Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-10-07
BELT
MAY RESUME
OLD SCHEDULE
Becoming Daily Evident
That Recent Timing of
the Two Passengers is Ex-
tremely Unpopular.

The recently adopted schedule OF
the Cotton Belt passenger trains,
so seriously affecting the business
interests of Paragould, continues to
be an issue over which there is
much concern and local agitation.
The action of the road officials in
making the changes in the north
and south bound carriers is very
unpopular and early relief is earn
cstly desired.
Officials Of the road, those credit
cd with having influence or au-
tbority in the matter of regulating
schedules. are said to have given
Icut the intimation that the former
timing of the two carriers that
were rcschcduled two weeks ago arc
likely to be put back upon tho pre-
yious time Of running. 1t is hoped
lthey viii. Jonesboro got after the
issue with energy and the road Of
flcials whiting that place the other
day announced assurance that the
carriers would at least again be
scheduled SO that the passenger run
ming sonth through Paragould at
$40 at night would reach this point
an hour earlier or at 7:40 p. m. The
north hound passenger that now
teaches here at 5:23 would, under
The proposed revision of the schcd-
Fule. reach here an hour later or at
G:23 a. m.
Some sources in Joncsboro seem
very hopeful that the former schcd-
ulc, which is even more preferable
than the proposal of a few days ago,
may be resumed The Jonesboro
Freight Bureau is working ener-
getically to that end and, apparently
made it plain to the visiting Off
cals who went to that city to find
ont how the people there felt about
the recently adopted time table.
that their action in the matter was
very unsatisfactory to the business
clement of that town.
1t appears the new schedule af-
fects JoDesboro worse than it does
Paragould, and it is unpopular
enough here Besides depriving the
community of trade it feels like it
is entitled to. connections with other
trains to and from that point are
smashed to smithereens. Jonesboro
people seem to regard the new
timing of the trains as giving them
a sunrise special" and starlight
limited" They don't want anything
like that. One source at Jonesboro
even went so far as to not only
point out the extremely unsatsfac.
tory timing of the trains, but re-
minded the officials that they were
yet burning old time coal oil lamps
OH their evening passenger and that
the wicks needed trimming. That
source further said that upon some
|south bound had to come into that
town by flickering candle lights and
remembered one or two occasions
upon which even the candles had
given out and everything was in
darkness The officials gave the
assurance. it is said, that at least
a little more light would be thrown
upon the subject.
At any rate, the schedule that
went into effect on Sunday, Septem-
Der 25th, does an injustice to Para
gould as well as to Jonesboro, in
the opinion of the business men OF
the two places, and it is sincerely
hoped tho officials soon will an
nounce a revision that will come
nearer to meeting the wish of this
community, even if it is no more
than adopting the one hour change
that was suggested a few days ago
by the officials. 1t is now right
at time of year when the town,
from commercial point of view,
needs the change and needs it bad
y. 1t would be better to have the
old schedule back just as it was.
1t is stated by some who have
their own opinions as to what
brought about the changes that the
revision of the timing OF the two
trains was done largely upon the
solicitation of Cairo and Pine Bluff.
We don't know about that. No in
formation to that effect has been
received here, SO far as known. We
hope that is not true. However.
if that was the cause, Paragould and
Jonesboro have been given rather
severe blow to meet the conveniences
of those two towns. We would rath-
er believe the changes were due to
some other cause.