, 1890-04-10
TWO TRAINS DAILY
An Important Change Upon the
Lines Of the Union Pacino
Railway.
Arrival in the City Of Measrs.
Smith. Holcomb. Loo and
Other Officials.
They Are on n Tour Of Iuspec-
tion. and Will Visit
tho Mines.

Beginning May 10 the Union Pa
cine viii place q double passenger
trnin service on Its line between this
city and Portland. The schedule
has not yet been arranged, but 1t IA
know n that one train will depur. In
the morning and one In the EVEN
ing. This Information will be pleas
ing 20 the people OF the Palouse and
Walln Wnlla valleys. IL will enable
The REVIEW to lay the news Of tile
world before its readers upon the
day OF publication and Will be the
means OF greatly encouraging and
increasing the trade relations Of Spo-
kane Falls aud the great grain-pro-
ducing sections OF Eastern Wash
ington.
II wanted few minutes Of o
o'clock Sunday night when engine
No. 5i8, with Engineer AIalterner
In charge, drew up to the spokane
Falls station OF tho Union Pacific.
IL was a special train that this
engine had In tow, bearing the
chief officials Of the road on their
tour Of inspection. The train,
which was I'm charge Of Conductor
Y. N. Bettinger, consisted OF
three ears, pamely: Vice President
w. III. Holcomb's, General Manager
G.. J. Smiths, and ChiefConstructor
j. =. CamerOn's.
In these cars werc Vice President
w. u. uolcomb, General Manager
q. J. Smith, Chief Constructor J. s.
Cameron, Gcneml Passenger Agent
Thomas w. Lee, Assistant General
Manager Edward Lyons, DivisIcn
Engineer Robert w. McCleliand;
John Hewitt, master mechanic;
Charles Thurlow, capitalist;
III. Vanderberg, general roadrnaster.
The gentlemen were all accom-
panied by their families, and the
ladies seemed much pleased with
the country, 20 they informed a RE-
VIEW reporter who visited the cars
soon after their arrival
WHAT fIoLcoMB SAYS:
Vice President w. ii. Holcomb,
when seen by a REVIEW reporter,
said
sour arrival here IL purely ON a
tour ofinspection Of the road. We
are Obliged each year to make n tour
of inspection, and ~ to my presence
Spokane Falls having anything to
do with railroad developments, It
will not" N
"How about the Mullan tunnel,
Mr.. Ii0lcomb?' the reporter asked.
eve shall not build that at pres
ent. Our road runs now TO Mullhn,
and will not be pushed for some
time yet, M we are not quite ready
to extend the road any further In
that direction, as II \ nov only
three miles from where the tunnel
will begin"
"Hnve the losses OF the road the
past winter been very heavy?n
"Ses, we did have heavy loss.
As you may know, the past winter
has been a. very severe one, and
blockades have been numerous, ai-
though the company has
done everything possible to
avc.d them. But next year
we shall be better prepared 10 handle
the severe snow storms than wo
were last year. Then, again, we
had to handle morc territory the
past winter than in previous years,
owing TO the company having leased
the Oregon Short Line"
GENERAL. MANAGER SMITH.
The reporter next interviewed MIR.
G. j. smith, general manager OF the
road. In answer TO the reporters
question as TO what his presence in
the city meant. Mr.. Smith answered:
"Cur trip here means nothing
more ti,nn IL Il our annual inspec-
tion OF the road. We left Portland
saturday night, coming direct
through. Before our return home
we shall visit the CGur d'Alene dis
trlct for the purpose OF giving our
guests view OF these famous
mines. Since our departure from
Portland wo have had "a very pleas
ant time. We shall return some
time during the latter part of the
week.
"Then, Mr.. Smith, your trip here
has nothing whatever 10 do with
rallroads?n
''No, with the exception Of what
| have already informed YOU We
shall not extend our road beyond
Mullan vet, aud as to the report
that we were To make Ulmafilla
The crew station instead
of Pendleton, which Is now the sta
tion where the crews change, IL is
not true. The report has not one
III OF Foundation, having been
originated by some train hand"
'sHow about the report that PEN
dleton is to be madea n supply station
for the main line from Huntington
10 Portland?n was asked.
az have heard no such report, and
II there were such n station to be
made / should certainly know some
thing about IT,"
MIR. LEE TALKS.
General Passenger Agent II. w.
Lee said to the reporters:
commencing ON May 10 the
company will place in operntlon be-
tween Spokane Falls and Portland
a double passenger service. This
has long been agitated, but we
thought 1t not advisable 70 put
a double train on until we
were sure that IL would
nav; but spokane having increased
In population so inst and the de-
mand for the trains being so euor-
nous. we decided that ON our num-
lner time tables We would add the
double service.
~ am much pleased in the man
ner In which this city has grown
since the Ere, and ! predict great
for 1t. The road h now
In good condition, and from WHIST
hear, II large number of people urc
daily arriving In the city. 10 be
sure we have met with sOlne losses
the past winter, but then all the
ro;,ds have, ana u
was c:.hed by something that we
pould not possibly avoid. Trains
ire now running on time"
General Passenger Agent Lee.
like the Others, stated that the ub-