Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-07
WOULD HURT BUSINESS
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and cOmpels them to remain until late
in the afternoon.
Throw this local train schedule
back an hour or two on the western
run, and advance it an hour or two
on the eastern run, as necessary to
meet the Savannah demands, and the
/ value Of its services to the people
over a territory of 100 miles is cut IN
half; in fact, in respect to many Of
them entirely destroyed.
West Of Americas the effect would
! be even worse on local interests.
A business man having urgent af-
fairs in Columbus can now leave Corr
dele, Americas, or other points on
this local train, have an hour in Co.
Iumbus, and return on it. This pro-
posed change robs him of this oppor-
tunity.
/
1t is the only morning train inCo
the local territory west of Americas.
Through it, on the present schedule.
Americas business men can visit
points within thirty miles of the city
and return on the morning through
train, having an hour to and an hour
and a half for business purposes.
The hour or more" changes in
schedule proposed by the Chamber OF
Commerce and the Morning News
and necessary to meet their wishes
wipes out all these advantages to the
people this train serves and inconven-
fences the business interests of the
section it now operates in.
1t is we'll enough for the Savannah
Chamber of Commerce and the
Morning News to try to arrange
schedules to suit themselves, but the
people of Georgia one hundred and
fifty to two hundred and fifty miles
to the west of Savannah have rights
in the premises that they are not apt
to surrender without a fight.
Americas certainly will not sit idly
by and see it's schedules disarranged
and rendered valueluess to suit some
Savannah interests. Neither viii
Cordele or other points The useful
ness of this train would be seriously
impaired by the proposed change.
The Georgia Railroad Commission
will certainly hear the other side O
the story.
Cutting Out Local Stops.
The Morning News refers to run
ming the train on a through sched
ule at thirty-fve to forty miles an
hour"
This would mean its elimination as
a valuable transportation factor t.
the western half of the state, or at
least the western hundred miles of its
run. There it stops at every cross
road. as the old saying is.
There are now thirty-two stopping
points in the rs miles between Hele-
ma and Richland. More may be pro,
posed. That is what this train is run
for-to meet the needs of the people
living in that territory, not to please
Savannah.
Only a few weeks ago the Ameri-
Gus Board of Trade had a new flag
station established three or four
miles west of that point. Other flag
stations may be obtained, largely for
this especial train service.
VIII Americas give up these and
other facilities for another through
train" that is not needed? Wei,
hardly.
Americas has its railroad schedules
in pretty good shape now and it is
prepared to fight for them. 1t will
have the backing of its territory in
such a fight, too.
The argument about through trav-
ell" to and from Northern points util-
izing such a through train" is all
Ifol-de-rol. 'pSg
People in the western part of the
state involved don't come to Savannah
to go north unless it is by steamer.
They go via Columbus or Americus
and the Central to Macon or Atlanta.
and then on north; via Cordele and
the A. B. & A. or G. S. & F. to Ma