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Vol. 44. No. 4 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, April 28,1949 . Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SEEKING TO
OKMTE MIXED TMIN INSTEAD
PASSENGER TO WINSTON-SALEM
Southern x Railway Company
baa filed an application with the
North Carolina Utilities Commission
for consent and approval for
substituting mixed service for
straight passenger service on
trains 13 and 14, operating between
Winston-Salem and North
Wllkesboro, according to Ben L.
Stanfiel, superintendent of the
railway. "Mixed service," he explained,
is a combination of passenger
and freight equipment
"adequafe to handle the business
offered."
"Trains 13 and 14 are operating
in the red year after year,"
superintendent Stanfiel said, j
"For every dollar they bring in'
we are now paying out over
12.37 in direct expenses alone.
Total direct expenses of almost
$71,000, not including such it-!
epaa as supervision, dispatching,'
maintenance of Voadway and
structures and depreciation, exceeded
total rereiMM by more
than $41,000 in the year ending
February 28."
•
Railroads have been severely
citlcized by the public, and especially
by shippers, he added,
for not eliminating unprofitable,
little-used passenger services that
greatly add to railroad costs. By
operating Nos. 13 and 14 as
mixed trains instead of as
straight passenger trains,/ "We
can effect a substantial reduction
in operating costs-—for the benefit
of all."
Revenues from passenger fares
on the trains for, the entire 12
months ending February 28 were
less than $5,000, Mr. Stanfiel
I>ointed out. The total of ali revenues
including that received from
handling express and mail, a
little more than $29,000, failed
to cover the cost of train-crew
wages and fuel, he said.
Mr. Stanfiel said that when
the mixed service is authorized
the express traffic now handled
on the passenger trains will be
carried by the Southern in the
mixed trains. Mail will -be carried
by the Post Office Department
over the highways, he added, and
"we feel certain this method of
handling will entirely satisfy the
public.''
Six years of continuous
drought in Arizona, came to an
end during the snow season of
the past winter.
Governor Scott's
Aid Requested li
Retaining Train
The following letter from the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce to
Governor W. Kerr Scott seeks to
enlist the aid of the governor in
retaining the passenger and express
train to North Wilkesboro
daily, separate from freight service
:
April 26, 1949.
Governor Kerr Scott
Capitol Building,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Dear, Governor Scott:
Mr. B. L. Stanfiel, Supt.
Southern Railway with offices in
WinstoniSalem, met with members
of the Wilkes Chamber of
Commerce yesterday to discuss a
proposal of the Southern Railway
to remove the passenger train
between 'Winston - Salem and
North Wilkesboro and establish
one mixed train carrying freight
express, mail and passengers. '
Prom the information obtain?f?'
SMh~ change' If approved by
t&e N. C. Utilities Commission,
would result in a 24-hour delay
in mail delivery and would work
a severe hardship on the poultry
nor 7 !vd °ther erPreas shippers
in the Wilkes area. The
E l. T!n> Wh,Ch 18 Proposed,
WilSSi' ♦ t0 l6aVe North
Wilkesboro at 8:45, meaning that
wobM Zlv*St tT°m the ^atcheries
would have to be crated for shintn
^ depot over night waiting
be shipped the next morning
Our hatcheries state that thi«
wld remit to . mach
percentage of death, and woold
tremendously handicap their busfaCT°Uthaa?
d°Ubt aware ot the
Br
Through the agricultural ajren
oies and the chamber o, com!
merce we have been doing everv
thing possible to encourage and"
expand the poultry business °n
this section, and it would be ver^
e nCRanwT8 '° "a,,e the S°"£
can ,n l ' 0r®"e 8uch a
cap to this growing industry
pr£* q"esti<)ning the railway sup™T""~
he seemM to have
only figure, regarding the Ioss»s
a Profit-making sLndpofnto/any
ssstsss
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The Wilkes Chamber of Pnm
merce "OS no other chelcf hM ^
eTrL^'hTn °it ,h" S°Knowing
J"""" Commission"
tural S ttrZSl
tural development of N c
e t that it would be w^se* £
5?™ °< nrop„,ed action
nd the impending hardshiDs thai
would result from inad.,X «
press and mail delivery.
Sincerely yours
™uk®, Manager.
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce
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Penney Fashion
Show Friday 29
The J. €. Penney Spring Fashion
Show will again be sponsored
by- the Junior Woman's club.
On Friday night, April 29th, at
8:00 o'clock in the auditorium
of the city hall, the latest in
spring fashions will be modeled.
Attractive ladies will model
dresses for the tiny tots, teenagers,
college girls and young
ladies.
Tickets will be given each
spectator at the door to be held
for# prizes to be drawn during
the show. The City Florist is,
presenting a lovely orchid to the
oldest lady attending the show.
John Cashion of radio station
W.K.B.C. will be the narrator
for the show. •
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