The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
|DO|NGS Of THE RAILROADS
Commissioners Notified of G.. N.
Neglect of Orders.
New Engine For Blackwell Road

The Commercial Club of Newport has
written to the State Board of Railway
Commissioners, advising them that as
yet no steps have been taken by the
Great Northern toward the improve
ment of depot facilities at this point, as
ordered by the commission last summer.
Officials of the road have been claiming
tor year past that plans for new de-
pot and track changes at this point
have been in the hands of the engineer
ing department, but that department
seems to be almighty slow about turn
ing them out. Judge Brown, of Seattle,
counsel for the Great Northern, says:
GA misunderstanding has arisen re-
garding the attitude of the Great North
ern concerning the recent order of the
state railroad commission, directing us
to provide new station houses at certain
points, and to improve existing depots,
build new side and team tracks and
make other Improvements. In large
measure We are preparing to comply
department is busy preparing the nee
essary plans.''
The Great Northern is considering the
matter of establishing through passenger
service on its fast mail train, which
makes the run from st. Paul to Seattle
in 474 hours. The operation of stan
dard sleeper in connection with the fast
mail is being advocated by officials of
the head Office.
Newport's mail service from the east
is greatly improved by the putting on of
the new fast mail train, but service west
is hampered rather than improved. as
the train goes through this station so
fast that the depot boys are unable to
throw the sacks aboard. Postmaster
ToWle has Written to the chief clerk of
the mail service on this division, re-
questing that the train be operated slow
enough through town to permit the
loading on of the mail.
|. & W. N. employees are anxiously
awaiting the arrival of engine No. 81
from the Baldwin Locomotive Works at
Philadelphia. The new engine, which
is heralded as one of the fastest and
best machines ever turned out, left the
factory on Oct. 9.
Engineer Mayhem, local engineer for
the l. & w. N, is setting stakes for the
fencing of the line between McCloud
Creek and Newport.
Engineer c. A. Hunt and assistants,
of the Great Northern, are making a
trip over this division on the annual
bridge inspection, preparing for the
winter.
The I. & w. n. continues to file water
rights on the smaller streams along the
, right-of-way of the down river extern
sion. The waters of Gardiner creek and
, Parker creek, in the neighborhood oil
> Parker Mountain, are the latest to be
attached.
The Idaho & Washington Northern is
putting in track scales near the freight
depot for weighing car loads from this
city and the extension north of here
The scales formerly at Coleman are be
ing moved here.
The case of the injunction asked by
school district 1876 against the I. & W
N. was heard in the Superior Court
Wednesday, and more time was giver
the railroad to start condemnation pro-
!, ceedings. This is the case wherein the
railroad survey ran through the front O.
the school house, which is located about
mile southeast of B!ueslide Recently
the school house burned from fores
fires, and the railroad Immediately laiC
its tracks over the site OF the burned
, building, without attempting to condemn
the right-of-way. The district asked
$1,000 damages, but received no atten
tention until about month ago, wher
it was offered 5000, and now has beer
, offered $500. The road has promised te
file condemnation proceedings within II
days. School Director G. L. letters, O
Blueslide, was present at the hearing
, Examiner.