ADMIN GENERAL Correspondence External1921 L & N Railroad

Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 05: ADMINISTRATION GENERAL
Correspondence External1921
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company

TRAIN TROUBLES ; ADMIN GENERAL Correspondence 1921 L & N Railroad

Angela Melville Album II, Part I. Laden [Dillon ?] train station. [melv_II_album_008.jpg]

TAGS: administration correspondence, 1921, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, Cumberland Valley Division, L & N Railroad, Hannah Lee Chapter D.A.R., flag stops, Bill of Lading, free transportation passes, electric piano, Katherine Pettit, Ethel de Long Zande, railroad schedule changes, D.E. Essary, railroad agents, railroad officers, R.D. Pusey, O.H. Pernell, Don K. Price, Edward S. Jouett

ADMIN GENERAL Correspondence External 1921
Louisville & Nashville Railroad

December 10, 1920 – November 29, 1921

1920

001 December 10, 1920. To “Sirs” at Pine Mountain Settlement School from Mable T. Ainsworth (Mrs. W. J.), Regent, Hannah Lee Chapter D.A.R., on letterhead for Ainsworth & Antes, Attorneys at Law, West Union, Iowa.

The Hannah Lee Chapter of D.A.R. has this week sent a box of clothing and other articles to the school, shipping it to Lackey, Ky., which we understood is your nearest railway station.…[D]ispose of them as you may see fit.

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005 January 22, 1921. To D.K. Price, Asst. Superintendent, Middlesboro, Ky., from C.J. Lieber, Asst. General Passenger Agent on letterhead for Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. Per Mrs. Zande’s request about stopping trains at Laden, Lieber directs Price to instruct the train crews accordingly, and to send Mrs. Zande the Laden train schedules. Copy to Zande.

004-004a January 24, 1921. Two-page carbon copy of a notice from R.D. Pusey, General Passenger Agent, Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, Louisville, Ky., [004] to “Gentlemen” (as listed, including Ethel de Long Zande) advising that the Management of the L&N Railroad Company has approved an extension of two trains through to Middlesboro and a schedule change. [004a] Lists the times of arrival and departure for the trains 27 and 28 from Pineville to Middlesboro and to Lynch. Also, the Pullman Company temporarily would not be furnishing parlor cars for trains 22 and 23.

006 January 29, 1921. To Zande from D.K. Price, concerning Zande’s “request that Laden be established as a flag stop for our passenger trains.” He regrets telling her that Superintendent Hollingsworth “advised that he could not agree to the arrangement inasmuch as Laden is only 1.19 miles from Dillon and it being contrary to our policy to establish passenger stops closer than two miles.”

008 January 29, 1921. A note to Edward Jouett, Law Department, L & N Railroad, from KP (Katherine Pettit), thanking him for the annual pass.

005a January 30, 1921. [Carbon copy on reverse side of 005 letter.] To Mr. Pusey from EZ (Zande), thanking him for “the consideration you showed all of us as we presented our various grievances…and more grateful to you than we can express for giving us a stop at Laden.” In closing, Zande writes:

That meeting was an unusual experience for me. I have never shared in the rather noisy deliberations of so large a group of men before, and I imagine no one observed with more interest and admiration than I did, your own marvelous chairmanship of that meeting.

007 February 7, 1921. To Mr. Price from EZ (Zande), expressing disappointment concerning Hollingsworth’s decision. She presents statistics “for your consideration in case you should feel you could take it up with him again.”

003 February 7, 1921. To the Freight Agent, Lackey Freight Station, from EZ (Ethel Zande), asking him to re-send a box of clothing for PMSS from the D.A.R. chapter to Baxter.

002 February 8, 1921. To Mrs. Ainsworth from EZ (Zande), informing Ainsworth that she will have the Lackey agent re-ship the box to Baxter, the nearest shopping point to the School. “Our neighbors are perfectly delighted to be able to swap eggs and wool and yarn for secondhand clothing.”

009 February 23, 1921. To Edward Jouett, Law Department, L & N Railroad, from EZ (Zande), asking for a 10-day pass for Emily Hill to travel between Dillon and Louisville.

010 March 9, 1921. To Mr. Jouett from Mrs. Zande, thanking him for two passes for Nora Howard and Emily Hill.

011 May 23, 1921. To Mr. Jouett, from Mrs. Margaret S. Manee, Secretary, requesting railroad passes for two “ailing children” – Lillie Mae Combs (15 years old) and Morrison Redwine (6) — to travel to Children’s Free Hospital, Louisville, for treatment.
012 DUPLICATE of 011.

013 May 27, 1921. To Mr. J.F. Davis, Chief Clerk, L & N. Railroad Company, from Mrs. Manee providing further information concerning her May 23rd request for passes.

014 June 7, 1921. To Mr. Jouett from KP (Pettit), requesting a pass for Miss Miriam Kincheloe of Hardingsburg, Ky., who will be doing summer volunteer work at PMSS. Miss Pettit explains the urgent need for the passes.

015 July 11, 1921. To Mr. O.B. Hollingsworth, Office of Superintendent, L & N Railroad, Middlesboro, Ky., from KP (Pettit), asking for the schedule of trains bringing preacher Billy Sunday to Lynch.

016 July 28, 1921. To Mr. Jouett, from KP (Pettit), thanking him for the pass for Miss Kincheloe and asking for an adjustment to her pass.

017 August 18, 1921. To Mr. Jouett from EZ (Zande), thanking him for the pass for Boone Callahan and asking for a pass for Bradley Callahan to get treatment for his eyes.

018 August 23, 1921. To Mrs. Zande from E.S. Joett, V. P. & General Counsel, on L & N Railroad Company letterhead, sending a pass for Bradley Callahan.

019 September 1, 1921. To Mr. Jouett from EZ (Zande), thanking him for the pass for Bradley Callahan. “Bradley started off this morning, walking sixteen miles to the railroad, where he gets his train for Jackson…. We are thankful that the trachoma hospital is going to put him in good shape at once.”

022 September 14, 1921. (Copy to Miss Pettit) to Don K. Price from Mr. Burnell, Agent, L & N Railroad Company, Lynch Mines, Ky. He describes PMSS after having visited the School and the railroad problems the School has experienced. He asks the Agent to correct “these irregularities.”

020 September 16, 1921. To Mr. Jouett from KP (Pettit), requesting a pass for Mrs. F.E. Matheny of Berea, who will help in the PMSS weaving department.

021 September 17, 1921. To Mr. Don K. Price, Asst. Superintendent, L & N Railroad, Middlesboro, Ky., from E. [Evelyn] K. Wells, Secretary, asking if there is a “way in which the crew which handles freight and express on the two trains a day which run up the Poor Fork can be instructed never to deposit freight or express for the Pine Mountain School at Dillon, or Chad, or Poor Fork?” due to the expense, risk to the items, and inconvenience this causes.

023 September 19, 1921. To Mr. Burnell, from KP (Pettit), expressing appreciation for his letter to Mr. Price and welcomes him to visit PMSS again along with Mr. Price.

024 September 20, 1921. To E.K. Wells, Secretary from Price on L & N Railroad Company letterhead, responding to his request concerning shipping freight to PMSS. He suggests that those companies which are making the shipments to PMSS should understand that shipments should be made to Baxter and the items marked accordingly.

025 October 3, 1921. To “Gentlemen” at PMSS from H.T. Lively, Freight Claim Agent on L & N Railroad Company Law Department letterhead, concerning damage to a crated electric piano and two boxes of records for the Harlan Public Schools and therefore refused by PMSS. He states that the piano was “damaged when shipped by you….” and, to avoid accumulating Harlan storage charges, that the matter is resolved promptly with agent J.H. McLean in Harlan.

026 October 5, 1921. To “Sir” at PMSS from D.E. Essary, Agent, on L & N Railroad Company letterhead, advising quick action on the stored electric piano and records.

027 October 6, 1921. To L & N Railroad Agent, Baxter, Ky., from E.K. Wells, PMSS Secretary, stating that the piano had already been delivered to the addressee, Mrs. John Carter, in Harlan.

028 October 21, 1921. To Mrs. John Carter, Harlan, Ky., from KP (Pettit), who mistakenly thought the “pianola” was already delivered. She asks that Carter or Mrs. Bolinger get the piano out of storage and dispose of it. “It seems as if there must be somebody who would enjoy it, and there is no chance of our being able to use it here.”

034-034a October 24, 1921. To Mrs. Zande from Agent Pusey, enclosing a copy of the proposed schedule, marked where changes are needed, and asking for her approval.
035-035a October 25, 1921. To Mrs. Zande from Agent Pusey, who writes that the Operating Officers at Middlesboro are not in favor of the changes proposed in his October 24th letter and recommend an earlier schedule. He explains the situation and asks for her approval.

031 October 26, 1921. To Agent R.D. Pusey from EZ (Zande), suggesting that “the morning train to Pineville ran so that connections at Corbin with points north and south could be made.”

029 October 27, 1921. To “Sir” at PMSS from D.E. Essary, Agent, on L & N Railroad Company letterhead, asking for a reply to his October 5th letter.

032-032d October 27, 1921. Five-page carbon copy of a notice from Agent R.D. Pusey on L & N Railroad letterhead to “Gentlemen” (as listed, including Ethel de Long Zande), reviewing the train schedules as agreed upon at their Middlesboro conference on January 21 and necessary changes. On page 4 [032c], he mentions having telegraphed Mrs. Zande to explain the changes, which she in turn telegraphed her acceptance. He asks that the gentlemen advise their Chamber of Commerce members and representative citizens of the changes and seek their approval.

030 November 2, 1921. To Agent Essary, from K. Pettit, stating that Mrs. Carter has the piano. “We have heard from Mrs. Carter that she has it and is using it.”

033 November 5, 1921. Carbon copy of letter to “Gentlemen,” (as listed, including Ethel Zande), from Agent Pusey, thanking them for their cooperation in the adjustment of schedules. He encloses a memorandum that shows the proposed schedules and describes several additional changes.

036 November 5, 1921. To Mrs. Zande from Agent Pusey, who is sending her the results of the correspondence concerning schedule changes. He is also working on her request to make Laden a flag stop.

037 Carbon copy of “PROPOSED CHANGES C.V. AND K&V DIVISIONS Effective November 15, 1921, listing the arrival and departure times of trains to and from Lynch, Benham, Harlan, Pineville, Middlesboro, and Corbin. Also mentioned: Harlan, Colmar, Ponza.

038 November 29, 1921. To Mrs. Zande from Agent Pusey, who regrets to report that the Operating Department advises “that it will not be feasible at this time to make the stop at Laden.” Copies to Russell and Price.