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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. American 05/12/1932Y ).'.r etc n- iei re ~~~ OS~ ~at- CO ttirday; Agents May Lose Situations~~ Lack of Business is [lesson ~ -" ra On. Saturday;. May 14, the local ii'- Southern Pacific depot and ticket ~f affiee will be ;Inserted.. for ~ the first a at time in -many years: Pursuant to ~ 'recent policy the' railroad company is closing all small ttations• where rd.` the volume of business will not pay is ~ the salary of .the agent. tee _ -1/ver since the railroad was bunt th tliirottgh this valley 'Cen;tral Paint Qp Itas had au ag6iit here,_~ i+or years all shipping ~s,by rail :and the ,lo- cal statton_ tdas• the. 'shipping place of+ of ttruch produce and livestock. But with. the coming of the paved htgh- 's`>,. ~:~.~uays and the improveme-rt of. truck '+ Ruanufacturei the .business of the ati.. rafh•oad company has steadily dwin- c:t - ~p` abed .unt-~1 .it has-almost reached the ~i at vanishing .point. The building of itt, tlig main Sine from .Eugene through ` tbe -Cascttcies took away =much traf- ~_ .fic ~ wl;icli ;formerly .came thte way. iTt ;:= •B;esides th8~ fYeight bfYice and pas- ~seriger:aicket~ office the local •braiach iii;. . Ej; -of;~lie Western Union will bo discon- r tuiued ~.Itt the- i''ittttre tetegratna for ~_ ~ Ceitttal Point wrill he-sent .ta_-Mod- C. P. Amrr ~ ,, •~ L `~ / c/ I- tp ford and forwarded eiih.er by tele- k phone or mail from there, Some mes- sages niay be delivered by special iaessengers. "The railroad has come to the I~ conclusion it can ud longer bear thei burden of co~ntinuinp, stations whera llli -the income is not~sufftcient to pay the agetit's salary"stated A. S. -Ron-~ eribaum, district treight and passen- ger agent, when interviewed by THE A1+IERICAN. -'•1Ve will continue to. take care of our Central Point bus-~ fneas and a phone call to Medford will bring a representative to Centrat + I'otnt ieho will arrange tickets„ checkbaggage and arrange to~.have~ any train stop here to take on pas-I sengera," said Mr. Rosenbaum. O: C. Purkeypile; ivha has been' local agent- here- f©r-a-~tuniber of years informs as he has made no definite plans Por, the future, but hopes, on account of his= Iopg ser- vioe °of 33 years, ~he will - be tratig- ferred to sozite other statton. FIe says Ile has hopes to going- to Gold Hill, where he served- as agent tor' several years. -