The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-12-27
WILL HOLD HEARING
ON O.-W.BURKE TRAIN
J. P. O'BRIEN SAYS NO
Too Much Loser 49, Board of
Trade Asks Early Hearing
Will Insist on Service
J. P. O'BRIEN SAYS NO

"OLLOWING the meeting of thu
- board OF trade last week. wheI
everything was reported favor
able for morning and afternoon
train service between Wallace anc
Burke by the first OF the year plans
were completely upset 10y letter from
}. p. O'Brien, of Portland, general
manager of the O.-W. r. x n. com
pany, in Il letter to the special com
mittee of the board OF trade, in which
he declined to join in providing the
double train service. This was the
substance of the report of the COM
mittee submitted to the board of trade
yesterday by A. J. Dunn, chairman,
who read Mr. O'Brens letter, which
follows:
Present Business Improbable.
superintendent Connolly has re-
ferred to me your request to pro-
vide one round trip passenger
service between Wallace and
Burke during the winter months.
Mr.. Connolly has already ex
planned to you the circumstances
under which we withdrew from
this service several years ago. In
view of this. as well as the fact
that we are already providing
improbable passenger service in
your territory in the way of
double daily passenger service
between Spokane and Wallace
and service on the Murray branch,
it is plain to us that we are al
ready bearing more than our part
of the passenger train burden in
the Wallace section.
1.-THE service you ask MS to
provide cannot be arranged with
out materially increasing our ex-
penses, and | regret we cannot
favorably consider your request
Up to Utilities Commission.
III view Of the fact ;i,at SvPcTia
iendent Connolly had recommended
that his company provide this ser
vice. the letter from the general man
ager was a complete surprise, for 1t
was assumed that the favorable atti-
tude of the superintendent after per-
sonal investigation and conference
with the committee, would govern the
higher officials in the final decision.
Following the receipt of Mr.. OBrien's
letter, the committee sent the follow
ing wire to the utilities commission
1T Boise:
"O.-W. r. & n. refuses to put
on afternoon train Wallace
Burke branch Northern Pacific
agrees to put on morning train.
Board of Trade renews application
for this service as made Decem-
Der T."
The application referred to is that
made along with the protest against
he request of the Northern Pacific
o discontinue Burke service perma-
,ently. the commission being asked
o require both railroad companies to
DIN in providing morning and after
loon service. The Northern Pacific
having agreed to run the morning
rain. the board will now seek through
he utilities commission to force the
Nv. r. & n. to provide the after
ioon train.
Board Very Much in Earnest.
The discussion that followed the re-
,ort of the committee indicated con-
lusively that the board was not in
mood to accept Mr. O'Brien's re-
usaI as final. It was further stated
n reporting the situation that one
f the commissioners had called up
rom Boise that a hearing could be
ranged in Wallace on almost any
ate convenient to the board. f. F
Iackey said that it was evident that
What ever is obtained from the O.-W
will have to be pried loose, and he
moved that the commission be re-
uested to hold a hearing in Wallace
{ the earliest possible date and be-
ore the first Of the year. He also
upon the business men the
Importance of attending the hearing
nd make the strongest possible show
ny 10 lIe tOIliliSSAOA III 'NBH'AN ~
he train service.
f. r. Denny also urged the import
nee of having a large representation
t the hearing in order to show the
abroad company and the commission
hat this is not a paper movement
MT rather one in which the people
f Wallace and the canyon are deeply
oncerned.
Most Profitable Branch.
referring to the statement in Mr.
,'Brien's letter that Wallace-Spokane
assenger service is Improbable
herman J. Rossi came back with the |
pinion that the Wallace-Spokane |
ranch is the most profitable in the
orthwest. He referred to former cur
ailments of train service by the o.
Y. He said that the bug" was arbi-
rarily taken off. and when forced to |
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