The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-02-06
DON'T need RAILROAD

and the public roads being Well-nlgn
impossible, and there being no rail-
road from Centertown through Hart
ford, and the distance being only
seven short miles, the aforesaid citi-
zens simply took their feet in their
hands and hoofed it," We were a
bit wrong, there is railroad track
through Centertown, or nearby and
on through Hartford, but no trains
are operated over said road that the
people can ride to the County Seat
on, except at certain intervals. They
don't move this way.
The truth of the matter is, these
Shanks Pony Fellows, could and
ought to have come up Saturday
evening, late in the evening it was,
on the last train run last week up
to Monday evening of this week.
They had to be here, for about three
hours Monday and had they come on
the last train operated before the
time fixed by Court for their appear
ance, they could have come Satur-
day and would have had to remain
over only Saturday night Sunday.
Sunday night, Monday and Monday
night, getting home Tuesday morning,
and If they didn't elect to do that and
preferred to walk 1t served .-them
right. 1t looks to us like it was pure
contrariness upon the part of these
fellows in waiting until Monday and
walking. They had a chance to use
the train last week but wouldn't, or
at least they didn't, so just let them
walk, it's good for 'em.
It's funny thing when you think
of it, some people can't get it into
their beans that the Railroad Com
pany is not obligated to operate trains
that will give some accommodation
to the PUBLIC. Why? The r. r.
Company is not under any sort of
obligation to run trains for the use
and benefit of the people of the
country through which it happens
to have a track if it don't want to. Is
not the roadbed, ties and steal" it's
own? Didn't a number of the farm
ers give the Company the right of
way? Didn't the Company purchase
ii from few, while it took it away
from others, the balance, by due pro-
cess of law administered, through to
the Courts of last resort? Didn't it?
You blockhead, what do you think q
railroad is for? Don't you kno
that it is solely the Railroads bust
ness whether it runs trains or don't
run trains?
Oh! You have no business of re-
ferring to the fact that the Railroad
Company alleged in its petition and
tevery other paper filed in Court, that
it was a necessity that they dislodge
lyou from your land and that it be
turned over to it, because 1t was a
public necessity, it couldn't build its
proposed line without it and that the
construction and reasonable opera
ton of it's proposed line would be
VERY GREAT PUBLIC BENEFIT,
to say nothing of the private bene-
fit and numerous other things
No, we can't for the life of us see
why these people below here are not
satisfied with the service given by
this L. & N. r. r. over its M. III.
G. E. Branch. 1t might be worse, sup
pose they should decide to operate
one train week? That might, from
the Company's view point be reason
able, besides you are not concerned
and ought to keep your mouth shut
and stop your butting into the Com
any's affairs, or else you might cause
trouble somewhere, somehow. 1t
makes no difference If the Company
did run their blame track twixt your
dwelling house and out-buildings, or
maybe made you move one or both.
or perchance make ten foot fill thru
your little old no account farm, or
was it IL foot cut? But what's
the difference it's the Company's bus
mess and not yours. Taken alone
you are only an individual and OF
humble origin, and the Railroad
Company is made up of big men and
you absolutely have no right to ask
or expect these high-ups to operate
the Company's trains in any other
way or manner, other than as the
Road Master and Superintendent may
see fit. II 1t takes you three nights
and two days to get to your County
Seat and back home over this rail-
road, ride her and say nothing about
it. or else keep on keeping your UNI
holy lips together and walk, or else
stay at home, which would be bet
ter and cheaper.