Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-13
HIT ONE HANDED
SANTA f ROAD
BY JUDGE HANNA
Unnecessary Delay at Lany
and Filthy Cars in Use on
Branch Running to State
Capital Are Charged,

,,seo,it CORRESPONDENCE TO MORNING JOURNAL
Santa re. Feb. 12.--Supreme Court
1nstice r. II. Hanna has addressed
the following letter to the state cor
norati0n commission:
"1t is with considerable reluctance
INIT call your attention to the fol-
iovvinc matters, hut the prevalence of
objections which have come to my at
tention based on similar state Of
socts ana my interest in this com
munity in which ] lived for sixteen
years lead me to believe that some
one should make the representations
which are here made, in order that
thc matter may be carried before the
nroper officials of the \. Il. & S. f.
hallway company, who, | am sure,
will not knowingly permit a condition
10 long continue which can clearly be
said to be almost as detrimental to
them IN the long run as it must be TO
the city of Santa Fe.
"On Monday, February 7, | left Al
huduerque on No. >, which was late,
arriving at Lamy at about 40 or 10.
We missed the branch connection on
account Of being late, and were com
PEELED to remain there until 1l.35
or possible 1880, arriving in Santa
Fc at about 1890. | cannot help but
believe that a large part of this delay
was unnecessary, and when the road
undertook to lay heavier steel on the
Lamy branch, we anticipated that the
time could be cut so that the long de-
lays at Lamy, which had been ex-
perienced by most of as might be
obvlated We cannot help but be-
lleve that the capital of this state is
entitled to somewhat better service.
Those of us who have been travelling
over the road know that the business
Of this branch has very materially in
creased within the last few years. On
the night in question about nine pas
sengers, or at least that number. were
compelled to wait as | have pointed
out. I think there were other pas
seneers in the depot, although ! am
not certain. The delay, however. was
a small part of the annoyance which
We experienced at this time as upon
entering the train We found the chair
car to be uncomfortably cold, and GO
ing into the smoker we found that
was uncomfortably warm, and both
cars we're in a Very unclean condition.
The smoking car was so dirty that it
was Objectionable to ones sense of
smell-in fact, in plain English, it
was so dirty that it was filthy AS
you know. the delay at Lamy has be-
come matter Of joke with every
body in New Mexico. and these branch
trains have been used for freight
service as well as passenger service
from time immemorial, and appar-
emily the oldest equipment on the
road has been run in here to get the
maNimum of use out Of it before re-
firing to the scrap heap. our people
are not kickers, and have been pa
tent undcr a condition such as | refer
to for a great many years. We know
that the officials of the company have,
from time to time, made some i'm
lr0vements in the condition, and we
believe that they are disposed to make
other improvements, We think, how
ever, that they are little behind the
times in making an Improvement
which present circumstances might
call for and | trust you will lay this
before the general officers of the road
in such a way that they can be made
to see the Importance Of taking care
Of this traffice between Lamy ana
Santa Fe.
Personally I feel that the road
would do well to put the town of San
ia Fe on the map by changing the
name of Lamy to Santa Fe Junction,
as ! have found that great many
people who go through Lamy have
no idea that they are in the vicinity
of Santa Fe, and with our many points
of attraction in this vicinity, | am
sure that great number of them
would stop off and help out this town,
as well as the road, If their attention
was directed to the opportunity and
the conditions were not quite so inn
possible as they are at the present
time. l am quite sure that most tour
lists VIII not stop off second time