In comparison to today, traffic nearby and in the distant surroundings was very
little in the old days.
In good weather there was work in the field.
In rainy weather the roads were, and still are today, generally not
drivable. Frequently the wagon
broke at the axle in the muck, mainly at the end of the village where the roads
went out of the village. The roads driven on the most were those to Novi Vrbas and
Kula. There on the canal the grain
was transferred to the merchants.
Much of the grain was not necessarily for sale.
One also did not need much cash, taxes were paid in kind, and claims were
small. The relatives from the surrounding neighboring villages
looked forward to attend Kirchweih or a good toboggan trail in the winter time,
to go merrily from Crvenka to Feketitsch, from Sekitsch to Schowe, etc.
There
was already postal traffic in the old days.
Up to the year 1856 the mail was delivered only twice a week.
However this route did not pass Feketitsch but delivered from Subotica
(Maria Theresiopel) over to Topola, Mali Idjosch, Novi Vrbas, and on to Neusatz.
The mail carriage driver drove this way with the mail carriage which also
served as passenger transport for travellers.
At each postal station the horses were changed so it could continue on.
The mail carriage always had to be accompanied by well-armed soldiers
because the mischief of robbers flourished in incredible numbers.
Until 1870 Feketitsch was part of the Mali Idjosch postal district.
One could only send or receive money in Peterwardein, Sombor, or
Subotica. Postage was high and had
to be paid in cash. Besides that the mailman received 2 Kreuzer for a letter and
1 Kreuzer for a card or a newspaper. There
have been postage stamps since 1850. In 1855 the Mali Idjosch post office received 10 newspapers a
day for three communities. The
riding messenger brought the mail to the community.
The church servant, Friedrich Roß, had to carry the mail for the church
chancellery to Mali Idjosch. In 1870
Feketitsch received its own post office. The
opening of the railway made the postal traffic ever more brisk. Before
the World War the mail came twice a day and was delivered morning and afternoon.
Today we receive the mail once a day. - Our post office is the telephone
and telegraph station at the same time.
Today 70-100 German daily newspapers were read in Feketitsch and besides
that there were 25 German weekly newspapers and 15 German journals and
magazines. 260 letters and cards
are received daily. In 1935 around
260 letters were registered. There were 101 radio reception sets at the time, and seven
people owned telephones.
The retailer of the German newspapers is Filipp Peter.
The railway, which celebrated its first 100 years in 1925, gave traffic a
tremendous push.
However it wasn't until 1870 when the first stretch of rail was
placed in the Batschka from Subotica over to Sombor.
The Subotica - Novi Sader Line was opened in 1883.
This train actually should have gone to Srbobran and the Feketitsch
station was to be in the vineyards next to the village.
This was also the shortest way. However
Werbaß obtained it, so a second railway was planned which passed through our
village on the west side from there to Old Verbaß.
Also there was discontent because the train went up to the back door of
Neu Werbaß with the help of their representatives while our train station lay 4
kilometers from the village. Of
course, our station could have been brought closer by the historical management
of negotiations and the great sacrifices of the community.
However, one saw the advantage that the railroad clearly still did not
offer enough. Feketitsch paid 5000
Guilders for the train and 11 1/3 chains of field were still needed for the
train to proceed through our "Hotter" (border meadow).
Mali Idjosch paid about 7000 Guilders, but Sekitsch gave no Kreuzer for
it. Instead they kept it in case
they had to pay for something if the original plan was carried out.
Neuverbaß paid 26,000 Guilders. Mali
Idjosch had the train station next to the village with it (which was of course 5
kilometers away until 1914). Sekitsch
is 3800, Feketitsch is 4200 meters on the summer way.
On the 5th of March, 1883 at 3 o'clock in the afternoon the opening train
steamed into the station. The
train, decorated with wreaths, was received by a crowd of a thousand people from
the three communities. The station
was called Kisch-Hegyes, was changed to Hegyes-Feketehegy after a year.
After that Mali Idjosch received its own station and after all the
changes in names were made, today our station is called "Feketic-Sekic."
