A Reasonable Explanation

Editor of iba Courier: !)■■::■ Sir: - I notlced i few days ago, ín the ('í)ui i -r, a. Bomewttat ssvere critlalaaa upon ili' in -iii.-i.u ■ment of the Toledo Aiiü Axbor and Nbrth Michigan Railrcj.ii!. t i h ■ time ol the firo a Mil ni. tli comjany declined to mji ■i special train, and carry to xlie relief of tliet Hre rtrlcken village, ïnuch neede 1 teïp irom oúr Hre departmentHal tlit' iaeta tneo as the Courier w.-ks i ïform ■(!. and, doubtlese, b.'lievel thern to bs, I think eritlsism w-a jusi. In the bellei tha.t there waa o místate Bomewhere, and in the interest of tbs trutli, I attempted to learn. for myaeU wka.t the ï'aets were, ani this seema to be wliat there was of it. Application was made to tlte employés of the road here, who had na authority in surh unexpected emergency, and tho.v feit that they eouM do no more than foliow the only instructionii they knew of. Th ose instructions had no refsrence to eases of emergency. It so ha.pponi'd that nelther Mr. Ashley, or a.ny other official of the road eould 1 instantly reached, or cnmnmnicated witli, and Ivfore theproper officials could li ■ reached, the eiiHTíírncy had past. During the course of investigatiorc I ca.ii'Mi the attention of Mr. H. W. Aehley, General Manager of the roaö to the matter and reeeived i'rom hiru the fcUowing reply: "I have not Itad' any appKcatioa," said he, "to próvido any feli'f s Tvice from Ann Arbor. Ir must li iv' l '-n durlng my absepce. It has iiot lx1:1!! reported to me. T am always ready to juin communitiee,. whom tbl rood servas, wheo serrieea for prot".-tion from the elementa is nccessaiy. and. when such service i grat-ultous on the part of charitabte citlaens, I will provide such transportation free. If I am not here, and paynifiit i demanded by employés, I ■vill rrfimd the money. This is o-uicufit-om at all points on the line." Ortainiy the officials, so far as 1 know, have been cHspoeed to deaï fairly by our pepole. We have iorsevera] years past been putting forti considerable effort to bring our towrt ti 1hr favorable no tico of the vorid at la raje. We have even votetl t tax ourelvi's to boom the tom. What we have b?eTi fcrying to do iiï a somewhat noisy mannér, the T. & A. has been dotng in 1 more sïleirt,. but not the less effieacious way. They have quietly named the road the Aan Arbor Raad. They have hetween one and two thousand cars upon each oí wliich Ann Arbor int prlnted DOW, or leins printed a rapidly a possible. They mak connection with 13 roa-ds, and by tarry-ing relations with others, these car are sent to every parfc of the United States. A gentleman told me tbe o-ther day of being in Santiago, Cal., not. long sinee, and ha ving occasion to ro to the depot he Baw, standing upo the track, au Ann Arbor car and feit he had niet au oíd íriend. Whiic we are prond of tiie Michigan Central, and would do what we i-ould tu advance its intoreets, Btill, I think the Ann Arbor road is doing more ivery day to spread tin' name and anw of our jity tban the Central bat ever done. Respectfully yours, A. J. BAWYEIU The Presbyterlan ehurcb ha the argest gallery in the city and the Inroest in the state outside of Derolt. owing to the increase ot theuidimce, tdie gaBery has to be ocüpled. Last Sunday mornlng 'iU lastoï st.-ir.'d Hiat $250 vas nrodeiï r ïiov cushlons, bibtee aad liyran ooks. Whea the collrction boaes vcrv ]iasscii, carde carne in piedgipg lic whoíe amount. Xi'xt Sunday afternoon at foui 'clock a meeting will ba held in Hsciplrs church lor the purpoae i rganlzing au Engllah Lutheran Sun ay school, wlth the expectatio Btabllshing in the near future nn ïngllfih Lutheran church. The deed f such a movcment has long rxii (1 and it is urgently requeated that 11 Englieh LutheraiMi among fitiSDB and students, as M-ell as all Uiers wh(i muy be iat'-restcd. will tentlfy themselvea with the work ■om the beginning. All are cordially ivüted. The Dlsclples church lias een generously offered for the use f the Sunday school.