The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-12-28
Commercial Club
Votes Funds to
North Coast
Decides TO Press Open River upon
Congress and Legislature.

The special meeting or the Com
mercal Club Wednesday evening
was largely attended. The ques-
tion OF the subscrip ions amounting
to $4,000 to secure the North Coast
Railway for Kennewlck was taken
up. President George F. Richard
son stated in delail the nesotsations
with the company, out lined the
different routes that at different
times had BEEN considered, stated
| that the Front Sire, route is the
one preferred by the North Coast
people. On call of Edward Shep
pard and other memb us of the Club
the letter from the North Coast En-
gineer F. L. Pilman covering the
points of tue proposition made by
tue road in detail was read. The
follow ing resolutions were thea
offered and after discussion and
slight change were adopted by the
| Club:
Resolved that L. +. johnson, Edw.
Sheppard, and H. s. Anon, he aid are
neleby appointed and authorized AS a
committee TO convert the subscriptions
to the North Coast Railway right-"f-
way fund into nOn-interest bearing
notes; each subscriber giving coh-
tract note whereby the subscriber
agrees to pay the amount. 10y him sub
J ,cribed, to the Treasurer of the said
North Coast Railway. within sixty
days 1901 after the inauguration OF
| train servl Z on the road of said conf
pany. to be constructed through Ken
! new i. k; said notes, 10y their own terms
TO become null aud void, and to be rt-
turnedt to the maker thereof If such
train service is not in actual operation
| from North Yakima to Walla Walla,
on said railroad within eighteen (lol
months from date of said notes.
j Be it further resolved: That the
above notes become null and void, and
! he returned to the maker thereof, pro-
| viding the said North Coast Railway is
! not IA competing road to the Northern
Pacific Railway.
! Be it further resolved, That said
notes are valid only, providing said
North Coast Railway parallels the
the Northern Pacific Railway through
the corporate limits of the town Of
Kennewick.
! Be it fur. her resolved: That the notes
so given be on printed forms and be
placed in escrow i'll the Exchange Bank
of Kennewick.
The following Open River reso-
lu,ions were read and adopted:
Whereas, Transportation is today
one of the most important questions
before the e 'ple OF this stale. aud 10y
a reduction in charges therefor the
producer and CONSUMER are benefitte
alike; and
Whereas, At all times AMI in all
countries experience has shown that
of all FERNS of transporta ION that
borne by water is the cheapest; and,
Whereas, The Columbia and Snake
rivers in this state rank amongst the
great waterways of the world, and
would, if properly improved, be nav''
gable for the entire year. and would
largely regulate the freight cnarges in
u vast area of the fertile and product
i've country, relieve the producers amt
C ,nsumeIs by natural means fiOu ex-
cessive charges, promote Industries,
increase transportation facilities 10y
making possible the building OF lines
of railway I" the river from interior
points. aud add to the prosperity OI
this aud other states; and
Whereas. The General Government
is now engaged in constructing locks
and canal between Big Eddy and C.
lilo in the COlutnbi. river; aud,
Whereas, The State of Oregon has
appi opriate ed and expended about the
sum of S3OOMW in securing rights OF
way for said locks and canal, and in
building, maintaining and operating a
: Portage Railway between said points
pending the completion of said locks
and canal, and
: Whereas, 1t has been demonstrated
that at all points where river cOmpeti.
tion is effective, freight rates are ma.
t-rially reduced, and the expenditure
of said sums toy the State of Oregon
, has been of equal. if not greater, bene-
fit to our citizens than to those of the
S ate of Oregon; and,
Whereas, BY the eXenditure of $3.50,
O,IU IN the Improvement of the Column