The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-10-30
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TRAIN SERVICE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOLDS
n AN INTERESTING MEETING ON
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
DISCUSSES TRANSPORTATION
PROBLEMS,
CHANGE WILL BENEFIT ALL

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BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD
COMPANY WILL BE ASKED TO
MAKE coNslDERAsLE2IMPR
MENTs IN OPERATION OF THE
TRAINS.
The director OF the Fairmont Cham.
ber OF Commerce held meeting Sat.
urday afternoon and carefully went
over the train service that Fairmont
is getting and after discussing the
various phases Of the situation decld.
ed to ask the Baltimore & Ohio for
some improvements.
The first matter that will be asked
will be that train No. 5 that leaves
the local station at seven o'clock each
morning for Cumberland be schedu.
led to leave this city at 7:10 or 7:15
instead OF the time now scheduled.
This Will give the people that come
In from points on the trolley line n
chance to get to the station to make
the morning train east. This would
be a decided improvement for many.
AS the schedule now is people coming
in on the trolley lines will not take
the risk OF making the early train.
The second improvement in the ser.
vice that the Committee on Railroads
and transportation will urge is that
an express train be put on at Grafton
to. make connections with train No.
3 from the east that gets into that
city about S:45 in the morning. d The
express would leave: Grafton about
nine o'clock and would reach here be.
forester. Tiiisswouid get ther Eastern
express and the eastern mails here
In good time. Passengers would ar.
rive in this city in splendid time and
would not have to go by the way OF
Clarksburg, incurring additional ex.
pense in order to get home sooner
than they can by the present opera.
ton Of the trains,over the. Baltimore
q Ohio railroad.
The third improvement that will be
suggested to the company is that an
accommodation train be put on at
Wheeling to meet train No. 12 at
Grafton going east. AS 1t is now peo.
pie that want to go east on this train
must go to Clarksburg over the In.
terurban line and take the train
there at $40. The accommodation to
be asked for would leave this city
about FIVE o'clock or after to meet
the big train going east.
The fourth Improvement that will
be urged is that an express train be
operated from Wheeling to Grafton
to connect with train No. 4 from St.
Louis going east carrying sleepers
that may be attached to train No. 4,
The train that now comes from Wheel.
ing to Grafton reaches Grafton an
hour and a half before the big train
pulls in over the branch This makes
tiresome wait and the time that the
train leaves this city for Grafton to
catch No. 4 Is too early for most
people to retire for the night A
train meeting No. 4 at the right time
would catch many passengers that
want to pass the time that they trav.
el in slumber. This 1t is urged
would be most advantageous train
for the Baltimore and Ohio for every
day 1t loses scores of passengers out
OF Wheeling that go TO points east
over the Pennsylvania railroad be.
cause of bettering the Pullman ser.
vice.
There will be meeting of the
Railroad and Transportation Commit
tee and Superintendent U. B. Williams
and other railroad officials this weeh
to go over each proposition presented
and a solution to the problem will be
no doubt worked out.
AlIof the things asked for will be
OF great benefit to the railroad com.
pany as well Us to the convenience to
the patrons of the road.
Besides that influence that local
people VIII have in bringing about the
things that are being agtated now
Wheeling citlzehs are also interest.
ed and they will work with the same
end that Fairmont people will.
The Chamber OF Commerce VIII do
all that 1t can to get these improve.
ments and 1t is believed that the Bal.
timore and Ohio will readily concede
them. 49, Z,