Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-10

handed down his decision which will
greatly benefit the travelling public by
the stoppin gof trains No. and No. 3.
The decision in full is as follows:
State of North Dakota, County of Ben
son, IS. In District Court, Second Ju-
dicial District.
In the matter Of the application for
THE connection between the Great Nor.
thern Railway Company and the Nor
them Pacific Railway Company pass
enger trains at Leeds, North Daota.
Before the Board of Railroad Com
missioners Of the State Of North Dako-
ia.
Great Northern Railway Company, Ap-
pellant,
Board of Railroad Commissioners, Re-
spondents.
Statement.
The record in the case discloses that
the following petition was received by
the Board Of Railroad Commissioners
of this state on or about December 10,
1910:
"To the Board of Railroad Commiss-
toner's, Bismarck, N. D.
Gentlemen:
We, the undersigned commercial trav-
cling statesmen, covering North Dakota
territory, hereby petition you to make
an investigation Of the passenger train
service at Leeds, N. D., together with
the time of arrival and departure of
the present passenger trains in service
on the Northern Pacific and Great Nor
thern Railway, with the view of caus-
ing such change, to be made as will
make it, possible for a person arriving
at Leeds over either road, to make
connections within reasonable time.
For long time past it has been i'm
possible for a p rson to make connec-
tions at Leeds, arriving over either
road, without great loss of time and
suffering great loss of money and much
inconvenience. Trains Nos. and 2
on the Great Northern Railway do not
stop at Leeds, but do stop at Churchs
Ferry, the first stallion east and it has
been the custom for travellers to hire
conveyances to take them to Churchs
Ferry or to Knox or other towns near
by in order to take trains which pass
through Leeds without stopping. It is
earnestly requested that this matter
be taken up as soon as possible and the
service improved in such way as will
be Of greater benefit to the travelling
public.' This petition was signed by
some 40 persons. The matter refer
red to in said petition came on for
hearing before said Board of Railroad
Commissioners on or about December
9th, 1911, at which hearing the reasons
for and against the granting of said
petition were considered by said Board
and thereupon, the said board of Rail
road Commissioners entered the follow
ing order:
"1n the Matter Of the Petition for
Better Train Connections at Leeds.
"Now on this 9Th day of December,
1911, coming to be heard the petition
of certain travelling men and others
asking that the railroads entering the
City of Leeds be required to so arrange
schedules Of their passenger trains as
to permit Of closer connections between
trains running east and west on the
Great Northern, and north and south on
the Northern Pacific Railroad, and that
commission having taken and receiv.
ed the testimony Of the said Great
Northern Railway Company and the
said Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany, and of the petitioners, and heard
the arguments and reasons for and
against the granting Of said petition,
and having heard and considered the
reasons advanced by each of the said
railroads why it should not be required
to re-arrange its time schedule to make
the connections petitioned for, are
of the opinion, and so find, that
the prayer of the petition should
be granted: and that closer and
more satisfactory train connections
should be made between said rail
roads and said City of Leeds for the
accommodation Of the travelling public
and further find that said connections
can be made at less inconvenient and
less disarranging Of time schedules by
THE Great Northern Railway Company
than by the Northern Pacific Railway
Company.
Wherefore it is ordered and direct
ed THAT the Great Northern Company
be, and it is hereby required to stop
it's passenger train No. 2, now schedul-
ed to pass through Leeds at seven o.
clock p. m. at &hs said station of
Leeds for the purpose of accommoda.
ttion Of passengers arriving at Leeds
from the south and desiring to 60
east on said railroad, and to stop its
train No. 3, now scheduled to pass
through Leeds at about eleven A. NJ.
at said Station at Leeds for the purpose
of accommodating passengers on said
train desirous Of going south on eaid
Northern Pacific railroad; or that such
train service be installed as will &C.
complish the came purpose, and furnish
the same accommodations.