The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-02-13
VOL. XXXII.
|. & N. R. R. COMPANY
PLAYS WITH PUBLIC
Audience With Officials FL
asco, Bad Faith
Displayed

Late in the afternoon OF last
Thursday the Writer was called by
Hon. Avis s. Bennett, of Louisville,
and was told by Mr.. Bennett that the
l.. & N. people were figuring on a
schedule of train service over the NJ.
II. e. f., that would be even better
than any heretofore asked for, and
perhaps better than the service con-
templated under the proposed bill.
now before the Kentucky Legislature.
The Company of course was propos-
ing this special service to our long
suffering public. with the view of
obtaining the consent of our people
and that Of Representative Mason. to
have the proposed bill withdrawn, at
least that was implied.
Mr.. Bennett told us that the Com
pany desired that we send a delega-
tion of representative citizens to
Louisville. for the purpose of confer
ing with them, and of making some
sort of agreement as to schedule etc.
We got busy, had a meeting called
and did as requested. sending ten or
twelve good citizens among whom
was Hartford's Mayor, the County
Judge. Clerk, Sheriff and Common
wealth's Attorney, the others all lead
ing business men of this community.
These men left their. places of bust
ness, lost their time and as a matter
of course were not out on lark or
seeking fun, neither were they paying
out money to be made playthings of
by the Railroad Company. But that
is exactly what happened.
The Railroad people virtually de-
MED having made any propositions
through Mr.. Bennett. or even asking
for conference with citizens on the
matter of better service, although 1t
was apparent that they expected to
meet a delegation, because 1t was ar
ranged for. that was self evident, so
all present report.
decided that they could defeat the
measure requiring adequate service,
as proposed by Mason's bill, or else
they did not believe that the people
of this vicinity would accept their |
invitation for the conference, owing |
to the great inconvenience in getting
a respectable, representative body of
men to leave their business and spend |
the time and money necessary in or
der to meet them as requested. And
in the event the people should fail
TO respond and accept their terms
which. as Mr.. Bennett said, sounded |
too good to be true-the Company |
would use ii as a club before the |
Committee having charge OF the Bill
Our failure to confer with the Com
pany. or to accept it's offer OF good |
service as they proposed through Mr..
Bennett. would have lost sympathy /
for the measure, if there be any, and
would naturally have placed this
community in a very bad light with
the Legislature. We are inclined to
the belief that the Railroad Co, made
the request and date for the confer
ence with the latter view, that is, that
the people would not respond.
If the Legislature fails to pass some
sort of measure giving some relief to
localities situated as this So miles
of territory through which this M.
II. & E., passes, it will be a disgrace
to the State of Kentucky, and ought
to be to the lasting shame of every
member who votes against it, advised
ly.
The denial of the II. X. Company's
officials of request for the meet
ing and their professed Ignorance OF
the matter, thereby attempting to in
fer that Avis Bennett mis-represent-
ed the matter or acted without au-
thority, is not believed by single in
diyidual in Ohio County or else
where, who knows Bennett. Some
skunk or skunks played Bennett dirty ,
and false. Some slick-handed rep
resentative of the Roilroad Company,
through BENEFITS ever-ready desire
to help the home folks wherever and I
whenever he can, acted most shame
fully, and while the meeting was
fiasco, we hope it may prove boom
erang to the r. r. Company.
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