The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-24

prepare for the distribution of east
! and west bound traffic in five differ
ent ways. The ultimate object to be
reached in this vast expenditure, is to
/ cheaper the cost of moving a ton OF
freight from the east to the Pacific
! coast. The science of railroad oper-
alton as practiced by Hill has ever
been to achieve the maximum Of eff
cheney at the minimum of expense.
From the one hundred miles Of side
tracks and storage yards in Pasco will
be sent in six ways the east and west
bound traffic that flows through this
place already at a rate Of 100000 tons
per month or even more. New brick
round houses and machine shops are to
be erected at cost of several hundred
thousand dollars and the entire aspect
Of this old town is to be changed.
Within eighteen months, according to
the information secured from
We'll lllOTUlCu ANOIIACIA dCAAO
officials, several hundred trainmen will
be employed here regularly when the
terminals are finished. The payroll
will exceed 100000 per month from
this source alone. Verify, it seems as
if the ancient by-word, keep your
eye on Pasco," originated in the hal
cyon days of 1890, will yet have some
significance.
Pasco Looming Up Strong.
Railroad men say that Pasco will be
the Galesburg, ILL.,, or the Ell Paso,
Tex, of Washington. This is because
of the fact that Hill has approved
plans to make Pasco the distributing
center for a tremendous volume of
traffic. One division already estab
lished is that between Pasco and Sc
attic, crossing the Cascade mountains
westward. The second division is the
Pasco-S Spokane section of the main
line. The third is the Pasco-Walla
Walla line, formerly known as the
Washington and Columbia River Ry
! Through this the Hill system can reach
the Union Pacific main lines east to
valley states.
The fourth spoke from this great
traffic wheel of which Pasco is the
center, will be the main line of the
north bank system reaching Portland
by water grade down the Columbia
river Work on this division is being
rushed with all possible speed. Be-
| fore the grade crews had finished the
the entertainments for the single track
line, Hill engineers were scurry1ng
| down the right-of-way driving stakes
| for a double track, which will be laid
| twenty-five miles each way from the
Pasco and Vancouver terminals. The
extra track is required to enable pas
senger trains to make 20 per cent
faster time than is now possible on any
of the main Northern lines reaching
tide water on the Pacific coast.
1t mas been Hills boast that the
north bank line from Pasco to Vancou-
yer down the Columbia river would be
the finest in the entire west. To carry
this out money has been spent in most
lavish manner and a drive Of twenty
miles over the right of-way will prove
to any investigator that Hill has made
his boast good.
The fifth spoke of Pasco's traffic
wheel extends easterly on the north
bank of the Snake river-the Pasco-
Riparia line, On which work is being
pushed with all possible haste. For six
teen years the north bank of the Snake
fight between o. r. & N. and N. p in
terests. The famous "gentlemen's
agreement" made some years ago be-
tween Hartman and Hill, provided
that neither should enter the ricn re-
gion between Riparia and Lewiston
and the Cul de Sac and Grangeville
region Of Idaho.
This agreement was shattered
year ago this month when Mr.. Harri-
man arrived in New York from a sixty
day trip to the Orient. On that famous
occasion, Mr.. Hartman was inter-
viewed by a reporter in New York.
Said he:
1.-THE country is ripe for an era of
competitive railroad building, and the
Union Pacific system is in as good
condition or better, than any of it's
rivals for that sort of a campaign"
When shown Mr.. Harriman's state
ment, Mr.. Hill said: II am glad that
Mr.. Hartman is feeling so well after
his journey through the Orient"
The twelve months intervening have
been fateful for the northwest Harri-