Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-15
THROUGH TRAINS SHOULD STOP

The railroad service that we now
have along the Great Northern line
between Minneapolis-St. Paul and Du-
luth-Superior-and also the mail
service, has caused some dissatisfac-
ton, especially in the villages outside
of Sandstone and Cambridge. In the
two mentioned villages the two fast
afternoon flyers stop.
Previous to the pool arrangement
between the Great Northern, the Nor
thern Pacific, and the 500 Line on
passenger trains running between the
Twin Cities and the Twin Ports,
which took effect on Nov. 9th, there
were eight trains on the Northern Pa
cific daily and six trains on the
Great Northern. The Northern Pa
cific cut it down to six trains and
the Great Northern four trains. Viii
lagos like Finlayson and Willow
where only four of the eight trains
stopped previously now have all six
trains stopping daily so they really
fare better than before, and besides
that they have the bus service right
through the village of Willow River
and only two miles from Finlayson.
This is not mentioned because we en-
Wy our neighbors to the west. We are
glad to note that they have good serv
ice and congratulate them upon it.
The thing that bothers us here on
the Great Northern is that they con-
tinue to make the afternoon trains
nonstop except for Sandstone and
Cambridge as above mentioned. That
some trains had to be eliminated was
ing automobile and bus traffic which
takes much of the passenger business
from the railroads and there can
hardly be any complaint on that
score. The three railroads evidently
put their heads together and decided
to have just two: fast trains between
the terminals each day in order to
compete with the bus service, making
faster time for through traffic, but
while they were doing that why then
did they not make two of the N. P.
trains the fast through trains? They
would still have four local trains.
Here on the Great Northern with on
ly four trains a day and two of them
fast through trains it certainly makes
for limited service. We miss the
night trains carrying the bulk of the
mail which made for good service
the mail now coming in on the fore
noon train brings it day late on the
oil h,,% bot
cannot have all the trains that we
might desire when the business is
not here to warrant it. However, if
the fast afternoon trains made local
stops it would help materially and
would not necessitate spending two
days on business trip to the cities.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion held hearing On the matter in
Minneapolis some time in September.
1t seems that there was notice given
of the meeting in the daily press but
there was no attempt made by the
railroads or the Interstate Commerce
Commission to give it widespread
publicity. Nothing was given out to
the local newspapers along the line
regarding this matter. If folks had
known about it there surely would
have been a remonstrance. Perhaps
it would have made no difference
anyway, but most of us like to at
least register our desires or a real
kick" if we think that we are not
getting as much as we are entitled to-
The thing that should be done is
to make local stops on the fast after
noon trains of the Great Northern
and then if the three railroads insist
that it is necessary for them to have
two fast through trains between the
Twin Cities and the Twin Ports, let
them make through trains out of two
on the Northern Pacific where they
have six trains a day and the pave
ment and buses. Our neighbors on
along the Northern Pacific railroad,
we feel sure will see the justice of
that.