The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-22

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s r1sponse to the requeat Of tho
: STATE Railroad Commiasion
~ c6nplainAS against the ylors
hst Cost railroad be plainly
s1ksly stated. Chair4nan e.
509 1T the transportation COM
~ q the Board Of Trade has
11lten - following letter, the let
having been approved by the
ard Of Trade:
Daytona, March 20, 1911.
=. 3. HUDSON BURR.
* Chairman, Railroad Commission,
Dtate Of Florida.
Tallahassee. Fla.
k Dear sir:-Replying to your favor
tAe 18th inst. would say that We
|11S herewith to enclose you a dia-
I'm showing the size of the station
~ tie Florida East Coast railway
FL it, different waiting rooms, etc.,
veniences for the public and
mod OF exit and entrance to and
ou the trains.
M The complaint of the citizens Of
oytona against the present depot
Eolo:
rhst-The waiting rooms are too
nall for the number of passengers
Enndled during the winter months
8econd-The station is an old
5Qme building, lighted by kerosene
lnps and Is not provided with the
looyeniences such as the amount of
Eoiness done at this station war
'lIS5jts.
4Aird-The supply of drinking
er Is furnished by a faucet stu
IA outside the station, and pro-
lid with a rusty iron cup hang
l16. from a chain.
Tourth-The toilet facilities are
1irely lacking, except for two open
ots, situated with the doors fac
"a the rear Of the depot.
~ this connection we wish to state
II the express office, having now
He largest room in the depot is en-
lirely too small and the platform,
marked loading platform, and the
oGform on the south end Of the
Dtion II nearly always filled with
kinds Of expressage. meats. crates
chickens. etc., and every person
~ every one has to climb over
(qe cases of expreesaie in order to
(ch the open toilets provided. AS a
tier Of fact. the expressmen have
11ractically store their outgoing ex-
E5lQss ON the platform in order to
pck up the incoming express.
lft1-Only one gate is provided
ff entrance to the platform next to
y track audit is no uncommon mat
Id for two or three hundred people
be at the station at one time
eavoring to take he train, and you
80. readily see that with one gate it
almost impossible to accommodate
- public, and very much more SO
ling to the fact that no porters are
avtded and no one is allowed to 60
rough the gate without ticket. In
my cases ladies with children and
nd-bags are greatly Inconvenience
wing to stand in pushing crowd,
1pry one trying to get through the
Ne at once. AS a matter OF fact two
Ahree gates should be provided an<
Mon. porters and maids at the sta
- to assist those who are in need
: assistance.
A9ain there is only one gate fol
- provided and this opens in the
- Of the platform not more thar
feet wide, directly in front Of
- line Of buses and carriages, and
eveey one has to come out this one
ete and the same condition prevails
the entrance gate.
Nh W0 WOuS0 ike TO call your dtteIi
noA to fact, not directly in con
ce1on with the question OF the s:a
~ satellites. that for the past mont
train service at DayOna, and il
~ along the entire line has beer
ninable. Trains are anywhere
two to eight hours late. Thu
Beach Limited, which is due il
tooA at s:n is solid Pullman
and numbers of times this win
epece has been sold to passenger
this train, and when they wen
~ to the station were refused ad
non on the ground that the trail
already filled. 1t has been as
AIMED. however, that at Ormon
lons secured seats who had n
vl0us reservation. Great discrin