The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-06

| No Action Token Yet By
RoiIrood Officials On
Request Of Group
The following letter has been re-
ceived by c. A. Knott, secretary of
the Durant Chamber Of Commerce.
from H G. Kilgo, president Of the
Aberdeen Chamber OF Commerce.
1t is not known at this time what
measure of approval or disapproval
this proposal has met with at the
hands of railroad officials. It rep
resents the only development this
week in connection with the removal
of trains 233 and 236 from the Aber-
deem district which affects the jobs
of II Durant men.
Aberdeen, Miss.
June 30, 1889.
Secretary
Chamber of Commerce or
Civic Club
Durant, Miss.
Dear Sir and Friend:
AS you doubtless know, the Illi-
nois Central management had COM
pleted arrangements to take off the
passenger train on the Aberdeen
branch. The last run was to have
been made today, with the equip
ment carried to Jackson, Miss, and
stored away
Fortunately the President of the
I. c. has agreed to postpone this
send representatives to the various
towns along the line to see what can
be done.
We want to suggest a plan which
we hope will enlist your support.
which will save the train, and still
make a profit for the RAILROAD COM
pany.
Our plan is to run the train on
to Jackson, Miss, with a five hour
schedule from Aberdeen to jackson.
equip the train. with .air-conditioned
cars, then make a cheap round-trip
rate to Jackson-not more than one
and one third fare for the round
trip.
Such a train could leave Aberdeen
at 6 o'clock in the morning, arrive
in jackson at IL A. M. Then give
hours in Jackson for shopping or
business of any kind, leaving Jack
SON about o'clock, putting the train
back in Aberdeen about P. M.
This will enable a man to make a
round trip to Jackson in a single
day, with faster, more convenient
schedule, and in comfortable air
conditioned cars
class train, and our people have
never been given the opportunity to
patronize a modern train service.
1t may be urged that this will cost
The brotherhood officials have in
formed us that an agreement can
be worked out so that the increased
cost will be Ineligible. The Railroad
now pays a minimum of $50 miles
to this crew, and by going to Jack
SON they will pay for only, .158 miles
only miles increase-which is q
erifling increase. But they will gain
enough passengers, express and mail
from these small towns like Good
man, Pickens, Madison Station, etc,
to make it paying proposition from
the start. These little towns now have
bum service. The fast trains have
to stop there, and railroad men tell
is that it cost 50 every time these
| fast trains stop at a station.
| WE want to urge you to arouse
your people to the danger of losing
| passenger service on the /. C. branch
At least Is men will lose their jobs.
Towns on the line will be given a
blow that they cannot get over. De-
/ lays in mails and express will be a
bad blow. Aberdeen for instance, will
not have single passenger train
entering our city.
What a blow to our pride and
business life! The State College at
Starkville will be badly crippled. We
are offering real, worthwhile plan
to save this train. 1t will help every
town concerned-and it will help the
railroad. Get behind it and helm