The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-11-26
WAR WITH NORTH
BANK TO BEGIN

Inauguration of through train ser.
vice on the North Bank load has al.
ready drawn the fire of the 0. Il. &
n, and the battle for business be-
tween tho new Hill line aud the staid
old Hartman road may now be said
to be ou in earnest, says the Portland
Telegram. Ii is learned that the
traffic officials of the o. X. & n. are
working out II new passenger schedule,
which will be announced shortly. 1t
calls for material reduction of run.
ming time between here and Spokane,
hut 1t is not stated whether the cut
will be enough TO meet the present
running time of l3 hours gnd 3j min
utes made by the Spokane, Portland
& Seattle between the two cities. The
o. IL, & n. now makes it in lG hours
and 30 minutes Inasmuch as it is in
terstate business, it will be close to
January | before the new time catd
can become operative, though it will
probably be announced within a week
or so.
That the Q. Il. & n, will eventually
be able to cut down the time suhstan-
italy is assured from the fact that the
Improvement Of road bed and track
age at a cost of sSl, 800, 900, with the
cutting down OF grades and reduction
of curves will give the road a splen-
did track between here and Riparia, a
distance Of 300 miles, but with a
handicap OF 81 miles between here
and the Falls City, it is doubtful if
the Hartman line will be able to
meet the North Banks time, try rs it
will.
Another interesting announcement
is that the days of the old kalama
ferry, which has been operated by the
Northern Pacific between Katama aud
GOble for the past % years, are nearly
numbered. 1t will be sent to the
boneyard within about 30 days, and
the Northern Pacific trains between
Portland and the Sound will begin US
ing the Kalama- Vancouver extension
and enter Portland over the two North
Bank bridges. This change will be
made just as soon as the KaIama OK,
tension has been worked down" a
little more.
1t is 0t entirely new construction,
most OF the y ork having been done
within tie past year. Heavy ballast
iu2 ana ,he inal EurfaciBg must he
done before the change When, how
evet, this new route is taken, it will
mean ii shortening Of the running
time between Portland and Seattle of
| preLty close TO two hours, and as a
| ua ulai COuseuueuca tho service be-
tween Portland and Grays HarEor will
he vastly improved as most of the saw
| ing IN time will be made between
here aud the Centralia junction
/ In connection with the double train
service over the North Bank between
here and Spokane, which will 90 into
effect next Sunday. General Freight
aud Passenger Agent II. NJ. Adams,
this morning completed the revised
schedule, which then goes into effect
/ He also for the first time, announced
the complete equipment of the four
trains, Nos. | and to be known as
the Inland Empire Express and Nos
2 aud 3 to be called the North Bank
Limited.
East bound No. 4, the daylight
train, will leave Portland at 9:l5 A.
NJ aud will arrive at Walla Walla
at .l5 +. NJ and west bound No. l.,
also a daylight tram, will leave Walla
Wdlla at G:a0 4. NJ aud arrive at
! Portland at 30 +. NJ.
East bound trbin No. ., North Bank
Limited, will leave Portland It 5,35 p.
NJ and w,lI connect at PasGo with
Northern Pacific No. lG. aud arrive
at Spokane at 6;55 a M, giving Port
land people whole day for business