Railroad Blunder Leaves Fifty Stranded at Pullman
A college lecture and track meet left dozens of visitors without a ride home after a train company skipped the scheduled late-night pickup.
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PULLMAN, Wash., May 3.—An indignant crowd of Colfax and Moscow people were stranded in Pullman last night owing to a blunder of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company's operating department. The company agreed to furnish excursion trains to the track meet and lecture of Gov. Folk. The company advertised that the trains would wait until after the lecture and run each way to Moscow and to Colfax after the lecture. Prof. Barry announced the Moscow train would stop at the campus. About 50 people lined up and saw the train whiz by. The train for Colfax left Pullman at 8:25 o'clock instead of waiting until after the lecture, and about 25 Colfaxites were stranded at the depot. Prof. Barry says the college committee is not to blame. He paid the expenses of those who missed the trains and sent Judge Canfield and a party of Colfax people home in an automobile. He will try to collect expenses from the railroad.
“About 50 people lined up and saw the train whiz by.”
Public transit reliability remains a central concern for regional connectivity in Washington. Today, the regional transit landscape has shifted from private rail excursions to the complex coordination of bus and light rail systems, but the frustration of being left behind by a schedule remains a timeless civic grievance.
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