Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-11-28
ELLIOTT VISITS CITY
HEAD OF NORTHERN PACIFIC MEET
BUSINESS men
PRACTICALLY PROMISED NEW
UNION STATION FOR ARER-
DEEM. AGREE TO LOOK Up
QUESTION OF TERMINAL RATES
-RECEPTiON AT ELkS' CLUB


QUESTION OF TERMINAL RATES
PERCEPTION AT ELKs' CLUB
Practically promising a union 9Iss-
enger station for Aberdeen, declar1E
that the Northern Pacific had alwxYs
had the interests OF the Harbor coan-
try at heart, and agreeing to take up
various matters regarding telmsaai
rates and other concessions that NE
Aberdeen paIrons OF The road thoHgilt
necessary, Howard Elliott, presifHnt
of the Northern Pacific railway Ays-
tem made a diplomatic and consL2c-
ing talk at the in-ormal reception
rendered himself and party at ne
Elks' club i'll this city last Fl9lAx
night, and again demonstrated iA4t-
as a diplomatic representative os a
large railway corporation, he has No
equal. When Mr.. Elliott visited lis
city year ago and met a nur&er
of the business men, all of wtXm
had some complaint, he treated them
all fairly and promised to take up
their complaints as rapidly as yGs-
sible. Since that time the fruits OF
his good efforts have been seez in
many ways and several Of the 90
quests made e him at mat time htye
become realities Last Friday night
his reception was a warm one Ird
many of the business men congybtis-
lated him upon the advancement
made along certain lines. President
Elliott was introduced by L. G. HuM-
bargar, president of the Chamber uf
Commerce, who called the meeting
to order.
Excessive Legislation"
In opening his remarks, Mr. EIIst6
declared that the Northern Pacats.
and the Grays Harbor country md
always pulled together and he hoIssd
they would continue to do so fsr
many years to come. A few yesrs
ago the demand for transportafhsn
was much greater than the supsiy
but, recently, the tables have bsxhE
turned and, with the advents of IkM
transcontinental lines into the tenrf
tory, transportation facilities have Ae-
come much greater than the amD1at
If freight and passenger business ID
fered. This operated to afford Miu
zen and others sufficient number
f cars to handle their output wfKGE.
. few years ago, business was great
hampered by a lack of cars. Ae~
cording to Mr.. Elliott. one cause Of
the lull in business so far as the rzif--
roads were concerned was adverse
and foolish legislation" restrictive
to development in a large degnx
"The trouble is" said the speakaf,.
that too many people pay too little
attention to their own business x16
too much to that of other people" TX
cessive legislation and impossible and
unjust restrictions that had been
placed on the railroads both by stlte,
and national legislatures had operAt--
ed to frighten capital, always natural
ly timid, and direct result had bssn
a cessation in further railroad bu5ai-
ing or development Of the lines I'll
ready built. The railroads are nj
ways large buyers of raw materials,
and all sorts of manufactured pnd-
ucts and the abridgment of exp2n=
sion and development would be txr-
tain to affect the market generarY.
Mr.. Elliott believed. however. tA7t
the condition was but temporary a.d
as the people came to see the erypr
of restrictive and unjust Legislation.
and applied the remedy, times wonld
improve. He believed that thssys
should be some legislation and T.
wholesome control of the railrUa,s5,
but when people "began chasing
will-othe-wisp and foolish legislaticA
no one can fOrsee the end"
Has Faith in Future
"The Northern Pacific has an uh
bounded confidence in the Pacife
Northwest" declared the Northerp
Pacific president" and we are suryA
that it will continue to grow and pos
per. We want to continue to We ~
factor in that development, just sss
we have in the past. The Northern
Pacific never objected to the com,
ing of the Chicago Milwaukee 4
Puget Sound or the Oregon e Wash
ingtOn into its territory, believing
that there is room in this great ana
glorious country for all and thar,
while the business may not be hers
now, it is sure to come. All diffen
ences between the Northern PaIi-
fic and the other roads have BEEN
settled amicably and the three COM
panies are on a friendly footing
New Union Station
Probably the most interesting por
ton of Mr.. EliOtt's address was his
practical promise of new union s1r
ton for Aberdeen. He declared thax
between the n. P. ana
the U. p. officials had been held witi.
the view of uniting on a large aDk
union station for AbeT.
deem, and said that both companies
had evidenced desire to join in suck
a building, and while there were SEW
eral details to be arranged. the speak
er left the impression that Aberdeea
would soon possess a new union pass
enger station.
Mr. Elliott spoke of the efforts
which the company had made in ths
past to advertise this section in the
middle west and stated that a nev
booklet giving especial attention IL
the southwest was about ready for
die.rihution and this would be scat
tele, oadcast throughout III Miss
SIS, alley.
.Yant Terminal Rates