The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1921-11-24

your cooperation and influence with
the passenger department to reconsid-
er their action on the strength Of the
cordial gsod feeling and interest we
have always shown in your line"
At the same the following wire was
dispatched to the general passenger
agent Of the 500 line:
eve are advised that order with
drawing sleeping car service to Cakes
goes inte effect Nov. 81. Is it neces-
sary to isolate Oakes to this extent 2"
In order to bring as much pressure
as possible to bear upon the officials
arrangements were also made to Sc
cure the cooperation and support of
Cogswell, Forman and Lidgerwood
business men.
Soon after the telegrams had been
dispatched, but before the petitions
were mailed, word was received from
railroad headquarters that they were
not planning to discontinue the Sleep
ing car service ut this time. .
They are holding the question open,
however, and it is now rumored that
the Pullman will be taken off shortly
after the first of the year. This will
give people along the line the advan-
tage Of sleeping car service during the
holiday season, but after that, what? :?
While it may seem trivial to COM
plain about the removal of this ser
vice, which officials apparently think
is necessary as measure Of economy,
it is a fact that many small conven-
fences in the aggregate spell the diff
ference between "good" town and a
dead" one. Cakes has always been
proud Of its reputation as one Of the
live wires in this section and we look
with disfavor upon any scheme to take
it away from us.
The 500 took off the Sunday train
during the war and we didn't make
any very great disturbance about it,
feeling that perhaps it was necessary
and would release men for more inn
portant work. But the war is over,
even if some people don't know it, and
we are beginning to wonder whether
the company intends to return this
train. At present the Northwestern
is the only railroad running into Oakes
that gives US Sunday train, and one
isn't enough.
We are more important to the 500
railroad than might be believed from
the way they treat US.
People are clamoring for Sunday
mail from the east and it will be inn
polite for the 500 officials to ignore
them much longer. We can have our
freight shipped in over another rail-
road if it becomes absolutely necessary
in order to secure square deal. Pc
titions and kilograms should be sent
the company at once, urging them to
get that sleeping car removal out Of
their heads entirely and begin to think
seriously about putting back that Sun
day train. And while we are about
it let's ask the Northern Pacific to put
on Sunday service between here and
Jamestown.
Cities depend to great extent upon
their railroads, but the lines that help
make good town are well paid for
it. Economy measures are not as ne
cessary as the roads would have us
believe, anyway, for just the other
day man connected with the North
ern Pacific, and who should know
what he is talking about, stated that
on the main lines they were hauling
q greater freight tonnage than ever
before. II that is true they should
be coming money at present rates, and
it is no more than fair that we should
receive something in tie way Of i'm
proved passenger and mail service.