The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-02-01
HARMONY SPECIAL
Special Train Visits Lamar and
Creates General Good Feel
ing


more than a dozen Santa Fe Of
ficials arrived in Lamar about $3.50
on last Friday, some hours ahead
of schedule and this caused some
delay dn getting a crowd out as all
had expected the meeting to be at
o'clock. The club room was. how
ever, filled to overflowing in a
short time and there was the best
of good feeling pervading all of
the proceedings here. The object
follows:
THE purpose of the expedition
Is to bring about a better under
standing between the Atchinson,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway COM
pamy and the people with whom 1t
does business.
There are many quotations
about rates. service, physical valua-
tion. capitalization. ETC.. which
lately have been brought to the at
tention of the public. and the San
p Fe people believe that in some
instances these subjects have been
handled in a manner tending to
prejudice the public against the
railroads. The officials came here
to renew acquaintance with the
people they know; to get acquaint-
ed with those they don't know. and
to tell their side of the railroad
story.
1.-The trip has no political sig
nificance whatever. II is a busi-
ness proposition pure and simple
one set OF business men confer
ring with another set of business
men. to the. end that both may be
benefited.
1.-The new policy of the Santa
Fe will be to make a town to town
campaign with a party Of from
three to six general officers at least
twice q year. These trips will be
made over the entire system"
This is the first trip in Colorado.
and those composing the party were
J. NJ. Kurn. general superintend-
enf, La Junta.
J. r. Koontz. general freight
agent. Topeka.
f. L. Copeland. secretary and
treasurer. Topeka.
J. NJ. Connell. general passenger
agent.
J. d. NJ. Hamilton. claims attor-
ney system. Topeka.
C. II. Morehouse. division freight
agent. Denver.
w. o. Skinner. general agent.
Pueblo.
II. A. Tice. division superintend-
ent. Dodge City.
d. W. Orr. division superintend-
ent. la Junta-
A. A. Hayes. freight auditor. To
peka-
J. F. farrell. publicity agent. To-
peka.
Lamar had so few complaints TO
make that the officials. who had
evidently been hearing kicks a
plenty. seemed really relieved at
the experience and were inclined
to enjoy the rest to it's fullest ex-
tent. d. H. Bane. president of
the Commercial club. suggested
that we would like to have more
lights at the depot platform. and
received the prompt reply that he
was slow as the road had beat him
to It and had already ordered
the lights.
A resolution of thanks was pre-
sented TO the company for the es-
tablishment of the motor car ser
vice on the branch line, and this
came very near having fatal re-
suits. as these men who have learn
ed from years of experience to face
kicks. protests and abuse with
Spartan stoicism. were totally un-
prepared for such an expert nee as
. resolution of thanks: They re-
covered. however. and announced
that as fast as possible they would
extend the service to include mails
and express. A delegation from
Wiley with Mr.. Lamson as spokes-
man Joined with our citizens in ex-
tending thanks and were informed
that the representative OF the COM
pany would visit them shortly and
assist in solving the flood PROPOSE
tion that has been troubling that
prosperous town. About the only
thing therefore that our citizens
had to ask for was the removal of
the stockyards from the city limits
and after an examination of the
premises the officials promised this
would be attended to.
A number of the officials ad-
dressed the gathering at the club
room. and for the most part con-
fined their remarks to their own
special work giving a general idea
OF the magnitude of this third
greatest system of railways in the
world, and its tremendous bust
ness making some mistakes and