Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-07-05
Ct NORTHERN
NOR. PACIFIC
CASE At FARGO

sess ~ ~
Fargo, June Arguments pertain.
ing to connections between the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern rail-
ways at Leeds, N. D., took up the en-
tire morning session of the railway
commissioners, meeting in Fargo today.
It appears that the matter had once
been settled in a comparatively salts
factory manner when recent change
was made on the N. P. between Leeds
and Fargo, which upset the advantag-
! es gained, and that practically the on
1 ~ manner in meeting the demand at
Leeds and the north branches out of
there would be to back to the former
schedule on the Fargo line, which is
strenuously opposed by the travelling
public of this city and vicinity.
Delay Of Entire Day.
The travelling public going from
! Leeds to jamestown on the Great Nor
them and also the jamestown north
/ branch on the N. P. is unable to make
connections at Leeds without waiting
% IL hours, and travelling men have
found it necessary to drive to Churchs
Ferry, a considerable distance, in order
to avoid delay in catching "a train
east.
Delays at Junction.
Also the people along the branch
lines north Of Devils Lake, Churchs
Ferry, York, Rugby, Towner and Gran.
vile, desiring to go to points south on
the N. P. and south of Jamestown are
subject to delays at jun~tion points on
the Great Northern main line and al.
so at tn, junction point on the North
ern Pacific, at Leede, varying from sc
to 72 hours. In trial at Devils Lake
an incident was shown where woman
/ leaving a small town on the Granville
branch and going to a point on the
jamestown branch of the N. P. was
required to spend S - days on the
trip. e. .: ''-"'
/ Issuance of Order. ::
As result Of this trial an order wa.
issued by the commission that proper
connection should be made at Leeds tt
accommodate the people in the northern
counties seeking to reach the southern
part Of the state and not compel then
to go around by way Of Grand Fork:
and Fargo, and consequently trains
Nos. 2 and 3 on the Great Northern
were required to stop. rs
~ Train is Set Back.
However about the time that thi!
order should have been commenced tt
work advantages; "the train betwee,
Leeds and Fargo, which formerly reach
ed Fargo At 10 o CLOCK p. M, was SCI
back to get into Fargo at 1880 p. m.
this being. the result Of the efforts Of
the travelling men making headquarter!
here to get into the city at an earlier
hour. The. advantage gained by thu
connection orders, thereof, were lost by
the new schedule, and it was proposet
that the recent action of the railroad
company in connection with the Arg.
schedule be knocked out.
+ Speakers Present Argument.
In opposition to such action severa
speakers presented their case before
the board this morning. Among thes'
twere Mayor Sweet, President Morto,
! Page, Of the Commercil club; Secre
tary T. E. Dunn, Of the U. G. T.,( ant
others. By these it was maintained
that the board should act in name,
that would prove to the greatest ad
vantage Of the greatest number and :
plea for the 800 to 1000 commercial
men who make their headquarters herr
and some $500 more who must include
Fargo in their regular trips, was pre-
sented by the speakers.
Other reasons for the maintenance o.
the present schedule were presented
the claim being made that the ratio o,
: satisfied and dissatisfied patrons rela
tive to the present schedule is easily
IS per cent againt 5.
) An effort will be made to settle thu
question in an amicab1e manner, ant
the railroad will be prevailed upon t.
endeavor to so arrange the schedule
: that it will conform as nearly as pos
sible to the best interests Of all.
Regarding Elevator Sites.
Another matter to receive the atten
ton Of the board today is that of tn
method employed by railroads in lead
ing elevator sites. It is claimed tina
great deal of dissatisfaction over tn
present system, and ar effort is to b
; ; made to induce the railroads to be les
discriminating.
J The great baseball contest at Chau
tauqua park yesterday afternoon be
tween Brinsmade and Hansboro was
victory for the Benson county team b,
a score of 10 to 3. The contest was al