The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-03-22
Slate Commissioner Will
Recommend Appropria-
ton fer Railroad
OAkRTDGE AND DAISY
WANT TRAIN OPERATED
Tell State Officer of Damage
suffered by Discontinuance
of C.. G.. n. Service

An appropriation will be asked OF
the United States Government for the
Cane Girardeau Northern Railroad fol
the restoration of service on that road
between Jackson and Perlyville and
the request will be submitted with the
recommendation of the Public Service
Commission. This was the result oi
the public hearing held yesterday by
Commissioner f. J. Bean Of the State
Public Service Commission at the
courthouse, where q number of busl-
ness men and farmers of the north
western section of the county testified
as to the necessity of the re-establish-
ment of the railroad service on the
Cape GirardehU Northern Railroad
The amount of the appropriation
will be governed by the cost of repairs
needed in order to put that branch OF
the railroad in safe condition. Accor-
ding to the estimate of c. 3. Bee, chief
rate expert of the Public Service Com
mission, who attended the hearing, it
will Require at least $500 TO put the
Jackson-Perryville lin in such condI-
ton that train can safely travel over
the road. Commissioner Bean aSsur-
cd Major Gihoney Houck. who repre-
sented the railroad at the hearing that
he would recommend to Director Gen.
eral McAdoo the appropriation of such
Il sum, as would be needed to make
the most necessary repairs or that
section of the railroad.
A number of business men and far
mers of Oak Ridge and Daisy testified
ut the hearing. Their testimony
showed that the re-opening Of the line
was necessary in order to offer the
farmers and cattlemen of that section
Of the county way to market for
their products. Timber. cattle, flour
:ld grain, the testimony showed, was
shipped IN great loads from that part
o. the county.
T. r. Crites, 4 live stock dealer Of
Daisy testified that he suffered heavy
losses since the trains on the Jackson
Ferryville branch had been discOntin-
ucd last July. Owing to the lack of
railroad facilities, he said. he was COM
PEELED to drive his stock for miles, be-
fore he could reach shipping point.
-.--rr.rl ,.--, ~~o. he said he lost sew
.r .. g.. 100 which no
,.--.. Daisy to Jackson,
t-~ n.-. ping station. It re-
cl.~e3 vr 'a.. he testified tn ret the
u5rI..e ~ ..-a~n Basides the loss
of .re Gao. hogs, ne was IN niured b.
the loss Of wcinht of the other animals.
He estimated his annual shipments of
cattle al 100 car loads.
VI. l.. Morton, who was station agent
at Daisy until the service was discon
tirued, testified as to the number of
carloads of freight shipped to and from
Daisy during the year. He agreed
that the incoming freight did not ex-
ceed 40 carloads year.
Others who were heard by the COM
missioner We're H. o. Williams. J. w.
Kinder, G. f. Statler. all of Oak
Ridge. They are merchants, who de-
pended solely upon the shipping ser
vice of the Cape GiraIdeau Northern
to get their stock for their stores. On
ly q. few trains had been operated since
the service was cut off, and they were
compelled to pay $50 for a car from
Jackson to any point on the road. Au-
tomobile trucks, running between the
various towns Of the northwestern sec
ton of the county they said offered
inadequate service. because their cp-
Grafton was governed by the weath"r
co,iG. tionS.
Bee told of the inspection trip
he had made over the various branches
of the Cape Girardeau Northern dur
ing the last week, and said in his
opinion it would require at least ST.
500 as an initial expenditure to re-
vamp the Jackson-Perryvi'le line and
an additional sum of about $4,000
to put the road in fair condition.
The Anccll-Jackson branch, he
said, was in fair condition and the
freight facilities were as good as they
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