Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-11-02
Harbor Forced To Pay Differ
entail of Soc On
Wheat
WANT RATE EQUALIZED
Desire Opportunity to Make
Harbor Common Point
On Grain.

Vial SlIiS llIdl lhC lam Oouo Vh'Ci
ing Grays Harbor had Disseminated
against this section, by placing a 80
cent differential on wheat; that they
did not own one foot of water front
property and had no intention of max
ing Grays Harbor a shipping point on
wheat and that as soon as the lum-
Der was hauled away, they would tear
up their rails, |. p. Callison, local mer-
chant, threw CONSERVATION into the
ranks of the railway officials at the
Chamber of Commerce luncheon Tues
day.
The luncheon was given in honor
of the local representatives of the
railway companies, and was for the
purpose of telling them what Grays
Harbor wanted and listening to what
the railways wanted from Grays Har-
Dor.
Following few minor reports, Mr.
Callison was called upon and spoke
on the matter of equitable freight
rates and the establishment of in
dustries. He said, in part: I'VE will
never build a city on Grays Harbor
as long as we have the excessive
freight rates, now in force. The
heavy freight rate will prohibit the
locating of industries, because the
man looking for location, takes in
to consideration the freight rate, as
this had great effect in competition
"Grays Harbor is nearer the ocean
and has cheaper tonnage, than either
Portland, Seattle and Tacoma, and
we cannot export one pound of grain
except at loss. Ever since the
Northern Pacific built to this section
of 80 cents per ton on grain from
Eastern Washington, to this point
Wheat is hauled cheaper from Port
land to Tacoma and visa versa, al
though the haul is greater than to
this point for less rate than it is
hauled here. This is a case for the
o. w. r. & n to settle. When that
company began hauling wheat through
Portland to Tacoma, it created a feel
ing and Portland began to find the
reason why the wheat was being haul
ed from Wallula to Tacoma, through
Portland, at the same rate as to Port
land, yet the haul was 100 miles long
er, the railway companies effected a
compromise.
THE rates We're changed and the
rate of 10 cents was taken off the
rate to these cities and tackled on tc
every point in Southwestern Wash
ington
"We can never build a city here il
we have excessive freight rates.
want to ask how much water front
property the railway companies have
acquired in Aberdeen since their en-
tries. Not single foot They die
not even purchase the water front
age in front of the proposed depot
They have erected their warehouses
docks and elevators in Portland, Ia
coma and Seattle, and have no inten
tion of making this shipping poin
for wheat
There is another matter of dis
elimination that | desire to speak o
and that is the cost of shipping fruit
vegetables and other goods. 1t cost
more to ship from Olympia, Centralia
Castle Rock, Kelso to Grays Harbol
than it does to ship from Portland
yet the haul in several instances i
only half as much.
J 1T is my opinion that the railroa,
companies are here to take away al
they can get and as soon as the tin
ber is cut and hauled away, they vii
tear up their rails
W. B. Mack spoke for lower rat
and asked that the railway compar
les give this fast growing sectio
more consideration. He was unabl
to see where the entrance of tn
three roads had lowered the rate an,
as yet and asked that the matter h
investigated.
n. J. Blagen of ilouniam npoke ,
the lumber induatry. aa the hie thin