The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-11-17

Now that the election is over, a
pronounced feeling is making itself
manifest in this community to try and
improve some of the conditions that
have long been in existence in this
city. The development is exactly
along the lines that was being pursued
by The Times up to the time the public
attention began to be monopolized by
political questions And now, in ac-
cord with what appears to be the de-
sire of the general public of this COM
munity, The Times is more than ever
determined to take up this fight with
renewed vigor and added zeal, to the
end that the public may be infinitely
benefited.
The following petition, which was
numerously and unfailingly signed by
every citizen to whom it was present
ed, was dispatched on Monday to the
State Public Utilities Board at JEFF
ferson City, asking for relief and re-
dress from wrongs that have been
forced upon this community. 1t is
the duty of the Board to give heed to
this petition, and there is no reason to
doubt that they will do so:
Harrington, Mo-, Nov. 13, 1916.
"To the Honorable Board of Public
Utilities, Jefferson City, Missouri
"Gentlemen: The St. Francois Coun-
ty Railway, organized under the laws
of Missouri as an Electric Line, is be-
ing operated and controlled by the M
R. & B. T. Railway, and as such is
not giving the citizens of Pennington
the service due them under its char
ter as Street Railway in this, to-wit;
at does not run its cars through the
entire city to connect with the three
daily trains going north on the M. r
& B. T. R. R., but it does run them
from its depot in the city of Farm
ington to connect with said trains
until a few months ago it ran cars
on the Electric Railway on its entire
| line in the city to make connections
with trains on the M. r. & B. 7. r. r
going north.
ain changing its mode of doing bus
mess, citizens living on or near it.
line between the depot in Farming
ton and the city limits near the State
Hospital are put to great hardship il
being compelled to go to the depot il
order to make. trains going north OF
the M. R. & B. 7. R. r.
"If the M. R. & BIT. R. R. by it'
control Of the Electric Line can com
pei patrons of the Electric Line to gC
to a depot in order to make connec
tions with the M. r. & B. T. r. r.
then we contend that the Electric Lint
becomes an ordinary railroad and {
part of the NJ. r. & B. T. R. R. sys
| TEN, which can charge but two cents
per mile for passenger service, where
as now they charge thirty cents be
tween Pennington and Flat River, ;
distance of not over nine miles.
"If it is street car line, let all tht
cars run through the entire city.
eve therefore respectfully ask you
honorable body to investigate th'
manner cars are being operated in tn
city of Pennington on said Electri
line and grant US such relief as tn
facts and law warrant"
But while the Public Utilities Boar,
is on the grounds making an investi
cation into the merits of the abov
complaint (they doubtless will b
compelled to make personal investi
cation in order to arrive at a com
plete understanding of the condition
complained of The Times believes
will be of almost equal Importance
to the people of Pennington and vic
, nifty, that they also investigate tn
service of the Lead Belt and Farming
ton Telephone Company, especially a
/ to its service in Pennington, wher
the equipment is old and superanu
ated, being absolutely inadequate Q
rendering good service.
By such an inspection the Board Q
Public Utilities can "kill two bird