The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-01-20

| ~ NN. VI tliSSe matters Yves the
| arrangement of the passenger train
| service between Egan and Canton
| and the re-establishment Of passen-
ser service on the line of railway OF
NO Minneapolis & St. Louis Rail-
road Company between Condo and
! LeBeau. This railway company gave
notice of the discontinuance of it's
passenger train service. and that
passengers would be required to
travel on mixed trains running one
each way daily. Immediately upon
receipt of protest from the citizens
IN the towns along this line of rail-
road the counsel for this commits
sion prepared and filed complaint
and a hearing thereon was held AT
Worthwhile, on the 2Sth day of Oc-
tober, 1910, at which hearing wit
nesses from the cities of Condo,
Brentford, Mellette, Chelsea, Cres-
bard, Wecota, Carlyle, Onaka, Toll
stoy, Hoven, Lowry, Alaska, and
LeBeau were examined, and on the
same day the order was made for
the re-establishment of one passen.
ger train each way daily between
Condo and LeBeau, within five days
from that date, and the order was
complied with literally.
At Edgemont considerable annov-
ance as we'll as expense and delay
was caused to passengers coming
from the west who might desire to
reach points on the lines of railway
north of Edgemont. Under the con-
ditions at the time of filing the COM
plant, passengers from Billings,
Montana. were compelled to lay over
at Edgemont twenty-four hours be-
fore being able to get out of Edge
mont for Deadwood or points north
OF Edgemont. This matter was ad-
Justed so that close connections are
made at Edgemont between passen.
ger trains from the west to points
north of Edgemont.
Flag StatiOns.-ThreeC Complaints.
Three complaints have been filed
for the establishment by this Com
mission of flag stations. One COM
plant was made by William Allen.
OF Hermosa for a station at Ajax,
one by Rev. J. J. Enge of Lennon,
for the establishment of a flag sta
ton at White Butte, and one by Mrs.
Kid to flag an interstate train at
Loomis, where there was already
passenger train service each way
daily.
In the opinion of this commission
and its counsel this board has no
Jurisdiction to order the establish
ment of flag stations. 1t will easily
be understood the difficulty which
would arise in the operation of rail-
roads in this state if the Board of
Railroad Commissioners should com
mence to order flag stations if al
lowed to do SO under the law. There
is grave doubt that the legislature
has even authority to delegate this
power to the Commission. The in
stallation of flag stations through
the state in addition to the regular
depots would cause endless annoy
ance in the way of stopping passen-
ger trains between stations and it
would make more difficult and ex-
pensive the operation of state and in
terstate trains on schedule time.
Car ShOrtage-FOurteen Complaints
The complaints with reference to
car shortage have not been as nu-
merous this fall as in former years.
There was one complaint in Septem-
Der, one in October, nine in Novem-
Der and three in December. Nearly
every complaint has been taken up
by wire with the general manager OF
the railway company with the re-
suit that there has been prompt ad-
justment in each case. The Com
mission finds that it is able to OBJ
5000 AAASt " SAIAoIhSIoly oOl VICE Wy
taking these matters up with the
general managers than with the di-
vision superintendent for in some
instances it has been found that the
division superintendent and agents
have apparently favored some local
shipper
The car shortage in the west is in
part attributable to the condition
found in some of the eastern states.
In some of these states cars are per-
mitted to be held for as high as six
days without charge for car de-
murrage and in this manner cars are
used as warehouses for peddling pur-
poses and where great amount of
this occurs it results in helping to
create a car shortage at western
points.
Station Facilities-Sixteen Com
plants.
In all there were sixteen COM
plants for improved station facili-