed that trouble
had been had in securing cars for
shipping coal, etc. The board promis-
ed to take action when the time Cor
securing the cars arrived.
Express rates were also discussed
representatives of the Minot CONNER
cial club appearing before the board
and telling of conditions that existed
there. The work was along the line
that was recently carried out at a pub
lie hearing in Bismarck. AS yet the
board is not in position to take action.
but some steps will probably be taken
before long.
No Change at AZ"
No change will be made in the train
service for the state university A
petition was received from about 200
university students asking that trains
No. 5 and No. 10 be stopped there that
those who want to go either west or
south might do so without having to
go to Grand Forks. The board found
that the demand for such a service
was not great enough to warrant an
order stopping those trains there at
all times, but some action will be TAX
en- to secure special arrangements on
such days of the year when there
might be an exceptionally large num-
Der of students leaving the university.
Can't Make Change.
Another petition for better train SER
vice was made by the people of Lari-
more, but had to be denied. The
Larimore people asked that the board
take steps toward compelling the
Great Northern to stop trains Nos
and at Larimore, but the board finds
that under the state law this action
cannot be taken. The state law pro-
vidles that where a company operates
three trains a day in either direction,
one of these trains need not be stop
ped, even at county seats.
Palermo people also asked for bet
ter train service, their particular
complaint being on No. on the Great
Northern. They want that train stop
ped in their city. The board decided
to make an investigation into the
passenger business at Palermo and
when that is determined, action will