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."
From
the station Novi Sad is 53 kilometers, Belgrade is 129 kilometers, and Subotica
is 49 kilometers away. A twelve
person train comes and goes daily. The
express train is included with it. From
our station a "Vizinal" (local) train went out to Backa Palanka.
The first passenger train operated on this stretch on the 20th of October
1896. This line formerly served
mainly as the connection to the main stretch but lost its importance in the new
state so that the traffic from Feketitsch to Kula since 1931 was left out
altogether. What little time the
distant location of the station lost, work and expenses already demanded, likely
converted the cash value to produce a dizzying high total.
By 1935 our train station for Feketitsch and Sekitsch wound up with the
following traffic: 24,229 tickets were issued, 1038 freight cars came, 777 have
left. It is worth mentioning
that in the last few years the freight traffic has drastically reduced.
Partially because the turnover for the sake of
"Kriese" was smaller, but mainly through it, because the
drivers with their horse drawn covered wagons could present the train with
competition.
