The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-02-10
RESIDENTS
OF DANVILLE
Protest Against The Proposed
Change In Name
Of The Pennsylvania Station
In Their Village
And Are Using All Possible
Influence
To Keep The Station Under
Its Present Name
More Developments In TheI
Controversy
More Developments In The
Controversy


zens are busily engaged in breaking
spokes from the wheels that are being
turned by the Buckeye City citizens
In an effort to bring them to a stop
as rapidly as possible. The wheels
referred to are being turned by the
Buckeye people with an object in
view of securing a change of name
of the Danville Pennsylvania railroad
station. They want the name changed
to that of Buckeye City.
While nothing definite has develop
ed since Thursday afternoon, both
forces are in action and the interest
that has been aroused will necessarily
bring some action on the part of the
railroad company in very few days.
In fact the company has already be-
gun to make investigations that are
bound to lead to decision that Will
cause satisfaction in one village and
dissatisfaction In another
The people of Danville, especially
the older residents, will use all pos
sible influence to keep the station
under its present name. They have
numerous very good reasons for max
ing the effort One of them is that
Danville will celebrate the one hun
dredth anniversary of It's founding in
very few months and they wish to
be literally ION the map" when the
time for this celebration comes. If
the name of the station is changed, it
will always be spoken of as Buckeye
City and the name of Danville will be
solely a local one.
Another reason given by the citi-
zens for wishing the name to remain
the same is that ever since the rail-
road was built in 1871 the station has
been called Danville and a change
would be very confusing in more ways
than one. 1t would also take away
great deal of prestige from Danvile
and would add more to Buckeye City.
On Thursday, Mayor M. T. Gaines
of Danville received an official COM
munication from the Pennsylvania
railroad that the citizens of Buckeye
City had presented petition asking
that the station name be changed
from Danville to Buckeye City.
Mayor Gaines Immediately let the
facts In the case be known and soon
there. were dozens of reasons given
by the Danville citizens why the
name of the station should not be
molested. The mayor will very prob
ably visit the public service commits
sion of Ohio in few days to lay be-
fore its members the objections of
the peole of Daniville.
Ticket Agent e. R. Green has been
called upon by the railroad company
ing a careful checking of the freight
and express that comes in over the
line with that station the objective
point. He will keep careful track of
just the amount that is billed to Dan
vile and also the exact amount that
is billed to Buckeye City. This will
be done by the company in an effort
to determine which village is the more
valuable to the railroad in business
way. Just what they expect to do af-
ter this plan is carried out and the
respective amounts are determined is
not known. The Buckeye City people
are greatly encouraged, however, as
they imagine that they can see the
reason. 1t is an acknowledged fact
that considerable more freight is
shipped into and from Buckeye City
than to or from Danville.
The petition, started in Danville
Thursday asking the railroad company
TO look with disfavor on the Buckeye
City petition, is still in circulation
and is being freely signed. 1t will