The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-13
Great NORTHERN TRAFFIC SITUATION
D|E:lP'IlORABlI, DECLARE TRAVELLING men
Service Between Devils Lake and Minot the Worst Ever
Attempted-Magic City Roundly Condemns the
Present Inadequate Facilities.

Disgusting passenger traffic condi-
tons existing. on the Great Northern
lines in North Dakota are depleted by
Minot business men in an article in
the Minot Reporter of Monday even
ing, and which reflected the very gen.
.eral sentiment of the district pretend.
ed to be supplied by that company.
The Reporter says:
An alleged condition of passenger
transportation which will force over
q score of travelling men to remove
their homes from Minot to q vicinity
where the facilities for travel are bet
ter. is h claim of several prominent
travelling men in the city of Minot, in
Guiding Frank Youngman. secretary
of the local u. c. T.
1t has long been q matter of grief ia
the boys" that when they make Mi.
not on a trip, they have to settle down
here for a matter sometime OF from
Is. to "a hours before they can return
or continue their trip. That these
conditions should exist in as enter
prising a city al Minot is d%eplorable
to say the least.
Naturally it is not only the travel.
ing men who have q right to complain
but the general public as we'll, WHO
are finding that to leave town Is bad
enough. but to ret back at any rea.
sonable hour is worse yet. They say
~ 10 10 . " CIuIN sIldu u lcdS0
and 1t is understood that everyone
wishes to come back to Minot.
Only One Train to Forks.
In all seriousness, on Investigation
it has been found that the only trair
which may be taken u of Minot 70,
Grand Forks in the morning Is the
day light limited leaving here at abou,
1880 a. M. The next train lyeaves at
O'Clock and runs only to Devils Lake
The trains west are as bad when No
l gets In here at 2:15 q, m. from Far.
go over the short line and the trair
from Grand Forks at 1. o'clock. Con.
ditions that would give Minot thi,
kind Of service and then allow Devil.
Lake to have four trains both way.
each day. are than to be criti-
Icized. They should be literally abused
and IL the Commercial club or SOM
organization which should represen
Minot in this matter, fails to take &C
ton. the citizens should. 1t has beer
noticed that the sentiment is SO stront
that practically a partial boycott hal
been planned against the Great North
ern and the business over the 500 t,
the twin cities is undoubtedly pickint
up steadily. Some talk has been cir
culated concerning the running of tn,
lied river SPECIAL into Minot, which
now comes west only as far as Devil
1A1nC' All 0AdIIiludIlOn OIL the TIM
card will show anyone that thi
change would not benefit. this city t,
any great degree.
What the Travellers Say.
1t is not only the dust, grit. cinder
and dirty cars, nor the Pullman
which wouldn't run on anything bet
ter than a local in the east, that i
making everyone, holler.,. It's the tim,
card. Look it over and 9 e. Fo
example here are q few quotation
from the travellers themselves VIII,
were interviewed particularly for tn,
purpose. Of finding out where the trou
BILE lay. ~
E. Whinnery, representing Noye
Bros. & Cutler: The present trail
service east is. certainly very annoy
i. r. whiting: we do not call tn
line east the main line,' we call 1t til
I Jerk WATER ,'tfF. - + pg .~".f =
Frank w. Youngman. secretary I
g. T.: The service east over the 6
n: must be changed pretty quick Q
Mfnot will get the worst Of 1t. I hav
a number OF travelling men on m;
NH.