Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-03-08
new TRAIN SERVICE.
DecOrah Commercial Club Wins
Campaign For Better
Service.
TWO TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY.
Rock Island Officials Visit DecOrah
i'm Special Train to Make An
nOumcement to Our People.

The campaign inaugurated by
the Decorah Commercial Club last
fall for better train service into
Decorah, especially over the Rock
Island, and which has been pursued
with unrelenting energy since that
time came to a successful issue on
Saturday, when a party of promin-
ent officials of the railroad, rep
resenting the passenger, freight and
operating departments, came to De-
corah in special train, and at a
meeting of a number of the men,
bers of the Commercial Club held
at the Winneshiek hotel, announced
that the company had decided to
give us the desired service, and that
a new time card would go into effect
next Monday.
The new service, which is exactly
as outlined in the request of the
Commercial Club, is as follows. A
train will leave Decorah at 1880 a.
m., run through to Cedar Rapids,
arriving there at 1880 noon. Re-
turning it will leave Cedar Rapids
at 400 p. M, arriving at Decorah
at 900 p. m. Another train will
leave Cedar Rapids about 7:40 a.
M, run through to Decorah, arriv-
ing here at 1890, and returning
leave here about 140 p. M, and
arrive at Cedar Rapids at $50 p. m.
In the party which came to De-
corah Saturday were Mr.. c. w.
Jones, the new General Superintend-
ent of the Rock Island system, it
being his first trip over the line
between here and Cedar Rapids and
his first visit to Decorah, and he
was very favorably impressed with
the city; Mr.. Jno. G. Farmer, Divi-
sion Superintendent; Mr. E. L. Goff,
Division Freight Agent; Mr.. Brady
fof the legal department.; Mr.. Peter
son, Division Engineer, and others.
In his announcement that the SER
vice asked for by the Commercial
Club would be given us, Mr.. Jones
stated that the new train would be
permanent, not temporary expert
ment that might be taken off at a
later date; that the matter had been
thoroughly investigated during a
period of several months, in the var
ious departments of the road, and
the decision arrived at is final
one, and the service once establish
ed, will continue. This is exactly as
asked for by the Club, and while it
has taken a somewhat strenuous and
continuous effort to bring it about,
it is greatly appreciated by all our
people, and we believe will prove
to be splendid business policy on
the part of the Rock Island.
The change will bring at least
ten new families into Decorah as
residents, it is believed. Crews will
lay over day here, so as to be cer-
tain about leaving on schedule time,
and every effort will be made to
give us efficient and reliable SER
vices
This is but another evidence Of
the great advantage of live Com
mercial Club to a city. Decorah
needed this improved railway SER
vice more than any other one thing.
and it is altogether probable that it
would not have been secured with
out the efforts of the Club. Sew
eral things have happened since the
Commercial Club was organized a
few months ago for the upbuilding
of Decorah, and several more
things are going to happen in the
near future. We expect to make
other announcements fully as bene-
fetal to Decorah as the above in
a short time. The Commercial
Club is success, the greatest single
influence in the city for the advance
ments of its interests, and every
business man and every citizen in
terested in Decorah ought to be an
active member.