The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-30
|THROTGH COAST TO
COAST TRAIN
DIRECT SERVICE, NEW YORK TO
SEATTLE, SAID TO BE lMMl-
NENT.
Deal Between New York Central and
Hartman Lines Looks to competi-
ton With Older Roads in Sound
Territory, Both for Freight and Pas
senser Traffic.

gencer this morning says:
| One of the biggest traffic deals in
recent years by which the Hartman
system Of railroads hopes to establish
through train service between New
York and the Pacific coast, make Sc
attic it's Northwestern terminus and
enter into active competition with the
Hill lines and the Milwaukee system
for business originating in the Puget
sound country and Alaska, is pending,
according to information received in
Seattle yesterday.
If negotiations with the Eastern
lines are successful q through passen-
ger train and an express train for the
handling of perishable products will
leave New York daily and will be
rushed through to the Coast on fast
schedule.
Fast Trains to Chicago.
It is planned to have the trains han
died over the New York Central and
Lake Shore systems to Chicago, the
Chicago Northwestern to Omaha, the
Union Pacific to Granger, Wyo., the
newly organized Oregon Washington
Railroad & Navigation Company and
the Northern Pacific to Seattle.
According to the plans now being
considered the two trains will have
through cars which will be sent from
Granger, Wyo., through to San Fran
cisco by way of the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific, through Ogden, to
Los Angeles by way of Granger, Wyo.,
Salt Lake City by way of the San Pc
dro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad
and will have through equipment for
Portland.
New Service in March,
According to advices received in Sc
attic yesterday conferences have been
held between officials of the Hartman
system and of the American Express
Company with view of arranging for
the service as soon as possible.
The new passenger station and ter
minals of the Hartman system, now
building on Jackson street. will not
be completed until the middle of
March.
Last night at midnight the CONSOLE
dation of $116,O00,O0O worth of rail-
road properties into the newly-organ-
lied 'Oregon-W Washington Railroad &
Navigation Co. became effective, and
all of the Far West lines of the Har-
riman system which have had indie
pendent organizations will be operated
as one system.
Organizing Traffic Business.
During the three days. session of ex.
ecutive and traffic officials, just closed
at Portland, ways and means of work
ing in close harmony were discussed.
An effort will be made to forget the
Oregon & Washington railroad, the
North Coast railroad, the Idaho North
ern and the Ilwaco railroad as ever
existing and to unity the system to
such an extent that it will be regarded
as one company and one corporation,
as closely consolidated as the divisions
of the Great Northern railway.
With the organization of the Ore
Washington Railroad & Naviga-
ton Co., for maintenance and construc.
ton purposes the lines of the system
have been segregated into three dis
tricts, according to circulars received
in Seattle yesterday. Each district
will be under the jurisdiction of vice
president and general manager.
Divided Into Three Districts.
The first district will embrace the
lines south and east of the Columbia
river, except the line from Megler, via
Ilwaco, to Nahcotta, and will be in
charge OF J.. p. O'Brian, vice president
and general manager, with headquar-
tiers at Portland. Teh second district
will embrace the lines north of the
Columbia river and west Of the Cas-
cade mountains, and will be in charge
of ]. D. Farrell, vice president and gen
eral manager, with headquarters in Sc
attic.
The third district will embrace the
lines east of the Cascade mountains.
to connect with the lines in the first
district at Alfalfa, Wash, and the pro-
jected new freight and passenger ter.
minals at Spokane, and will be in
charge Of Robert E. Strahorn. vice.
president and general manager, with
headquarters at Spokane.
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