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Show Train Service Very Poor The State Teachers Convention at Sale Lake this week, one of the largest and most important of Utah's annual meetings, gave the local branch of the D. & R. G. railroad a rap that was richly deserved. As is a custom the convention a-dopted a-dopted resolutions extending thanks of its members to all persons, corporations, cor-porations, etc., including the railroads, rail-roads, which had extended courtesies to the membership, collectively or individually. While the resolutions were being discussed D. H. Robinson, principal of the Manti'High School, offered a vigorous objection to any such resolution if it included the Sanpete branch of the Denver & Rio Grande road. He based his objection objec-tion on the service extended by the ir,nci mart tn tlinsfi who were obliged to patronize it during the period of heavy travel this week, and at the time of other Teachers' Conventions. The objection found many supporters, support-ers, as the service was unusually poor this year, owing to the neglect in sending out cars enough to accommodate accom-modate the large crowd, and many-teachers many-teachers were angry because of having hav-ing been obliged to stand nearly all the way to Salt Lake. This action of the teachers in publicly pub-licly reprimanding the local road will meet with general approval through this section, as the treat ment offered the road's patrons this week was about what they get every time a crowd of any size travels over the branch. It is the rule rather than the exception on such occasions that many people stand during the entire trip, sometimes from Sevier county to Salt Bake. And the sanitary condition of the cars could well be included in any complaint made, as they are not always al-ways in the best condition from that atnndnoint. Showing the spirit of accommodation accommoda-tion and courtesy that prevails (occasionally, (oc-casionally, at leasO onions members of the local train crews, mention is made of the neglect of a conductor one day this week to take the trouble to walk the length of a car to deliver a letter to a supposedly dying man. The letter was of importance and had been handed to the railroad offical by the sick man's brother but was never delivered. |
