The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-11-16
TRAIN SERVICE FOR
WALLACE EMPLOYEES
NEW PLAN PROPOSED
Cooperation ofBOth Railroads
With Communication Rate
Will Solve Problem

y INCE THE matter of providing
homes in Wallace for married
men employed by the mining
companies on Canyon creek was
discussed by the board OF trade a few
weeks ago, much interest has been
manifested in the subject and various
plans are being considered with the
view to bringing it about Manifestly
it is useless to make any definite move
toward providing homes until some
plan has been worked out by which
transportation to and from the mines
as assured, service that viii take the
men to their work in time to go on
shirt and which will bring them home
promptly when they come off shift,
without delay at either end and at a
cost they can afford to pay. In this
connection it was learned this week
that there are now approximately so
men now living in Wallace who are
regularly employed by the canyon mi
ming companies. These go back and
forth on jitneys generally, some of
them probably using their own cars.
The regular jitney fare is so cents to
Burke, but it is understood that these
men living in Wallace get a special
rate of $15 per month. 1t is evident
from the number of mine employees
living in Wallace that if a train ser
vice was provided with a schedule ar
ranged TO conform to the shifts and
with a Communication rate considerably
less than that maintained by the jit-
neys, there would not only be a great
many more employees making their
homes in Wallace, but it would also
prove an inducement to men with
families to come to the district and
take employment in the mines, men
who will not bring their families here
under present conditions.
One Solution.
Various plans have been suggested
to get the necessary train service. but
up to date no steps have been taken
to carry any of them into effect A
new solution of the problem has now
been proposed and which we believe is
pracScal and can be carried out if TAX
en- up by the business men of Wallace
with the cooperation of the mining
companies concerned. This plan con-
templates a willingness on the part of
both the Northern Pacific and O.-W.
r. & n companies to cooperate also,
even if the prospect for profit from
passenger service is remote The two
main shifts in the mines. which ac-
count for the great majority of the
employees, run from o'clock in the
morning until y o'clock midnight. The
plan proposed is to arrange with the
Northern Pacific and O.-W. each to
operate a passenger train beginning
and ending with the shifts in the
mines, and such service between times
as may be necessary making a spe-
cial Communication rate for employees of
the mines of not to exceed $40 per
month. good only in the month for
which issued. 1t is admitted that
even with a large number of men liv-
ing in Wallace and regularly patroniz-
ing the trains there would probably be
no profit for the railroad companies.
yet it is a service they could we'll af-
ford to maintain in view of the COM
munity interest they should recognize
and their large earnings in other de-
partments in the district
Appeal to Both Companies.
The O.-W r. & n. discontinued
passenger service on it's Burke branch
long ago. probably through some traf-
dc agreement with the Northern Pa
eifc, and the Northern Pacific has
regular passenger service
at a heavy loss. The proposed plan
would at least insure increased earn
ngs over the present service and for
that reason it may be assumed that
the Northern Pacific would readily
agree to it, AS for the O.-W. R. & n,
It's obligation to the public is not dit
Ierent from that of it's rival and if the
is presented in tangible
form it may also be assumed that the
D. wv. will be equally willing to coop
crate.
This train service and homes for
employees is the most important prob
EN- the board of trade has been called
upon to solve and the benefits that
Will follow it's solution are so apparent
and far reaching that it should be
worked out to a successful conclusion
without delay