The Lucknow Sentinel, 1951-03-01, Page 6Si.
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numlher in the 'corn-
lk •
it5i have been suffering from
Ithe hi1u,n1Vfr. E. W: Rice mut Dik
Curran. haVe been under the-
ikletor'S are With pneumonia.
" The ladies asrereminded
obring antique or heirloom and
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LUCKNOW SENITNEL. LuCKINIQINt
itni' history, also a Oory. of >pion- LETTERS- TO. Tali. niOlt,
err days, to the meeting of the. - . ,
Women's Institute to be held his ' , . • I
Accept Not gOiscontinuante
gfternoon, Should
(Thurs44Y) in the
Church. SUbj.ect in charge of Miss *
W. D: Rutnerford„ Of C.N.
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Passenger )erviice
Tgl,ltRODAY,, RQff 1st, 1,951
to other COMParablet COMPanies, I
am sWe they 'Would give a good
adcount thernsel'ves..I ain prjv.
ileged to knoW many; of them and
would.iar 'emphati.0.4 give
these men,a fair" chance en a fair
overhead bads an4 46. •Win .i0e
la „different Pic,tUre as ,far a's 0„
N. R. deficits are 'concerned:
, There is. no finer-nor'n1Ore loyal
• gl.'041) of employees in, an'r ih-
'cluStry than is ':fOuncl on the rail-
roadfrom the..xl0 1.
'feel. that if they could see where
by time,work? effort and cQ-013. '
oration it would be possible tO
mats& the C,N.13... 1,0k like a'prof-'
itatle •oorPoratiOn, it -Would be a
little stimulant to 46:- so, aid i
turn if they gtv'e the ;PrCoPer •Ser-
vice they, should be favored with
the proper, share of the business
from. the cannnunity:
• On the Other however,
•the Mere fact. that •;with the. Old. •
'financial. burden the C.N.R. ShowS
:a deficit,it is no rejason for our.'
people of our coMmunity, Huron
and Bruce, to, be. doubly penalized
be some efficiency expert.
Gan show where a few, dollars scan.
be saved regardless of sei vice.
art sure the ,divisional • and local:
executive and employees of the
C.N.R. Personally,.have no desire. ,
to Penalize this community
discontinuing fthie Service. The
Suggleations' :fintst be frarn others
Who have not .the same interet:
in ' our .cornnitin,iik: The C.N.R.
:officials-. who, had:. the meetings
in the Community .showedevery
evidence of ' wanting to be ',ab-
solutely fair in considering :' the
subject.• ", •
OEay 1./Augge$V,I. anistire our •
members Oftparliament would he
onlYtoo pleased and haPpy,
'discuss and • be/p' promote:any
sound auggeitionS regarding this.
subject. We are fortunate
hav-
ing •men who will go afterthings
of this. kind aggressively, Par-
- tict.t1Ply if SOrne group or
ci1Of.Stiteseer .,41t tb start sorne-
thing going. / feelnow is tlie,
time -to liave...,viSion. Let Ais look,
ahead.' Weare liVing,.in the . finest
country on earth; the country to
yvhicli SO anani millions look 7v-vil-th-
lOnging eyes 'across • the • seas;
country Where in a few years we
Will have a, greatly increased
Population. • ,
• To be , worthy of our heritage,
to do our, part to lielP to build
Canada, land that means first, a
greater Huroti and: Bruce; a key
Spot' in oilr province., that means
rbetter service -to the. pegple, I
ail a 1107tb-as-kTfor 'the
Support from all concerned to any
group. who seefit to take some.
action in this matter. At least be
prepared . that .1f ,.any' further efl.
dente Of CessatiOn. on the part
of the Ci.N.R. is evident that we,•
• be_regickyto take the Aecessary.
siege 'to •protect the inter'eSts: of
O the community. "1 •
Yours truly,
• R. E. .IVICKinriey,,
A little horse' sense—If *e • all
acted like -the horse and did more
puiiinig together :there Wouldn't
,be so much 'time. for kicking.,„
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' February 22nd; 1951,
Editor, LucknoW: Sen•tinel,' •
Lucknow, Ontario.
• Re: cana,dlan.blatioital Railways '
.,,. Passenger Train, :$ervice
Dear sir: ,
. Hi,avii* k.iir.n. considerobie
[tkiptiglit t4 the '1.1iggestion 4..c.
N.. R., offiOaLS that 'they discan-
tinue. passenger service Troth Pal-
hierston. :tc« fkioth., K,,incardine and.
iii.ithanipton, '1 feel the peOple
O of • these .ConniuMitiei should not
accept this development without
• ;due cOnsideration and 'r'ealfzing,
once this type of service,. is dis-
cOntinued' it is finished, You *will'
not be likely to regain it back
no Matter how desirable it might
be in the'futiire . ' '
. . , , •
.. We can all well remember
• When., the .'C.N.R; quietlY discon-
tiuecl all C.N.13. .service between
Wingbarri and ..Clititon,. even re -
,Moving the rails ..airdi . bridges,
making sure this service Was at
an end. i think . it is' an under-
stood fact that everyone, includ-;
Mg the 'C.N:R. e*ecutive, realiz-
ed . a seriouS mistake had been.
made,: bat nothing :oan be. done
about it.—the damage was already
I,:,ieel. an '.investigation should
be made and that' the C.isi 13, does,
. • .,
not dispose Of this, rignt:c1 Way.
O .It. Might be very, neceSsary,to re -
O lay these. tracks and build the
bridges in the not 106 .distant.
future: Personally. .1 think :this
O service . Should be re-established..
'llhe '•reMoVai of: this .rail • coll..,
riection meant ,a' pUS. business was
built: up, and I.i.ikrOuld SO ,a very
profitable. one, -between .Wing -
barn and. I..ondon. which: nOt: only
‘ takes. the.. bill/less . from JEllyth..
and. '.'iVing?narn, and Communities
further north, but. also' takes a
large business all .the: way .froni,
.,,Clinton' to ',4Mdon,.. that., other-
wise Would patronize *.e • c.N.Ii.:.
,Wingtaan, .and.: 'Coniinunity ' of.
1 •rourge. suffer the most ' •
' I. suggest. here we are .again
Efaced with; the prOblern of the
dc.N:R. .siigge$tiorft to denude us
still, further, , of the services the
•'railroads' were built . : to . give
O Frankly: I/feel we. anuat not.' ac-
. ttlhese things as7-1nev4tab1,
ri 16.61 .the people; of *gingham;
ryLitelalow; Kineardine, Southamp-
ton,
I ton,. Port Eigin,•Walkertein, 13ills-
selS;Ilarriston and all surround-
ing. communities Should': collect-
ively talc, e the necessary action to
-see to, it..that this .pas.senger ser-
vice is retained. The removal.' of
'passenger service in the !Itiron:
and Bruce .area,.is A Very serious
thing to. the Chininunities hi Many:
ways and we as citizens ' owe • 'it
• to .ourselves, oui'. families, and
• future generation:5, to 110 all in
our ' power . to build, ,riot ter
doWn,.. ess,eritial •services for our
PcmiratinItiY: ' : ' • ••
•- Let us' view this from 'another
angle.: I feel the C.N.R. have let
theitiservice 'go clown. to 0 point
*here ;they are -riot, competitive
[With practicalllt apy. Means Of
' transPbrtation, , whereas th e.,.Y
.O shonidl! • be leaderS; They• have
O spent as little as pOssible on the
road bed, -and rolling- equiprrient
on these. branchlines to the paint
O where they riOvv''have to ' sPend
a feW dollar which, eVidently?.
they . wish to avoid. Rerneber,
this is the .focit in the ,door. Cut
.
out the Pistol:ger' serVice, and
gieri. `iff ,:t,ho' bUSiriess. goes dowi
cut off • the freight. To me it is a
deleatiSt attititde. uribecciming ' to
public -owned cdrperation 'I feel:
that!flity 'are tearing down where i
theY should be biiikting Up; 1.O0t-
ing only in one direction to save
dollifS, not to dinalce . Went I
. I Would' 'Suggest a: better attitude
would be :tb analyze the c�rw.
muriities• and determine the, po-
tentia1. possible vOlunie of busi-
ness to be had. and, go Out and
get it. .Do the things to build -it
up. Put'.on, a small fast train from
Kinciardine and ,$outhamptOri,
joined at Palmerston and o her
lines to Toronto and retur
the /people proper
eonaPetitiivle, Hundre f people
would, `use this tran:.sportatiOn..: if
service 4.was ..•as it should be,,
This 'whole' area is. •6411cling
UP, more people are moving in
every daY, le is .Certainly.:not the
time to be cutting, out service.;
These towns want more
"tries help pay, the taXes which
are becoming such. A on
home -owners.. This • can only be
done' by geting more people and
more industries to hell? carry the
load.. Certainly ',eutting off pass,
enger Arai!' service is, riot eon-
chisive to attracting' new indus-
tries and ',people at a time When.
People in large kcities are;:lopk-
ing •to tbe day ,wheri they can be
out in the more hire. areas and
freSh air; and when executives
of large industries are working
to deCeritralize and get relit to
Smaller towns where traffic and
labour 'Problems are:Much more
faVorable:-.
•, .
• I am sure everyone will agree
that. to .discontinue thii. passen-
ger Service wOuld..fbe a.. definite(
handicap to the:se cotrimunities. It
would isolate Otir Owns, and: V4i1.7-
agea regardless of what bus and
truck services there Might be,
,particularly in winter time when
,.train Serviee' is abSolutely essen-
tial, and it .is •the duty of. every
one of. us to' see that *6- retain
this';'S'eSice
reports of efficiency .e4erts re-
lattlitig-. the- t.M.RHiot-'Imaking
any money in this particular
area: Let 'w labour under no
false ,illnsiOns. that to eut' put
these. 'trains would help your
taxes, :becalthe it would no 'save
any one of us a dollarinyears':
:The .ra1lwaY was. giver; a fran-
chise to give us service and that
is all we are asking, ,This csini-
munity has paid many dollars tO-
wardi the defitits of the
.and , Will likely have. to cant**
to do So at least until thegovern.
'rent deCides to act and put he
,C,N.R. on a 'proper. capitalization
. .
bai.s.; based ..on a • fair. Value -'of
•assets and not on the terrifically
inflated capital nOw improPerly
• charged. againSt it. I think that*
the, excess ihOtild be transferred
1-o %here belongst-otir -national
debt. Then with proper capitaliz-
'ation let Us see' what our ,C.11.11.
eXecutives, can. do. Let uS'put
them in apOsitiOn to be cornared
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tAsk for your copy of, "Peison
' your neighbourhood branch„, todAy.
' There's no obliga!ion.excetst lo vosirself.
ANKOF MONTREAL
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