The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-03-24
NOTICE

| the 2oth day OF February, 1921, it FLEE
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission at Washington, its application
for certificate Of public convenience
and necessity to abandon portion o
its line in the state of Louisiana.
Pursuant to the requirements of tn
Commission, said application is nov
published as follows:
70 the Honorable Chairman and Mem
oers Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission,
! Washington. D. c.
! The application of L. i. Bernstein
a resident and whose postoifice ad
dress is Shreveport, Louisiana, re
ceiver of the Louisiana & Northwes
Railroad Company with respect repre-
sents.
!. That in the case Of baldwin Loco
motive Works VS. Louisiana & North
west Railroad No. 500 in the Distric
Court of the United States for The
Western District of Louisiana he VIZ:
duly appointed and confirmed as Re
ceiver of the said louisiana & North
west K. K Co., Or October lst, 1920
by Hon. G. ". Jack, Judge of sa;C
| Court, and since said time has been il
the active discharge Of his duties as
Receiver Of said Railroad Company.
2. That said Railroad Company was
organized under the laws Of the State
of Louisiana, and becoming involved
George w. Hunter OH August q, 1913
was appointed as its Receiver and con.
tinued to serve in said caLacity unit
October lst, 1920, when he resigned
and your applicant was appointed anc
qualified as Receiver of said Railroad
Company in his place
3. That the making and fling Of this
application tor a certificate of public
convenience and necessity has been ap
proved by the Railroad Commission oi
the State of Louisiana in part at least,
as will appear from copy of an order
issued by it which is hereto attached
and made part hereof,
4. That SAID Company is the owner
of line of railway extending from the
town of Magnolia in the State of Ar
kansas to the town of Natchitoches in
the State Of Louisiana and traverses
the Parishes Of Claiborne and Bienvil,e
and portion of Natchitoches Parish,
Louisiana in the Western District OF
3nl1ioiAnAseQ3 lsellaxll ~ k.0llatnnins&h6
ES46S6 u lIkk1nsAs and that the portf0s
Of said line of railway which it is pro.
posed to abandon lies In the Parishes
Of Bienville and Natchitoches in said
State.
5. That for the reasons hereinafter
stated your applicant desires to aban-
don that portion Of said road extending
from the town Of BienvIile in the Par
:1L of tn h. NJ oh
toches in the Parish Of Natchitoches,
or at least that portion of said road
from Chestnut in the Parish Of Nat,
chitoches to the town OF Natchitoches
in the same Parish.
6 AS reasons Why to show that the
present or future public convenience
and necessity requires the abandon
ment OF such portion Of said road your
applicant shows:
(a) That the former Receiver of SAID
Railroad has attempted to sell the same
as going concern under orders and
DEGREES from the said Court appoint
ment him as Receiver On far and
reasonable terms, and after the utmost
publicity given OF the proposed sale no
bid was or cCuld be G; lained for the
purchase of said property because, as
your applicant believes, that the OPERA
tion OF said road has continuously been
at loss.
(b) That net loss during said re-
ceivership which exceeds the total in
come Of the whole railroad has existed
and that deficit has been due in large
part to the llghtness Of traffic upon the
lower end of said road. that is to say,
between the town of Bienvllle in the
Parish of Bienville and the town of
Natchitoches in the Parish Of Natchi-
toches which said condition can not be
relieved by an increase IN rates, cur
tailment Of services or otherwise. !
(c) That the aforesaid conditions
have heretofore deferred and as your
applicant believes will continue to deter
all persons who might be interested in
acquiring the property from becoming
the purchaser there of, and your petit
toner AYERS as fact that the said
railroad cannot be sold for an amount
sufficient to pay the obligations of the
Receiver unless and until the portion
thereof hereinbefore referred to is
abandoned and operations thereon dis
continued.
ID That the portion Of said line be-
tween the said town of Bienville and
the said town of Natchitoches, Louisl-
ana, is not productive of any substan-
tlal income to said road, but on the
contrary was operated at loss and
has been operated at loss throughout
the period of said Receivership.
(e) That the territory served by said
railroad between the town of Bienville
and the town of Natchitoches is not
thickly settled; that very few. if any,
industries Of any consequence are locat-
ed upon said portion of the line and
that there is no indication that said
portion Of the railroad will ever pro-
duce an income sufficient to justify the
operation of trains thereon.
() That said railroad as a whole is
being conducted and operated at loss
The annual income therefrom being in
sufficient to properly maintain and con-
duct the same, and your applicant is
unable to pay the debts of the receiver
ship Of said Company out of the funds
derived from the operations thereof.
(g) That said portion of said railway
line between the said town of Bienville
and the said town of Natchitoches.
Louisiana is in dangerous and wretch
ed condition; its roadbed is in urgent
need of repair and it's continued opera
ton is unsafe to passengers travelling
thereon and to employees engaged in
the operation of said road and your ap-
plicant is without the necessary funds
or income to repair or place said rail-
road in condition where it can be
opersted without great danger to the
employees and the travelling public -