South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-28

Difference Of opinion seems TO have
broken out in the camp OF the Chi
cage. South Bend q Northern Indiana
Railway CO.. with respect TO the rea-
SONS for the proposed installing half
hour service on the Southern Michi-
gan line-Tunning up to Niles. Berrien
Springs, ST. Joseph and Benton Har-
Dor.
G. D. Emmons. general manager Of
the company says it is because Ber-
rien county is dry and the extra
service needs to be put on to accom-
modate the thirst artists" who viii
be bound 10 come hither on per-
petual spree-just as they used to
from Elkhart. which created the
high tide" i'm the local companys
earnings.
Now +. l. Hardy passenger superin-
tendent for the company, says this is
all "poppycock." and that the extra
service had been contemplated regard
less of the wet" travel
We hope Mr. Hardy is right. We
are glad to learn Of the traction peo-
service, just 10 accommodate the pub
lc-the plain, every day travelling
public.-withOut some special pressure
TO give it a boost. II would be graft
flying TO have something of the kind
here in South Bend like a 10-minute
service and six fares for a quarter. to
sort OF compete with the "jitney"
buses.-as wei as on that Southern
Michigan interurban line. And fur
thermore, allow us TO offer this gentle
hint 10 Mr.. Emmons and Mr.. Hardy.
that whichever of their positions is
true, South Bend Will never thank
them for any extra service on their
interurban lines. installed for the pur-
pose OF dumping into this town any
considerable aggregation of Michigan
booze listers, who come hither for no
other purpose than TO tank up
And decent people will expect a de-
gree of decorum 10 be maintained on
the cars or which they travel. Booze
specials" would be "a better way of
handling such riff-raf. if the traction
people wish 10 encourage them. rather
than TO dump them into regular cars.
where the general public rides. 1t
might not prove profitable to increase
the service in anticipation Of such
traffic anyhow. since it seldom lasts.
Wholesale exoduses from dry" terri
tory into wet" as a sort of spite
'just to show 'em that we kin git it
anyhoW. seldom keeps up longer
than a few weeks, and why should it2
The brewers and distillers tell us that
they sell more liquor in dry" terri
tory than they do in the wet re-
gardless of the prohibitions, so now.
But perhaps that difference Of
opinion as between Messrs. Emmons
ana Hardy. is more dependent upon
the manner in which the matter was
put up TO them than real. Perhaps.
too. they thought it would take better
with the entire public if they could
please both the vets" and "drys"
with their reasons. What they want
is the money. They have proven that
quite consistently. Perhaps again.
SCpt Hardy is more astute than Gen.
Mana ger Emmons. i'm his realization
that if respectable folk should get it
INTO their heads that the Southern
Michigan line is being run more par
ticularly for "refreshment seekers"
than for anyone else-it might in
crease their demand for the eXtention
of the Dixie Highway Through South
Bend up into Michigan. that they
might have other modes of agreeable
travel. quite 10 the discontinue OF the
Murdocks who tried SO hard 10 keep
the highway from reaching South
Bend at all
Who knows but we may next have
a 'jitney" bus running 10 Niles Ber-
rien Springs and ST. Joe.