The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-05-29
RAILROAD To DAYTON.

Inc Dayton Aens of May 22d furu-
'shes US the account following of rail.
road operations projected by Willard
and associates in its locality:
MIR Willard. President of the ORR
n 20 caine ~ Dayton. Tuesday after.
noon, at The requcs; of our r.ilroad
committee.
tn the evening the Dayton Cornet
Band played several of their choice
pieces IN front If the CoIumbi. Hotel.
and were complimented on their play.
ing and were t.id by Mr. Willard that
ne hoped that they would have the
pleasure OF welcoming the first locomo
u to Dayton before . great while
Mr. Willard was very hoarss and de.
ciIned TO address the large connourse of
citizens that assembled in front of the
hotel. So he was waited on by the
railroad coinmittee previously appoint.
Ell. ut the Pc Tors of the Colum bia
H"tel. He expressed desire TO meet
number OF our leading eitizeus, which
desire was accorded with aud about
fifteen OF our leading business men
associated with the committee. The
wants OF our people and their willing.
-asss TO furnish free right Of way. etc.
for a railroad was then stated TO Mr.
Willard by E r Burk on behalf Of the
committee.
Mr Willard then stated that h. bal
been advised Of the advantages of our
country. and cur grain producing facil.
ties and that he would cay il was the
inir"tion Of his company to build .
branch line t. Dayton. provided our
CIT zeDs wou.d guarantee them free
right Of way and grounds enough on
~L.ch to build aid lscate depot.
Those two Z. quiremen,s were pledg-
ed ny those present.
He said, further, that he thought the
survey would be mads in two or three
wes ks., That next week force Of five
hundred men would commeuce work on
the Whitman county line ~ Texas
Ferry. That within go or 80 DAYS the
read down the Columbis to the Dalles
would be graded aud then there would
be one thousand men aud Ave hundred
horses put on this side. and the gra ling
OF the main line from Grange City to
Wslla Wslla. and the branches ND the
Pataha and to Dayton would bs com i.
msncei and the work rapidly pushed.
Owl g to the fact that the N P r r Co
and his own company would have such
great amount OF materiai and rolling
stock come up the river this season il
would be Doubtful IL the road could be
completed and stocked before spring;
but he would promise that it should
be .,npleted within year from now.
(Aud then did mt the boys feel happy?)
He said that all their roads would be
standard gage; that the gage of the
road from Walla Walls to WalIuls
would be changed next winter AID that
the cars would be running from Wal
lula to Umatilla in 30 days; that the
road tn the Dalles would be completed
this stasop. Next year they would
build road over the Blue Mountains
and Grand Ronds Valley. aud within
i've years he tho. ght they would have
a road connecting with the Union Pa
ci6c. He said that about 5000. 900
would be laid out in this country this
year by his company. aud as much
more next year. and that they had
plenty of money to lay out as loag -
they coald pay interest on the money
,nvssted not ut 2 or per cent. psr
month. but z or y per cent. per amman;
and that on that account aud being
alive to the interests and development
OF this country. they would place their
rates Just az low ~ possible. But that
for = year or SO the rates from hese
would be about the same ~ Wslla
Walla pays now-bnt would be reduced
! after that time. He then spoke OF why
it WAS To thsii interest to build up. End
develop thi, country; but that they
wosld not over reach thsmsel YES.
Mr. Willard is = very pleasant gen.
tlsmsn aud was listened to by our
committee and citizens with great in.
/ terest. The next morning he was taken
in carrisge tn one Of the hills near by
our town. and from which Q vast amount
of our cosnty coald be seen. He ex-
presred his surprise and delight ut
seeing the vast plain Of wheat grewing
land on every side, aud the exhaustible
forests Of timber which csn be brought
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