The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-08-03
NEW SCHEDULE
DOES No HARM
PROPOSED CHANGE IN FRISCO
SCHEDULE WILL NOT EFFECT
TRADE IN THIS CITY.

Secretary Atwell or the Retailers
Associut. on received letter from
! Division superintendent Hopkins cl
tbe Frisco lines yesterday in which
he set forth his reasons for discon-
| unuing some OF the train service be-
tween Madill and this city.
According to the statement con-
/ tain,d in his letter the proposed
/ change will benefit Ardmore Instead
| Of being a detriment as first thought.
/ The new schedule proposed will give
visitors 80 minutes longer stay III
the City than is enjoyed by the pres
ent schedule. Following is Mr.. Hop
Nns' letter to Secretary Atwell;
Francis, Okla, July 81.
"Mr. W. O. Atwell, Secretary Ard
more Retail Merchants Associa-
tiCn, Ardmore, okla,
Dear Sir:
"Referring to our exchange wires
today about the abolishing of train
Ardmore to Madll;
at is our intention to take off the
train known as No. $50, now leayins
Ardmore at 12:40 p. m, reaching
Mad Il l:5O p. m As you know, un-
der our present schedule we have
four passenger trains each way per
day between Madll and Ardmore.
am very sure if the members of the
Retail Nc rchants' Association and
Yourself will take into consideration
the very light passenger traffic be-
tween Madill and ArdmOre, you Will
apnrec ate that We are losing money
by operating these four trains each
way per day, which is more seryiee
than we are furnishing on any othe
part of the line in my territory and
is a great deal more than is furnish
ed on large majority of the lines
in oklahoma or other states.
The cutting out Of this one round
trip between Madill and Ardmore
still leaves You three trains each
way. which | believe you Will agree
with me is ample service. The other
side Of this round trip that We are
to take OFF is the train that leaVe'
Madil at S:25 a, m, arriving in Ard
more .. 10 a. IN. Passengers hereto
fore handled on that train VIII DO
handled on our No. 575, which has
been set MP 30 minutes and which
reach Ardmore at 80 a. m. instead
Of ".3r u. H. This will put all these
passengers into Ardmore so minutes
earlier We likewise intend to set
No. 516 back to leave Ardmore AT
5:l5 D. m, which is 30 minutes later
and this allows passengers to remain
in Ardmore 80 minutes longer for
this train and ! believe makes {
very much more convenient train ont
of ArdmCre.
The cutting out of this round trip
means a great deal to the railroad
company in taking care OF other
work end as well in providing moro
suitable switching service at Ard
more In ract it means to us sew
eral hundred dollars a month, which
is considerably more than we could
ever hope to earn from the train.
81 know that your association, the
corporation commission, or anybody
else is not going to ask of us to op-
crate trains that cause us loss OF
money where other adequate service
is provided | believe it is generally
conceded that two trains in each
d rectiOn each day is considered ade-
Quate service. therefore we feel in
furnishing these three trains in each
direction every day that We are fur
nishing entirely adequate service.
81 evpect to be in Ardmore Satur-
day morning and | would like to &c
over the matter with you personally,
when | will endeavor to make our
position even more clear and try to
convince you that we are justified in
the action We are taking,
Yours truly,
&C. f. HOPKINS.
"SuperinteISent.'