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iI. Has been suggested. .hat we run out intemrban cats to Oak ttdge, making out la, overs a, Wterlooand using the time consumed by these lay overs in running to Oak Ridge and back. Let us see.is twenty minutes, when' the ■. car. arrives and departs exactly on the schedule, which is very Seldom.In most cases the car is a fewlinZL arriving, and in he„ytrefc conditions these layove,s have been designed to take care of the usual tariness.It is very important to the service that these cars be kept as neatly theit schedule as possible, and with tire d-»d tune as is’ ‘ ’ If this dead time was taken away by some additional regular schedule thenow effective, our percentage of accuracy is very high. ^ - . * • . . • i. 11reliability of the intemrban : cars would be vety materially reduced, and this would be another case of destroy,ng good, rehableservice for the greatest number tp, possiblya scatteringbLet us go further!: To run our inteturbans to Oak Ridge would require the installation of some method of turning® ... t »ii -U —i cost us com™***carsat Oak Ridge, and the cheapest thing that could be put dll would be a wye switch, and this5, ana uie cucapc»L unug r~ r . t - . Qt JIn addition to this we would be compelled to install a block system between Second and Mam Streets and^on” Abo we would hare to change drem^pomt^em^^and. iremont otreecs at an expense mi 4 : -,.y-L. ,.Fosse,manVSiding o, RowndVPark Siding, and asJ, would be a phy^. imposs^K^ t.iutld , U,™ ^5^at either or these pomrs, ana yeL give iu uic ™ ^ tj . vlt;fcc;nn OHadditional siding, at the right geographical locaiiou between the cities to do this, and such a stdtng would cost us about $500.00.Now, would it be consistent for us to spend $1500.00 or $2000.00 and change a schedule which. has proven soTNOW, WOUiU 11 UC cuuawi-cin AVI uic . T . . 1 r\nr\ 1 lt;e V i’ll Jsatisfactory for a great many years in order to send these intemrban cars, which weigh about 70,000 pounds up the hill andi ! ^ ^ \ I***-*down again,” and by so doing carry a fractional part or one passenger each trip?We assure the citizens of Cedar F ills that We are glad to receive suggestions, but we beg your indulgence longNo, we would not care to do this. How many of you would, as a straightenough to dissect and analyize them.business proposition, man to man, might we inquire? a• 1 ,-JWe ask for a “square deal --nothing more.I -IV. v*THE WATERLOO,FALLS NORTHERN RY.
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Cedar Falls Globe
Cedar Falls, Iowa, US
Thu, Mar 25, 1909
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Alexander R.
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