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IHK GROWING rlt;lWS OF WAVKKLY.Insufficient Railroad Accommodations—AGreat Need. jI Wavesly. Ala., Jan. 2—Editor Es ] quiker-sun : “Citizen” wrote and pu - iiisQt-d a piece in your paper some time neo iconcerning toe depot accommodations at this place, iD which he gave a slight de-*. scription of the furniture of ne waiting j r room and telegraph office. Now, I am j ;| not in the least disposed 10 criticize, or so i 1 unreasonable as to ask for a thing unjustly ]: due, and those acquainted wirh the uer-ot 1} accommodations at this place will readily 1 : agree with me when I say they are so j ’ limited as to scarcely deserve patr^nag-'. c Our depot is such a structure as to render Jit almost indistinguishable from the I ^ guano houses by its side, and I j J frequently near passengers who ome j- i here to take the tram i quire of citizens ,* which is the depot. Now, is such a depor j I worth a patronage of about f90J0 a ye •'? :' Most surely nor; and I trust tae new lt;-ffi~ ciais of the S. . W. line will give cousider- ation to our needs and give us better ac-i 1 commodation. The freight room is a | £ square of 29x29 ftet witn a caoacity for j • hulding about 125 barrels of fl 5ur, and , frequently one shipm nt of freight ex ; ' ’ ceeas its capacity and is left scattered ov-r 1 , the platform to be guarded by the agr-nt j ’ ' until the consignees are notified and the i s . freight removed. The waiting room i3 j 1 ’ very small, only 10x20, and is used for a j i i waiting room, ba^gige room, ticket ; and telegraph office, and fre- , [ ; quently it is so crowded with | cargage and passengers as to re.,d-r c it uncocnf^rrable even for the agent woo \ ' scarcely has room to issue tickets. The -' capacity of the platform is about ninety,5 baies of cotton, and frequently fifty are re- 1 ceived in oue day. Patrons are grutnbl- , mg at such accommodations, and I see no | lt;reason why they snould not. This town 1 is one of the heaviest shipping and receiv « 1 mg points on the road, and I am sorry to j say her patrooage is underestimated i‘ the way of accommodations. Wavt-rly is i j building up and her pa'ronage is on the increase, and the people a*k for better :1 depot accommodations and such faci ities . as will correspond with Ts growth. Can’t we have better accommodations’? We don’t ask for a mansion or a palace, bu:. give us those accommodations our patron- ;„ age so justly deserves.Before bringing my communication to a ’ close, 1 should have sain something ab^ut the accommodations shown passengers after arriving at Ooelika on train No. 2 It is about an h ur until day when the 1 train arrives at Opelika, and as soon as it j- leaves for Coiumous the pass-ogers are5 driven out of the waiti'g room to stro 1 ] 1 t about in the cold, or have to incur the ex- ■ i pause of glt; ing to the hotel. Wuat is toe j 1waiting room for if it is not for the accom- ;6 modatioa the passenger?? Surely the ' raiiroad officials are not aware of such1 treatment to their p^engers, or tney I 1- would make otner and better arrange j ments. Patrons.i —---Chronicles of rboma^ton. ! ;
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Columbus Enquirer Sun
Columbus, Georgia, US
Fri, Jan 03, 1890
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