Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-01-23
LEGISLATIVE MILL GRINDS
OUT IMPORTANT MEASURES

say that the ladies; waiting room is
poorly equipped expresses it mildly
there Is not couch upon which sick
person may rest-nor even a mirror
In the toilet room by which a. travel
stained passenger may make a re-
spectacle toilet and the room is so
small and cramped that three people
occupying it at the same time crowd
each other to the point of discomfort.
The long shed to the station is a mat
ter OF pride; the seats underneath are
comfortable; the new unloading track
is a decided convenience; the paved
approach to the station a vast i'm,
provement over the muddy expanse
that once existed, but the interior ac-
commodations Of the station are who'll
ly inadequate. Annually Henderson,
vile pours thousands of dollars in rev.
enue from freight and passenger
traffic into the Golfers of the Southern
railroad. Considering the present re-
markable growth of the town, the
Southern's business will be greatly in
creased in the not distant future,-is
it then asking too much that the
Southern railroad give Henderson,
vile station in keeping with its re-
Quirements? The Dreamer believes
the Southern Railway to be a fair
ninded corporation and that it is only
a question Of short time until it
gives HendersonYille better passenger
station facilities.
HendersonTille's Bum Mail Service.
Because of the complaints herein set
forth, It may be thought that the
Dreamer has crouch or is out on the
War-path. The Dreamer pleads guilty
to neither charge. The fact is that
these matters have intruded them
selves into the mind of the Dreamer
with SUCH recurrent persistency, that
the Dreamer can no longer refrain
from Voicing them In public way, for
they are but the echo of the sentiment
CT countless Hendersonvillians So Just
4 moments attention, please, to the
last number on the prograHAof to-
day s Notes in Passing 1Hnaf afersuue
'ri1Ieas mall parniee which TO drop
again into the vernacular OF the
street, is decidedly bum, and this, with
every difference to the good pQstmas-
ter and his efficient helpers who are
in no way to blame for the service
Did it ever occur to you, and doubt /
less it has, IL you have had important
mail to send out, that seventeen hours
elapse between the two north bound
mails? In other words, that there is
no north-bound mail out from here
after eight o'clock at night until the
following day at one p. NJ, although,
two north-bound trains pass here be-
tween those hours, the Spartanburg
train at 9: so and the TOXaway train at
neither carry mail. The
Dreamer has often had to carry i'm
portant rush" copy for Asheville pa
pers to the station and ask some one
of the passengers on one OF these
trains to mail it after they reach Ashe-
Vile in order that it get to press in
time, or else must either wire or
phone the matter if it is very urgent.
Two morning trains northbound and
yet no mail service and one is put to
the expense of resorting to the tele-
graph or telephone with all matters
demanding haste, when an early morn |
ing mail would solve the problem. |
Better service is promised when the |
summer travel opens up but when one |
pauses to consider that Hendersonville |
is taxed in proportion to it's size at the |
same ratio as other towns for the sup |
port of Uncle Sam, it does seem that |
1endersonville should merit more con- |
at the hands Of the govern |
ment in having a better year-round |
nail service. In other words, it would |
hardly seem that Uncle Sam is giving |
dendersonville the Square DEAL" any
way.