Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1922-03-30

COMMERCIAL CLUBS PLEA
RECEIVES ATTENTION
State Railroad Commission Consents
10 Hearing Petition Relative TO
Express Service.

The Mineral Point Commercial Club
has. in petition form, filed with the
Railroad Commission of Wisconsin a
complaint requesting the restoration of
an express car on trains Z and 8 on the
Mineral Point Division of the c. M. &
st. Paul R'y. AS result the Commits
sion issued notice on the 22nd inst. to
the effect that latter the expiration of
ten days from the date of the service
it will proceed to investigate the mat
tiers and things set forth in said com
plant" The complaint in part reads
Whereas, the express service on the
evening and morning passenger trains
of the Mineral Point Division of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
road Company has been discontinued
without notice to the citizens of Mineral
Point and, as the Mineral Point Com
mercial Club is informed and believes.
without notice to the other towns and
cities on said road
1t Is Hereby Resolved, by the Mineral
Point Commercial Club, that express
service on the evening and morning
trains of the Mineral Point Division of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
Railroad Company is absolutely essen
tial to the interests of the city of Min
eral Point, and that failure to restore
such service would be an irreparable
injury to the business interests of the
city, and would. in practical effect,
render it impossible for certain bust
ness in the city to continue in operation.
1T is further resolved, that some of
the facts upon which the foregoing
resolution is based are as follows:
81. That a wholesale bakery at Min
eral Point is wholly unable to compete
with bakeries in distant cities without
plorning express service. That with
oug morning express service bakery
gos Dis from Chicago or Milwaukee can
be obtained more quickly at Calamine,
eight miles from Mineral Point. than
such goods can be obtained from Miner
al Point That without morning ex-
press wholesale bakery at Mineral
is deprived of the privilege of Compel
ing in all the territory between Mineral
Point and GAINESVILLE including the
Platteville branch and it is thus render
ed impossible for wholesale bakery to
operate in the city.
~. That the territory in the vicinity
of Mineral Point has large dairying
industry. That it is necessary for
Mineral Point Creameries to ship out
butter and allied products by morn
ing express, or otherwise such products
reach Milwaukee and Chicago too late to
be unloaded that day and must remain
in the car until the following. morning,
thereby damaging the business of local
ereameries because of their inability to
fill orders promptly and thereby greatly
increasing the probability of damage
to such perishable goods in transit.
''3. That the business of hardware
and implement dealers. electric shops.
grocery stores, egg and poultry dealers
and others demand morning express
az we'll as other businesses in the city.
"a. That an express car is carried on
the Mineral Point division of the eve
ming train from Milwaukee to James
vile and is there cut off. and that res
toration of this service merely involves
the bringing of the express car from
GAINESVILLE to Mineral Point; that as
the Mineral Point Commercial Club is
informed and believes the object of
cutting off the express car is to avoid
compliance with the law requiring the
maintanee of flag man where the
train consists of four cars.
Latest: - Since the above was placed
in the column we have been reliably in
formed that the railway company has
notified the state commission that the
express car will be replaced in accord
ance with request. All honor to our
Commercial Club.