The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-03-17
RAILROAD WILL
MOVE DIVISION
Says Col. Sam Owens, Who Has Been
Buying Property Desired by ..
& c., Near Bowen.

Notwithstanding the vigorous de
mails of the Danville Advocate thai
the Cincinnati Southern railroad ha'
any intention of changing the divi
sion point from Danville to Bower
and Junction City, Col. Sam NJ. Ow
ems. who has been a special agent
of the road for a number of years
stated here Monday that the railroad
company has all plans made for the
removal. Mr.. Owens conducted ne
gotiations with the property owners
i'm the section of Lincoln county af.
fected. and has secured favorable
deals with all with the exception OF
one, through whose lands condem.
nation proceedings may have to be
instituted. Mr.. ]. F. Russell, of the
Bowen section, brought blue prints
showing the property acquired by the
railroad to Stanford Monday and eX-
hibited them at the /. ]. Office. The
blue prints were made by the rail-
roads engineers from headquarters
at Cincinnati.
In talking of the matter Mr.. Owens
said that the railroad had finally de-
termined to make the change and
that one of the chief reasons there
for was the inhospitable manner in
which it had been treated by the peo-
pie of Danville generally, large
suit having been filed against it there,
property desired for enlarged track
age having been held at eXorbitant
figures, and the water supply having
proven such that the railroad officials
believed much more satisfactory SER
vice could be secured by operating
its own plant on the Bowen site. Of
course, the Danville papers may de-
NJ all this, but Col. Owens knows
whereof he speaks, and his long SER
vice for the railroad and the fact
that it entrusted him with the bust
ress of securing options on the prop
Nv desired proves that he is in rs
lkdence in this matter. In a re-
cent issue, the Advocate took occa-
sion to deny a story in an earlier
issue of the /. j. concerning the ru-
mored removal of the division, in the
following language:
1t is true the Danville papers have
paid no attention to this matter be-
cause they investigated and found
there was nothing to it. Hardly a
week has passed since the division
came to DanvilIe several. years ago
that a report was not started that 1T
was to be moved away in very
short time. At one time the Som
erset papers went so far as to name
the date when the division would be
returned to that place That was
three years ago. If all these reports
had been true the officials of the @.
& c. Route would have had to quit
doing commercial business and de-
vote all the time to moving. The In
terror Journal recently printed an ed
itorial to the effect that the division
was to be moved on account of the
lack of water supply in Danville. To
the people who know there could not
be a bigger joke. Danville has wa
ter sufficient to more than supply the
whole system from Chattanooga to
Cincinnati. The company some years
ago put in big electric pumping APP
paratus in Danville where there is
plenty of water to pump. After test
ing out the proposition the railroad
company disbanded their own plant
and took the city water for two rea-
sons-frst because it is more econo-
mical; second, because it is free of
all sediment and does not clog up the
boilers in which it is used. The In
terror Journal further stated that
land could not be gotten here except
at fabulous prices. The railway Off
Gals have been assured not less than
fifty times that they would be fur
nished all the land they wanted when
ever they wanted it. Danville dona-
ted $4,000 merely to have the
Southern Railway extend its line
from Harrodsburg to Danville. 1t is
preposterous to even think for a min
ute that the division would be per-
mitted to move away for lack of land.
The road will be furnished all the
land it wants here, of which fact all
the officials are well aware. The sur
vey at Bowen is merely for the en-
largement of trackage for surplus
cars and switching for the junction
at Junction City. The Advocate
would have paid no attention to the
comment in the Interior Journal but
for the fact that Editor Saufiey
seems to be taking the wild rumor
as serious matter. 1t has never
been so taken in Danville, but mere
ly as idle rumor, similar to the hum
dreds of rumors that have been start
ed from time to time.