The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-05
MORE TRAIN SERVICE.
For coryallis-Plan for Morning and
Evening Train Over Westside.

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If all the run1ors afoot have a
foundation, Corvallis is shortly to
have better train service. A train
to leave Corvallis early in the morn
ing for Portland, and to, return N
the evening, giving the traveller a
large part of the day in the meIop-
oils, is, according to report, shortly
to go into operation over the West
side road. No confirmation of the
reports can be secured from an au-
thoritative source. Officials of the
company have been in town for two
or three days, but they decline to
give out information. They do not
say, however, that the rumors are
without foundation, and from this
fact, it is believed by those conver-
SAINT with the subject, that the de-
tails are now being worked out at
headquarters.
A fact that lends color to the
proposition, is that trainmen are dis
cussing the details. Railroad train
men always have way of finding
out things that are going on in the
official circles of their companies,
and it is not often that they are
amiss in their conclusions. This is
what they say about the details of
1.-The plan. The change is to be ex-
tensive in character, and involves
| the whole Westside system. The
purpose is to afford better Facilities,
not only for Corvallis, but for all
the towns along the westside. At
many points in counties to THE
northward, the way trains have been
run in the past has been such that
a considerable amount of traffic has
been lost to the company because
people travel to county. seats and
other important points by private
conveyance instead of by train. To
secure the traffic, and as a part of
la general system of development
land perfecting of train service on
the Westside, is the reason why the
company is making the change. By
1.-THE plan, it is proposed that two
Westside trains run into Portland or
the Jefferson street line; and two
via the old Westside route. The
early morning train out of Corvallis
: according to the trainmen, and the
same train out of Sheridan leav,
the Westside main line at Whiteson
land then take what was formerly
1.-THE narrow gauge line for the JEFF
ferson street station in Portland
The route is said to be II mile
shorter from Corvallis than is tn
main line. Two trains, one of then
! the noon train at Corvallis, are t
: run over the regular Westside lin
via Beaverton and Summit intQ tn
a Union depot at Portland, as now
The trainmen's account even goes t,
h the eextent of saying that the official
: at headquarters are now worklngo o
). the time card, and that it will nc
=, be long until the new schedule Wi
= be announced.
ii So far, nobody ventures to pre
dict what will be the leaving time {
- the new morning train out of Col
:, Wallis Some have the hour as earl
:, as four O. clock in the morning, an
= the arriving time, nine O'Clock i
# the evening. Others say it wi
- leave later and arrive earlier. 1t
>. claimed that the trip over the Je
!, ferson street line, because. .of tn
:, shorter distance, can be made j
. shorter time. than over the mai
- line, and that the schedule will n
"a duce the trip to probably four hour
a As stated above, no confirmat1o
= of the above statements can be 81
:, cured from an authoritative source
- The company is not ready to 81,
- out the information, and of cours
- - may not finally determine t
. make the change. Events nigl
a develop that would demolish tt
: plan altogether, and prevent tt
"A new train from going into operation
- = A different view, however, is take
- by those who have heard of tt
= lscheme.
IS Amber & Waters.