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•1 i*7en on%ence—* * IIToday ^narked the qpening of the hearing on the New York Central Railroad’s -petition t) discontinue passenger service on its-. St. I Lawrence County division..hEither Dean Romo da or r dPresi-University in Watertown in its opposition /to the^ • • M- •-391 0} p9J09dX9' SBM.resent St. Lawrencepetition..The University. iscost, rrf a- lawyer withsharing5 ‘ the Clarkson College and the Chambers of Commerce' of i Ogdensburg, Potsdam, •and '^lassena. Norinan -Pinsky, whohas defeated; three • previous attempts by the railro id to drop its plassenger |ervice iir [this area, has been secured to' defend the inter-other county communities.ests of Canton, and business groups and The railroad has recently filed asecond petition which will also beconsidered, ; *- * •ithe hearing. This onerequests discontinuance of freightiagency service In; Ogdensburg andseeks to place that freight station,along with non-agency freight .serv-^ ice, at Rensselaer Falls, Beuvelton, ’Mon^pwn,- Brier Hill; afidv Ham-«Snd under the jurisdiction of its-Watertown freight service center.;'Being discussed now; is a suggestaUition that the railroad .might! ' he-i willing to [compromise and' aban- • don, temporariljNifc .least,* 'its peti- \tion to discontinue passengerl/erv-n« • • ■ •ice if it can0accdmplish.thejsavings involved in the closing of its? Og- -densburg freight station. . ^ Assemblyman*Vernier Ingram, of. Potsdam, will j attend; the hearingand present tie . collective oppbsi-tltion. He has urged every town andL-villdge hoard affected to send representatives to the hearing to ex-press their (Opposition. - .
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Canton Hill News
Canton, New York, US
Thu, Feb 02, 1961
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