The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-11-06
DIRECTOR FIGHTER SAYS NORTH
COAST COMPANY is A
PRIVATE COMPANY.
It May Push Across Continent Alone
or Join With Gould or Some
Other System.

ina, one of the directors Of the
North Coast road mas made the posi-
| tive announcement that the new
company that has asked for a fran
chise through the streets of Walla
Walla, is not backed either by Hill.
Hartman or any other big railway
system, but is strictly an independent
| corporation. In an interview Mayor
| Fechter said:
| 1.-The North Coast is absolutely in
| dependent of all other railways. So
! far there have been no steps taken to
connect with any of the other sys-
TENS. We are no more connected with
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
| than the farmers of this valley. The
| men of the North Coast are able to
finance the road for a new transcon-
| tinental line if they wish, and their
standing is such that neither Harri-
! man nor the Northern Pacific can
keep them from accomplishing the
work if they see fit to take it up.
You might know we are not Of the
Hartman party from the fact that
we are working through Walla Walla
and the Blue mountains, and if we
were going to connect with the
Union Pacific We would make a much
closer connection than by that route.
1T may be that later On the North
Coast will join the Gould system,
but at the present time there is no
connection between the two. 1t may
entirely new system across the CONT
nent, but it is more than likely that
we will connect with one of the exist
ing systems"
There have been no new develop
ments in Yakima since the first of
the week. Extra forces Of men have
been put to work grading along the
Natchez valley and corps of sur
veyors is working between North
Yakima and Sunnyside. The COM
pany is still purchasing small tracts
of land in and near this city, prepa-
ratory to building the round house,
station and car shops.
Working on West Side.
Ira C. Webb and a force of Is sur
veyors are now at Morton near Cne-
halls They are said to represent the
North Coast road and are fully
equipped with ample supplies for a
good start at a winters work. They
will work from Morton toward Cow
litz pass, through which the North
Coast hopes to reach the Sound coun-
try.
Pacific Engineers at Work.
Chief Engineer Darling, of the
Pacific railway, generally believed to
be the line that will bring the Chi
cago Milwaukee & st. Paul to the
coast, stated to a Seattle reporter
that other surveying parties are to
follow the one sent out from Seattle
Friday to locate the pass for the
road through the Cascades.
where these parties will make the
point of OPERATION said Mr.. Darling,
las we are simply looking for the
best pass through the mountains. We
now have two parties Of surveyors
in the field and other parties will fol-
low
Until this pass is determined
nothing can be done in the matter of
construction. 1t is the intention to
that work may be commenced as
early as possible in the spring, and
it is probable that two or three addi-
tional parties of surveyors may be
placed in the field soon.
1.-THE railroad will be built, and it
will be one of the best lines through
the Cascades"
BeIIingham Promises Money.
The Bellingham chamber Of COM
merce has adopted plans to inaugu-
rate a campaign for raising $1,400,O00 |
in land and cash as bonus, which it
is proposed to give for a railroad
built eastward from Bellingnam
across the Cascade mountains through
northern Washington to Spokane.
The proposed line would be about