The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-11-13

TIME O.-W. r. & N. company was
| subjected to severe criticism at
| the weekly luncheon of the
Wallace board Of trade at the
Banquet restaurant last Monday, the
structures directed at William Con-
nelly, division superintendent, being
especially severe The matter came
up in connection with the report OF
the traffic committee which had con-
'ferred with Superintendent Connolly
regarding the restoration of the bug
service. The utilities commission
having ordered the service restored
at least to the extent of one train
west out of Wallace not less than
of the train from the west at 100
O'clock the railroad company had ac-
Icepted the minimum and announced
train from Wallace to Enaville
leaving at $3.50 and returning at 600.
M. A. Corner, chairman of the traffic
committee, stated that the commit
tee had called upon Superintendent
Connolly and protested against the
proposed limited service and insisted
that the former bug service be re-
tory within the eight hour require
ment Further details of the confer
ence were given by Walter Sullivan,
president of the board of trade. He
stated that the conference with the
superintendent was very unsatisfact-
ory, and that Mr. Connolly bluntly
stated that there was no necessity
for the bug" service and that II he
had his way there would be no SER
vice at ALL
"The Public Be Damned"
| Herman ]. Rossi, member of the
traffic committee, but who was not
present at the conference, recalled
Mr.. Connelly's arrogant attitude in
connection with the efforts being
made to build a railroad up Pine
creek, and stated that he was show
ing the same indifference to the de-
mands for adequate train service at
this time. When asked by Spokane
newspaper regarding the Pine creek
railroad, a matter of the greatest
| importance to the people Of the Occur
d'Alene district, Mr.. Connolly said:
''The Pine creek branch has been
turned over to me and there will be
nothing doing. The company does
not contemplate any construction.
There will be no construction by any
other parties on the company right
of-way.'"
| Mr.. Rossi said that the treatment
of the committee of Wallace business
men representing the board of trade
was nothing short of an insult. 1t
was a revival of the old public be
damned" spirit manifested by the
railroads I'm the past which had
brought about drastic legislation in
the way of regulations in the interest
of the public Mr.. Rossi did not hes
itate to advocate retaliatory meas
ures against the O.-W. r. & N. COM
pany on account of the arrogant at
titude assumed by Mr.. Connolly as
the repres entative Of the railroad
company in his conference with the
committee.
"Committee All But Kicked Out"
e. f. Mackey, who was a member
of the committee that called upon
Superintendent Connolly, said that
"the committee was all but kicked
out" and that his only regret is that
the committee did not retaliate in
kind after they saw the attitude OF
Mr.. Connolly. rather than endeavor-
ing to discuss the matter in a friend
ly and courteous manner.
Platt Morrow, another member of
the committee, stated that officials of
the O.-W. r. & N. company appear
to ignore the interests of the COM
munity altogether. Even II the main
tenance of the service in question
does result in a loss, the benefits to
the district are so manifest that the
company should stand 1t and charge
1t against other branches of the SER
vice which are known to pay hand
somely.
The discussion of the subject was
quite general and was closed by the
unanimous adoption of motion by
H. C. McAllister approving the ac-
tion of the traffic committee and in
structing it to continue the efforts
to secure the restoration Of the "bug"
service
Connolly an obstructionist.