The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-30
|ELNN'S ROTARY
CLUB FIGHTS FOR
BETTER TRAINS
Has Written Letters to Sen
! ator Sutherland and
| Federal MANAGER.
ARtH15 TRAIN z BACK
AlsR Renews Demand for
Dining Service on Graf
ton Train.

spurredN IN by inadequate train ser
vice, the Rotary club of Elkins is 60
ing the limiH in gelting some relief,
according to Information received BY
Il. 7. Cunningham, chairman Of the
passenger comm ittee of the Fairmont
Rotary club. NE Elkins organize
tlon has taken thu matter up with G.
w. Galloway, Of baltimore, the new
Federal manager oA the eastern lines
OF the B. & o., anu in addition has
written to United States Senator
Howard Sutherland to 60 directly to
Director General OF Railroads Hines
if no beneficial changes are forth
coming.
Some Of the changes that the El-
kins Rotary club have asked Federal
Manager Galloway for are quite bene-
ticial to Fairmont also. The Elkins
club, for instance, asks for the restor-
alton Of Metropolitan Special No. 12
on the B. & o., which Fairmonters
e Id board at Clarksbnrg at 5:4v p.
m. or at Grafton at 81 1, p. M, arriy-
ing in New York city at 8::32 o'clock
the following morning.
The Elkins club points out to Mr..
Galloway that train No. 4 is now; the
only one available. This means that
it has to be boarded at GRAFT ton with d
layover from S p. m. to Al p. M.
mberlandN train No. A at best =
says the letter, does not arrive In
Philadelphia until IL a. m. and. in
New York city, at j p. m"
AT the conference with Officials IN
Fairmont on January Q. Mr.. Cunning.
ham suggested thai train No. 12 be
restored, saying the eastern traffic
was practically all sliding away from
the B. & o. as most of it. was being
diverted by the way of Pittsburgh. He
reminded the officials that he.Swas
grieved to see all the eastern traffic
going to other roads through Pitts
burgh. He expressed the hope tkat
the B. & o. might see 1t in that light.
A very satisfactory conference was
held in Fairmont on January IA,
when the B. & o. officials made some
definite promises, such as q train to
Charleston, which the Elkins club
asked for also, but the officials Of the
road have already assured this. No
definite assurance was given by the
officials, howev-r, that train No. 12
would be restored in the near future.
According to some OF the remarks
dropped at one of the conferences,
the officials are thinking about put
ting Metropo olitan Special No. 12 back
on the schedule. II they decide to do
so, eastern traffic will drift back I'd
the B. & o. and the citizens Of north
;ern West Virginia will be greatly &C
commodated. As evidenced at past
conferences, West virginians are
loyal tothe B. & o. and the proba-
bilifies are that the officials will con
slider the numerous requests for the
restoration OF train No. 10.
The Elkins Rotary club asks for q
cafe parlor car between Elkins and
Grafton because they are obliged to
leave Elkins at $3.50 a. m. and do not
reach Wheeling until ISIS p. m. and
no stop overs are allowed to get some
thing to eat. The same request Is
made for the train that leaves Wheel
ing at 1880 p. m. and arrives at Ell
kins at 9:35 p. m. This matter was
thrr rshed out by the officials at the
conference here on January Q, when
It was stated that the service was not
q paying proposition.
The Elkins clubs letter to Mr.. Gal
loway on This point Is "if ever there
was an instance where reasonable fa-
cilities were justified, whether they
paid or not, this is one Of them"