Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-08-24
Electric Street Railway Company
A Most Important Proposition.
FROM ABERDEEN TO HOQU1AM
By Trolley Car. 4 Park and New indus
tries to be Established Midway. VIII
Settle Location of the chief city
fGrays IIarbOr.


boz HES been attracting II good deal OF at
tcntion lately in fa'-sightcd financial CIR
crs. which promises to greatly acccier-
ate the po.rcss of this favored locality.
Among those recognizing the rapidly
growing inn o:tanCe OF the Giays iiarbor
towns is l.. G.. Dilman, OF Spokane and
New Yo X, who Las Il rational reruta-
to- as shrewd financier and a success
ful promoter # profitable Improvements.
On Il recent trip to the Harbor Mr.. Dill
man became impressed with the business
importance OF Aberdeen and lloqniam
and conceived the idea Of connecting the
twin cities with an electric railway.
Last evening Mr. pllman, accompanied
by Judge Frank Allyn, came down from
Tacoma to meet the citizens OF Aberdeen
to discuss the proposition, and, il ii was
iavorahly considered here and at TO-
GUAM, to organize and proceed To build
| the road.
4 meeting was called at the city coun-
ell room. and the large attendance showed
that the old Aberdeen spirit was not
wanting when proposition to aid the
progress OF the city was mooted The meet
i ~ organized by selecting J. J. Carney
as chaiiman and Ed Benn secretary. The
chairman briefly stated the object OF the
meeting and introduced Judge Allyn,
who, as attorney for Mr.. Dillman, pro-
ceeded to outline the plan proposed by
| that gentleman, which, briefly stated, is
this: TO build an electric railroad from
the Heron street bridge, Aberdeen, into
the city Of IIoquiam, crossing the iloqui-
am river on Il draw bridge. and, later, to
build such side lines in each city as the
traffic will justify. TO do this he will or
ganize the Twin City Electric Street Rail-
way Company, with capital stock OF
$1,000, in $1,000 shares OF s. each, 1900
shares OF which Is to be preferred stock,
upon which is to be paid Il per cent
annual dividend. This preferred stock
he askes be taken by Aberdeen and Ho
GUAM, who will be allowed majority OF
the directors to manage the road, the
subscribers to the stock not being re-
quired to paw for it until the contract is
let for the construction Of the road. The
franchises to he granted by both cities
will provide that the work OF construction
is begun in four months and the road in
running order in fourteen months. The
ompany will also ask donations OF real
estate from parties owning lands bene-
fitted by the road.
Col J. w. Toklas, j. c. Pearson, A. J.
West, N. w. Bush, Eugene France, I. w.
Mason, James Stewart, J. A. Hood and
G. Il. Bell discussed the proposition and
favored the idea. During the discussion
it transpired that Mr.. Dillman had in
view the establishment OF brewery, n
packing house and a racing park midway
between Aberdeen and Hoquam, which
would be OF great benefit to both cities as
we'll as the railway.
The following committee was appointed
to meet yesterday morning and arrange
for canvass of the city for subscriptions
to the stock and donations OF land: J. J.
Carney, Phil S. Locke, J. G. Pearson, +.
B. Benn, J. w. Toklas, Eugene France,
j. G. Lewis and N. G. kaufman.
This committee met yesterday morn.
ing with Mr.. Dillman, who outlined the
details given above and expressed him
self satisfied that the people of Aberdeen
fully appreciated the importance Of the
contemplated improvement. In short
time yesterday afternoon the soliciting
committee received subscriptions to over
200 shares Of stock, Samuel Benn head
ing the list for so shares, besides donat-
ing so lots to aid the enterprise.
There is no doubt that with the build
ing Of this road the experience Of Bel.
lingham Bay, on Puget Sound, will be
repeated. On that bay were two cities,
Whatcom and Fairhaven, with the town
of Sehome lying between. A trolley line
WAS built between Whatcom and Fair.
haven and in very short time the space
between the cities became built up so
that it is now difficult to tell where one
Of them ends and the other begins, and
consolidation is soon to be expected
that will give Bellingham Bay one OF the
most important cities on the Sound.
No onr doubts that there is to be an
important commercial city on Grays
Harbor, the location Of which will be
determined upon the completion Of the
improvement Of the entrance, and the
HERALD believes that the present propo-
, sition if taken hold of with the zeal its
importance should command, will give
the twin cities of Aberdeen aud HoQuiam
such an inn etus as to forever settle the
question OF The location of that city be-
yond cavil.