Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-10-30

little effort. The locomotives are ex-
pected to be delivered about Novem-
Der LIST and running on the road by the
middle of the month.
The patrons of the Iron County
Electric Light & Power Company have
not yet fully agreed as to what hours
of service will be most acceptable to
to ell concerned. The hours propos-
ed last week-from 5 o'clock in the
evening until 1 O'Clock A. NJ, and then
from 5 to s A. NJ, met with a vigorous
protest from the motor users who
would not consent at all to a total
abrogation of daylight service. Now
it is proposed to ask service from 3
o'clockP. NJ. until midnight, and then
from 5 to s A. NJ. 1t is thought all
users of the current viii a~cquiesce in
this schedule. When MI. Bee of the
Public Service Commission was here
last Friday he stated that if the pat
rons of the Light Company could
agree on service not totaling more
than twelve hours in the twenty-four
the Commission could adjust the mat
ter with the Company without any
trouble. But If more than twelve
hours service was demanded a formal
hearing would have to be had before
the Commission. 1t is thought p cssl-
BILE now that all interested will agree
to the hours from 8 O'Clock P. NJ. until
midnight and then from 5 to s O'Clock
A. M. This schedule hasn not yet, how
ever, been definitely submitted to the
Commission and the former hours of
service-from 2P. M. to / A. M.-still
obtain.
A hearing was conducted before Mr.
O. S. Bee. chief rate expert of the
Missouri Public Service Commission,
in the circuit court room in the court
house in Ironton last Friday after
noon, relative to a petition previously
filed with the Commission, as king that
trains Nos. / and 2, the Sunshine Spe-
Gals, stop at Ironton station to re-
oeive passengers to and from st. Lou
is. Mayor Baldwin, w. w. Reese and
D. E. Fletcher were introduced as wit
nesses for the petitioners, t~estifying
that train No. 1 stopped at Ironton or
Arcadia every night for a pusher; and
it was submitted, on this showing,
that it would work no hardship on the
railroad to permit people coming from
st, Louis to the valley to use this train,
Judged. F. Green, representing the
railroad, presented as his witnesses
General Superintendent Murphy aud
Passenger Traffic Manager Chas. L
Stone. Mr.. Murphy discoursed al
length, eloquently, entertainingly ane
interestingly. The railroad company
would be delighted ito please its pa
irons at all times, but it would be i'm
possible to handle local traffic or tht
Sunshine Specials and maintain tht
fast schedule of those trains. Furth
ermore they were through trains ant
the passengers thereon should not b.
subjected to the annoyance and crowd
ing incident IT, handling local travel
AS to the traihs stopping in the valley
for helpers Mr.. Murphy vouchsafet
the information that that was a con
dition that would not exist mucf
longer; that the company had recent
ly purchased a number of large ant
pow erful locomotives that would b.
used exclusively on passenger train
on the Missouri Division, and that il
/, the course of another month, at most
the stopping of passenger trains to &c
help over the hills would be a thing o
the past. Mr.. Stones testimony wa
to the effect that compelling the fas
trains to handle local traffic would b
, more than demoralizlng to the ser
vice. After hearing the testimony o
the railroad officials, Mr.. w. R. Ed
/ gar, Jr., representing the petitioners
I withdrew his petition, feeling that
would be useless to ask the Commits
sion to make an order giving US tn
service OF these trains if they were t.
! no longer make stops in the vale,
Q for pushers, Mr.. Murphy, however
agreed that in future train No. II
southbound, due here at 11:11 P. NJ
q should stop at Ironton. This will en-
= able a passenger from st. Louis to &c
to Ironton an hour and six minute
: earlier than when travelling on No. I
the night. train Ironton passenger
have had to use heretofore. No.
northbound at 5:35 p. M, will ais
stop at Ironton in future for st. Loui
q passengers. For all of which we ar
very thankful, even if we do have t
abandon the cherished hope of ridin
. on the Sunshines. In passing tn
writer wants to go on record as &C
= claiming Mr.. Murphy the witness pa
excellence, Should we ever be so un
y fortunate as to be hailed into court
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