Monday, June 22, 1908 | The Globe (Toronto) | Page 9 |
A train cancelled.
Accident on Temiskaming & Northern Ontario.
Cobalt special, due in Toronto on Sunday morning, failed to arrive—New G. T. R. timetable not popular with North Bay people.
Special Despatch to The Globe.
North Bay, June 21.—The derailment of a steel gondola, loaded with fifty tons of coal, in a clay bank tied up the T. & N. O. Railway on Saturday night, and the Cobalt special, due in Toronto at 8 o'clock on Sunday morning, was cancelled and the passengers transferred to the new tourist train, which arrives at Toronto in the evening.
The new G. T. R. time-table in effect on the Toronto-North Bay line does not meet with the approval of the North Bay business men, particularly the cancelling of the express arriving at 6 p.m., known as the newspaper train, which is very convenient for fruit and produce shippers, and permits merchants to place perishable goods in cold storage immediately upon arrival. The cancelling of this train will mean that fruit and produce will have to remain in the express warehouse all night. The newspaper train was also very convenient for shoppers from nearby towns. who could visit North Bay, make their purchases and return their homes the same evening.
The Board of Trade considered the matter on Saturday evening, and a telegram of protest was sent to General Manager Charles M. Hays, which will be followed by a delegation in the endeavor to secure a better train service.
The opening of the new C. P. R. Toronto-Sudbury line is responsible for the new time bill of the G. T. R. During the tourist season Toronto morning papers will reach North Bay before noon on the tourist special, but after that, if the time-table is not changed, the paper will not be delivered until the following.
Railways: C.P.Ry., G.T.Ry., T. & N.O.Ry.