The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-03
FA|RMONI Tells
WHAT i WANTS N
TRAIN SERVICE

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Endeavoring to secure better traf-
fic over the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road. this afternoon at2:30 o'clock .
number Of citizens and members Of
the passenger train conlittees Of the
Fairmont Chamber Of Commerce and
the Fairmont Rotary club are meet
ing officials Of the B. & o. at the
rooms Of the Fairmont Chamber Of
Commerce in the Watson building.
The officials here incluled j. p.
Taggart. Pittsburgh, assistant gen
eral traffic agent; G. ]. Proudfoot,
Grafton, district passenger agent;
H. H. Marsh, Grafton, general
freight agent; II. r. :Hanlin, Con-
nellsville. superintendent Of the Con-
nellsyille division Of the b. & o., and
U. B. Williams. Fairmont. local rep
resentative OF the United States rail.
road administration with offices In
this city.
lhe Fairmonters present are J..
Walter Barnes, city commissioner;
Fred Helmick. r. T. Cunning CHAM
and G. w. Evans, secretary of the
Fairmont. Chamber OF Commerce,
Harvey Shain, I. A. Aiken and s. D.
Brady. Additional Fairimonters are
expected later in the afternoon.
]. Walter Barnes was chosen as
chairman of the meeting. He outlin-
ed briefly to the officials what the cit
i2ens Of Fairmont were desirous of
securing, which included the follow
ing:
A night train TO Elkins and Char
lesion; connections with the Philippi.
Belington and Eikins line which
would no. recessitate such a lengthy
lay-oyer at Grafton; a restoration OF
Pullman service on train 81, east,
which arrives here at 12:07 p. M.
and train 56, west, which arrives at
I6:f5 D m. drains between Wheeling
and Cumberland): q restoration Of
train 10, the st. Louis-New York
train, which Fairmonters could board
at Grafton, and the setting OF the
time Of train Sc q little later 50 that
connections could be made at Wheel
! ing for Fairmont when the Chicago
train arrives.
In the eourse oflhis remarks Chair
man Barnes, who acted as .spoke kesm4n,
told the officials that passenger train
service rather than freight service
would be oisc,issssfk at this conference,
The, 3: and % had shtMIber Of elsht
officials here also. apparently expect.
/ ing freight matters To be discussed.
j. P. Taggart Pittsburgh, assistant
general traffic agent, acted as spokes.
man for the officials, and at the out.
set stated that the officials did not
come here to edo any beating around
the bushl' about the matter, inttmattng
/ that the Fairmonters would be told
what nigh. be expected Of the com.
pany altar this session.
The first matter presented was that
Of the proposed night train to Elkins
and .CharleEton Mr.. Taggart stated
that 1t developed recently at a confer.
ence in Baltimore that there were GER
tain phyeica. reasons why Fairmont
could not expect this service this year.
Mr.. Taggart did not follow up the ex-
act reasons. however, but probably will
before the afternoon ends. In connec-
tion with the Elkins train. R. 7. Gun
ningham told OF the Inconvenience be.
tween here and Elkins, and W. ]. VIE.
gel also touched on the matter, espe.
cially the hight over stop, which is
necessitnted. AT the instance Of the
Elkins Rotary Club, Mr.. Cunningham