The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-14
CANYON PEOPLE AND
n. P. TRAIN SERVICE
PROTEST TO COMPANY
Also Pledge Patronage to
Make Traffic Profitable
Speakers Urge Road Bonds


discontinuance of train service
between Wallace and Burke. al
proposed by the Northern Pacific
Following the meeting of the board o.
trade last week. when two represen.
tatives from Canyon creek were pres.
ent and protested against taking of
the trains. petitions were prepared
asking the company to retain the
train service. These were promptly
circulated by Mrs. Smith and Mrs
Small, of Gem, who represented the
canyon in the meeting. These petit
tions were in the following words:
Petition.
THE undersigned residents of Gem
Mace, Burke and intermediate points
respectfully petition Northern Paci-
fic Railway company to continue
train service upon the line between
Burke and Wallace, and pledge their
cooperation in encouraging people to
use the trains and in making the
passenger traffic upon said line pro-
fitable to the railroad company"
Everybody Signs.
The petitions were turned in yes
terday to r. T. Strachen, chairman of
the special committee on train ser
vice. They contain between 500 and
900 names, and as many more could
be obtained, but the ladies handling
the petitions felt that this was suffi-
cient to indicate the overwhelming
sentiment of the canyon people re-
garding the train service. As mat
ter of fact, without exception every
one to whom the petition was present
ed gladly signed it. Fortified by this
direct expression from the canyon
people and their pledge to cooperate
in getting patronage for the trains,
the committee will probably be in pO-
sition to submit report at the next
meeting of the board of trade. Mrs.
Smith attended the meeting of the
board yesterday and told of her ex-
perience in getting signers to the pc
tition. In spite of publicity on the
subject, she said that the people had
not realized that they were in danger
Of losing the train service and that
when the situation was explained
they eagerly signed the petition which
includes a pledge for support of the
trains.
Another Protest From Canyon.
Henry Steuart of Frisco, superin-
tendent of the Tamarack mill, and
Mrs. Steuart attended the meeting of
the board of trade yesterday and add
ed their protest against the discon-
tinuance of train service to Burke.
Mrs. Steuart said she could not I'M
derstand why after thirty years of
continuous train service in the can
yon, the Northern Pacific should find
it necessary now to take off the trains
Just because men patronize the jitneys
was not sufficient reason. Women
and children of the canyon prefer to
ride on trains and she insisted that
they were deserving of consideration
by the railroad company If the COM
pany would run an early morning
train to accommodate employees in the
canyon the company would get the
business. In her opinion the argu-
ment was all against taking off the
trains.
Henry Steuart said he could add
little to what had been said by Mrs.
Smith and Mrs. Steuart in support of
retaining the train service but he
desired to add his protest against its
discontinuance. He recognized that
the railroad company was entitled to
patronage from the canyon people and
he believed it would be forthcoming
now that the people understood the
situation. He spoke of the unsatis-
factory train service during the rail-
road strike when the mail was ham
died by jitneys, and the great incon-
venience that would follow taking off
the trains, particularly in the winter.
The discussion of the subject clos
ed with a statement by R. T. Stra-
chen. chairman of the committee on
train service, who expressed appre-
citation for the effective cooperation
by the people of the canyon.
Letter From Labor Council
The secretary read letter from a
committee composed of G. w. Baker
Thos. Nicholson and Rowland Julian,
representing the Wallace labor coun- |
ell, requesting the board of trade to
refrain from holding its meetings at
places which are unfair to organized |
labor. On motion of H. j. Rossi the |
letter was referred to special COM
mittee for consideration. The presi- |
dent announced that the committee |
would be appointed later
Road Bond Election.
H. J. Rossi addressed the board on |
the importance of the bond election !
,a,-4 Tuesday and cnsnnared the pro- |