The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-11-07
RAILWAY SUITS
ARE ON TRIAL
NORTH COAST NORTHERN PACIFIC
Condemnation of Tracts of Land! Is
vigorously Opposed - 'FRONT.'
nent Railroad Men Present.

Car shops and a round house will
ing to statement made Monday
by r. E. Strahorn, president of the
North Coast Railway company, who
was testifying in behalf of his COM
pany in The condemnation suit insti
tuted against til Northern Pacific
Railway company. Mr.. Strahorn
n.ade this declaration in reference to
a question of b. S. Grosscup of Ia
coma, general western counsel of the
Northern Pacific, inquiring of what
use his company intended to make of
the tract sought to be condemned
Three condemnation suits have
been commenced by the North Coast
ag inst the Northern Pacific. One
tract is at Parker Siding, another ut
Union Gap and the other. which was
the one before he court yesterday, in
the southern part of the city.
The case yesterday was vigorously
contested and at o'clock the plain
tiffs had not completed their case.
The Northern Pacific is represen ed
by B. S. Grosscup and Ira p lngle
TART. Among the Northern Pacif
officials in attendance were Vice
President Levy, General SuperinteY
lent Palmer. Division Superinten
dent Beamer and others The Mort
Coast attorneys are II. ]. Snively
and Mr. Danson of Spokane. Besides
Mr. Srahorn other North Coast Off
rials in attendance We're \. G.
Smith. the secretary OF the com pany,
and +. l.. Pittman assistant cn@,n
ee"
Mr.. Strahorn testified that the
company had acquired in The city
limits a strip of land $500 feet long
and 800 feet wide
Glow many feet of main line and
sidines will that give you?" enquired
Mr.. Grosscup.
81 cannot say" answered Mr. Stra-
horn. " for this would be a question
for the engineers"
"Have YOU ever had any practical
experience in the operation of rail
~oad or railway or civil engineer
ing?" asked the Northern Pacific at
torney.
81 have not" responded Mr.. Stra-
| horn.
"Yorr principal business with the
oo"nanv is the financial end. is i
not" was the next question.
at is not" said the president Of
the North Coas'
NJ. St"ahorn declared that he was
Of the opinion that his road would
require about the same amount of
trackaee here as the Northern Pa
cific.
From the testimony of F. l.. Pitt
! man. chief engineer of the company
it is evident that the company en-
,ects to have much traffic at North
Yakima, because he stated that the
company desired from fifteen to sew
nnteeh miles of trackage. He testi-
Fed that the tract SOUGHT 20 he con-
| demned would he used for storage
tracks and various Buildings. MI.
Grosscup was persistent in in
curing as to the nature of the build
ings. Pittman said that there would
| be coal bunkers, signal houses and
fuel houses.
Upon direct examination NJ. Pitt
man swore that he was assistant en-
gineer Of the North Coast Railway
company. The Northern Pacific at
torney asked why. If he was assistant
anginee" he SIGNED lntters addressed
% tho No"thern Pacific engineer as
chief engineer of the NortA Coast.
| He replied that the title was prob
ably placed there nv tie stenograph-
or and that he had signed the letters
| Inadvertently as chief engineer. Mr..
! Pittman also testified that he was
chief en- gineer of the North Coast
| Railroad COMPANY a separate cOrDOr-
alton from the North Coast Railway
company.
When an adjournment was taken
Mr.. Pittman was still on the stand. 1t
will probably require several days to
complete the hearing.