The Clio messenger., 1913-07-04
EXPRESS SERVICE NC.
PASSENGER IS WORSE


The Clio Board of Trade, members of
'.yillage council and merchants held a
s,yeeting Monday evening at the Hotel
Manchester. for the purpose of taking
steps to remedy express and passenger
service for Clio. A strong petition was
made andit has been signed by the
entire number of village officials mer-
chants and Board of Trade. 1t is sent
to the State Railroad Commission by
Secretary Reinig and contains over 4O
signatures. Following is the letter:
Clio, Mich, June 80, 1913.
Mr.. James Scully, Commissioner,
Michigan Rail Road Commission,
Lansing, Mich.
Dear Sir
.,.We, the undersigned officers of the
Clio Board of Trade, the Village Coun.
Gil and Business, men of the Village OF
Clio, Genesee County, Michigan, beg
herewith to file complaint against the
receivers of the Pere Marquette Rail
Road Company for discriminating
against the Village of Clio as compared
with other towns of like or smaller size
along its line between Bay City and De-
troit, Michigan, in their passenger train
schedule, which went into effect at 12:Ol
%. m. on June 22nd, 1912.
Prior to about a year ago, when the
Pere Marquette Rail Road Company
YVES under different management and In
charge of different operating officials,
there was no town along the line between
Bay City and Detroit, which enjoyed
better passenger service. than the Viii
lage of Clio, but with every new card
issuedin the last twelve months or more,
some of the passenger trains have been
discontinued as stopping at this station
until today, we have practically no SER
and would be served just as well If the
Receivers for the Pere Marquette k. r.
Co., took up their tracks all together.
Up to within about year ago, this
town had service on five South bound
passenger trains, which stopped at this
station, to wit: train no. IL, no. z, no.
A, no. 6, and no. 8.
Of these trains, no. 8 some time ago
has been discontinued and of the re-
naming trains going south, there are
only two which make positive stop at
this station, no. IL at $40 in the morn
: ing and no. at 6:43 in the evening,
Ntrain no. a makes conditional stop,
stopping at this station to let off pas
\engers from beyond Saginaw and to
AXE on passengers for Detroit or Toledo.
}The same conditions exist on trains
Sing north, we formerly had five north
..sGAurl t-air1cs stoDping at this station,
tos.w;;t. tram MAJ no" no q - ns3' :. no. 3
and no. z.
OF these trains no. has been discon-
tinued and the only trains of the above
mentioned, which make a positive stop
at this station are train no. l at 5:15 in
the morning and no. 3 at 10 in the
morning, train no. making acondition-
al stop to let off passengers from south
of Flint.
This kind of train service, as you can
readily see, works against the best in
terests of this Village and is menace
to its prosperity. AS it is now, any one
leaving Bay City for Clio, Mich, on
train no. 402 at 7:25 in the morning,
either has to change at Saginaw for the
electric line, the S. &F. Ry., or else re-
main in Saginaw from the arrival of
train no. 402 at 7:55 in the morning un-
til train no. at 1905 p.m., as train no.
z, which is a continuation of train no.
40z from Bay City, Mich, does not
make stop at Clio and even waiting
for train no. at Saginaw, the passen-
ger cannot avail himself of travelling on
this train and stop at Clio unless he has
purchased through ticket at Bay City
to Clio before boarding the train at Bay
City, Mich.
The same condition as outlined cover
ing passengers from Bay City to Clio,
Mich, also applies to passengers from
starting on any point on the Ludington
division train no. 2.
Passengers leaving Clio for Detroit or
any intermediate point either have to
leave Clio on train no. IL at $40 a. m.
or else have to take an electric car on
the S. & F., to Flint to take train ao.2
The electric car, which makes this con-
nection at Flint, leaves Clio at 6:37 in
the morning and reaches Flint at z
O'Clock. A south bound passenger has
therefore to wait at Flint from seven
O'Clock in the morning until 8:55 am,
the leaving time of train no. at Flint.
Aside from the inconvenience to the
general public, an arrangement like
that certainly works a very serious
hardship on lady, who with probably
one or more pieces of bags age is un-
fortunate enough to find it necessary to
take a trip on the Pere Marquette.
While train no. a will stop at Clio to
take on passengers for either Detroit
\ fr Toledo, you will note by inspecting
the last time card or the p M. R.R. Co,
Time table no. g. that it will not take
on passengers to any other point where
this train makes regular stops, such as
Holly, Milford, or Plymouth.
Aside from the serious inconvenience
aused to the travelling public by the
ioption of such time card, this time
rd also deprives this village of ade-
ate express facilities and good sys-
n of express service is essential to the
,sperity of a community. Prior to the
'ption of this time card, the mer-
cnts Of this Village were in the habit
caving their bread, ice cream, meats,
b, other perishable matter shipped
y Saginaw or beyond on train no. 2,
Under this time card their only re-
e is to have their shipments made
the s. & F. Ry., electric line and
lervice Is for various reasons not
9sfactorv as express service. Any
kls service shipments leaving Sagi-
pd train no. 2, as is our understand
kaken to Flint and returned from