St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-01-27
This Action Follows Fail
ure of Association of
Commerce Plan
OFFERED TO DONATE
LAND FOR NEW DEPOT
A Modern Brick Structure
Was Asked to Be
Erected.

Wednesday, January "a, Attorne.
Fred J. Heint7, acting foSa athe Asso-
CATION of Commerce, filed the fol-
lowing petition with the Railroad
Commission. The general impress
sion had been created that the Rail-
road Company would be willing to
build brick depot, suitable to Cow
fngton, II the land was donated. but
later communications seem to leave
little hope that the company will de
more than repair the old depot.
This is not satisfactory to Coving-
ton, and the Railroad Commission
has been appealed to in the hope
that it may see the justice Of the de-
mands Of Covington in this import
ant matter:
Petition to Railroad Commission.
To the Honorable Members Of the
Railroad Commission for the State
of Louisiana:
The petition Of the undersigned
citizens Of Lovington, and patrons OF
the New Orleans Great Northern
Railroad Company, with respect rep
resents:
1. That the New Orleans Great
Northern Railroad Company has sit
uated at the town of Covington, La,
one Of it's principal towns on the
route Of the said railroad company,
an old, antiquated structure that has
served the people of said town as
depot for years immemorial.
2. That said depot has, and pos
sesses absolutely no conveniences at
all. That there are no toilets con-
nected with same, and in case OF
necessity patrons of said railroad
company have to travel to some ad-
joining building.
3. That he white patrons of said
road, both male and female, when
sending messages or receiving tele-
grams, freight and express, have to
do SO in the colored waiting room of
said depot.
That this is great Inconvenience
to ladies. and it has frequently oc-
Cured, that they (ladies) have re-
quested male friends to send tele-
grams in preference to entering a
room crowded with negroes.
4. That the said depot is i'll
lighted and insanitary.
S. That the said depot is too
small 1t has connected with it
freight depot, and frequently during
the rainy season, when freight and
express is loaded on trucks and
placed under the shed, that is sup
posed to be used for passengers, the
passengers have to take refuge un-
der sheds of saloons, livery stables
and restaurants, located around the
said depot.
6. That there is no adequate
protection for the travelling public.
The patrons have to regularly, on a
rainy day, get of the train in an
unsheltered spot.
Z. That the said depot is entire
" too small for the use of the travel
ing patrons of the said road.
Your petitioners annex herewith
the petition signed by some 432
OF the citizens and patrons of said
road, resolution passed by the
town council of the town of Coving-
ton, a resolution passed by the Gov
ington Association of Commerce OF
the town Of Covington, La, a reso-
luton passed by the Women's Pro-
gressive Union of the town OF Gov
ington, resolution passed by the
Covington Fire Association, resoii-
tion passed by the Covington School
improvement League, resolution
adopted by the Chamber OF Com
merce. asking that this matter lie
placed before your honorable body.
Wherefore, petitioners request
that this matter be set down for
hearing before your body, in crier
that they may present the above
facts, and other facts necessary, III
! the premises to prove their conten-
ton that a new depot is necessary
to the town of Covington, ami after
considering same, that you enter an
order compelling the New Orleans
Great Northern Railroad Company
to erect q modern depot in the town
OF Covington, Louisiana.
O.