The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-24
GRAND FORKS IS
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HERALD OF THAT PLACE SAYS
THAT STORM OF PROTEST WILL
RESULT FROM GREAT NORTH
ERN'S DECISION TO CHANGE
THE TRAIN SERVICE.

Grand Forks Herald: A flood of in
dignant protest against what appears
to be widely considered as an act OF
studied contempt on the part of the
officials of the Great Northern O
for towns in North Dakota where its
opposition is practically nil, followed
The Herald's story Of yesterday morn
ing, explaining, according to advices
from Duluth and other cities in the
territory of the railroad company, the
proposed transfer of mail clerks and
their families to New Rockford, and
the significance Of the Great North
ern's proposed change in schedule and
route Of trains.
Prominent residents of many of the
cities found to be affected by the pro-
posed change were in the city last
evening, and did not mince words In
their open disposition Of the subject,
so far as the railroads part in the
same is concerned.
To make it plain, they state, and
with apparent sound judgment, that
by the new order Of things reported
to go into effect Nov. 2. over 100 towns
on the Great Northern lin e in this
state will be practically cut off from
daily service. their merchants handf-
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modations and their citizens obliged
to put up with a limited mail service,
I'm the mad rush to reach the
coast and compete with other lines.
the Great Northern appears to be ut
terly ignoring a territory which has
always afforded it the nucleus which
makes possible successful ~railroading,
! from a financial viewpoint" one man
expressed himself.
1t is cited that where there is COM
petition, the Great Northern is decid-
eddy solicitous of the welfare of the
citizens Of the towns along it's route,
but where it has a clear field to itself
it appears to be a case of the public
be damned, and business men and
residents of over 100 towns, certain
to be sadly handicapped by the lev
order of things, are not ready to ac+
cept, without vigorous objection, the
change said to be contemplated.
A Poor Substitute.
Little comfort is taken from the
fact that under the new schedule the
only change that appears to be of any
benefit to Grand Forks is the PROPOSE
ton to bring the Great Northerns i'm
migrant No. 4 train, formerly running
from Larimore over the Mayville line,
through here, thus ignoring the entire
residents of towns along the line from
Larimore to Casselton. The object,
men who are studying the situation
say, is apparent. The train is. to be
run this way in an effort to divert a
portion, at least. of the business now
going over the excellent service af-
forded by the Northern Pacific road
between this and the twin cities.
Judging from the area from which
the deluge of protests is coming, 1T
appears that in the very neal future
concentrated effort will be made by
hundreds of substantial business men
and citizens Of the state to avert, If
possible, this change which the greed
Of conquest on the part of the railroad
company appears to have blinded II
10 the rights and reasonable consid-
crations residents OF a rich agricul-
tural and business territory in the
state feel that they may expect soon
to- be RELOCATED to pioneer railroad
service, so far as the Great Northern
is concerned.
Mail Clerks Affected.
The local situation is not very ac-
ceptable to residents of Grand Forks
as well, for the removal of twenty
four clerks, seventeen married and
seven single, to other points is not
received with much satisfaction here
A list of the number of those to be re-
moved to New Rockford from towns
along the line was compiled yesterday
and it's significance will be realized
from a glance at the following:
TWenty-four from Grand Forks tt
New Rockford; seventeen married anC
seven single; fifteen from Devils Lake
to New Rockford; ten married anC
four single; three from Larimore tt
New Rockford, two married and on
single; five from Grand Forks tt
Fergus Falls, three married, two
single; three from Devils Lake tt
Fergus Falls. all married. A total o
forty-nine clerks affected.