The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
TRAIN
SERVICE ASKED
BY Business League to Accommodate
Greenwood Shoppers From Now
Until January LIST.

Until January LIST.
The Greenwood Business League
through Secretary w. H. Hays, mailed
the following letters to Mr.. ]. J.
Policy, Svpt. Memphis Div. Y. 4 n.
v. R. r., and to Mr.. F. Z. Patten,
Supt. So. Ry. at Columbus, requesting
these officials to see to it that the pas
sengsr trains coming into Greenwood
arrive promptly on time from now un-
til January lst, at l~east,in order to
give people a chance to do their hol-
iday shopping and get back home the
same day.
Letter to Supt. Pelley. -.
"The Christmas holidays are ap-
preaching and as you are well aware
that is the season when our merchants
reap the greatest harvest from the
sale Of general merchandise, particu-
larly in holiday goods and Christ
mas gifts. In times past there have
been occasion when there were unus-
ual delays to trains arriving and de-
parting from Greenwood, and it is of
course unnecessary to call your atten-
ton to the fact that delays in the ar
rival of trains cut short the period
for passengers to come in who wish to
trade and return to their destinations
the same day. In fact it has been 50
short that they had practically no
time for trading.
AT the request Of our member
ship and the merchants Of Greenwood
in general, we wish to urge you to
use every possible precaution to pre-
vent delays in the movement Of the
trains on your line into Greenwood,
and especially between now and Janu-
airy 1st, so that persons visiting
Greenwood for the purpose Of pur-
chasing goods may be able to do 50
between trains and return home the
same day.
"We feel assured that you will use
every possible endeavor to accomp-
lish this purpose and we will be
pleased to hear from you relative to
this matter at an early date"
Letter to Supt. Patton.
1T is now less than two weeks I'M
til the Christmas holidays and in Or
der that u merchants may be able
to reap the benefits accruing from the
holiday trade that should come from
points On your line between Webb and
Belzoni particularly as well as ON
your main line east and west, we ask
that you exert your very best efforts
to maintain schedules between now
and January lst, particularly, so that
visitors from the surrounding terri
tories served by your road and espec-
tally on the Webb and Belzoni branch !
may be able to reach Greenwood, do
their trading and return the same day.
"You of course remember the diff
culities VI have had in times past
by reason Of delayed trains. In some
instances, passengers coming to
Greenwood and wishing to return the
same day were unable to leave the
train on account Of the late arrival
of the inbound train. Last year you
avoided this by putting on Temporal
lily passenger trains, handling your
freight on the Webb branch by some
other means than the mixed train, !
which was very satisfactory and our
request that you again take
action this year to prevent the
occurring, as in former years
referred to.
eve feel that you are sufficiently
interested in the business welfare of
Greenwood to adopt some plan that
insure prompt arrival of trains
during the period between now and
1st for which we desire to
thank you in advance and awaiting
your reply, we are, etc."