Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-09
H|DALGO COUNTY
KICKS AGAINST
PHONE SERVICE
Patrons Claim 1t Is UnSatiS-
factory, Also That They
Are Charged Too Much for
Outside Communication.
tspecial Correspondence to The Journal

tspecial Correspondence to The JournalA !
Santa Fe, March S.-A livery
kick has come from LorisburS, the
ones making the Objectionable re-
marks being Frank Coon, county
treasurer of Hidalgo county, and
Sheriff Leahy, The trouble grows
out of the fact that the telephone
service i'm Lordsburg has been most
unsatisfactory owing to the tact
that there are two lines there, the
Mountain States company and
local company. outside service mas
been most unpleasing to the pat
rons as they claim they are forced
to pay unreasonably. A compro-
mise has been attempted and the
final efforts for satisfactory adj
iustment are now being MADE
through the state corporation COM
mission.
The other complaint from Lords
burg comes on account of the-rali-
road service. II seems that train
| No, l02 will not stop for passen-
gers for FL Paso and Demmg and
No. 10l refuses to take passengers
Flor Iordsburg from FL Paso or
Deming. These trains are the
through trains, the Sunset Limited
and the Golden State. and Il IS not
thought by the railroad officials
Lthat the stops are necessary, as
| there are two trains daily, morning
and evening service Chairman
Williams, OF the state corporation
commission, leaves "Wednesday Tor
lLordsburg and the matters in dis
| pute will then be taken up. Waffle
or the trip Mr.. Williams will take
in the Old Timers meeting at
Deming,
The matter Of adjustment of
rates on grain, which was mention
ed in this correspondence some
days since wherein there seemed TO
] be a discrimination against New
Mexico elevator owners on the
| Texan border, seems in a fair way
| OF settlement The Texas state
corporation commissioner has writ
| ten a letter to the New Mexico
| commission, saying that body
stands with our officials in the
/ matter and that satisfactory ar
raneements win be made,
The state corporation commits
sion has obtained a refund of $3.24
| in favor Of Manuel Otero on an UNI
used ticket from Ei Paso to Albu :
querque, Mrs. Otero having stopped
! off at Socorro on his way back.
! The state corporation commits
sion seems to be working in q INST
1 harmonious way, moro SO than ever
before and the members are ac-
complishing much An express Of
flee has been established at Becker
on request of the commission and
an agent placed there.
There has been some trouble in
connection with the rates on rail
roads on drilling outfits from
Glenrio TO Endee coming from the
Texas line. and the same has been
true on all border towns, A letter
received from officials says that an
| adjustment will be made soon as
possible when the carriers have
Icompleted their organization.
After some delay a cattle guart
| has been established on the Dawson
line AZ post SO. A crossing wa'
made there some time ago and M
effort has been pending to complete
the work with the guards.
The figures published regardin;
the taxation of railroads in tn
state have Indicated the increas
in the taxes paid and there is som
interest in noting those roads whicl
are among the higher taxpayer
and those that have had decrease
made. Those roads that have com
under the decrease table are the A
r. &. S. f.; the ID. & r. g.; South
ern Pacific. Those that come i'm
der the raised list include the c
n. I..&, Pr, H. p. & S. w; McKinle
L. & L. Co.; n. NJ Central; n. n
! Midland; r. G. & s. w; SAINT
Barbara The r. p. 4 S. w, IS tn
road that gets the largest increast
the amount being s2,985, 439 f II"
James w. Chavez has given u
his fight for the office of deput
!, superintendent of insurance, II wa
said today, and p. M. A, Binea
will retain the position. sa