Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-10-19

was represented in rails, which
Messrs. Book, Weatherwax and viii
son agreed to donate. The right of
way problem was solved by the nee
essary land being given by Messrs
Samuel Bonn, A. j. West and other
property owners. while the mills ag
reed to furnish the ties and other
lumber
A mass meeting was then called to
provide for the labor to make the eX-
tension. An account of this meeting,
as told by the Aberdeen Herald of
September 18TH 1894, is as follows:
Monday, September 10th, 1894
was red-letter day in the history of
the new Aberdeen, when Mayor
| WeatherwaX at the head of twenty
five or more willing workers, led the
way to the grade where the work of
constructing the railroad into the city
was commenced. All things come to
those who work and wait, and so to
the citizens who have worked and
waited, and suffered disappointments,
at last is to come that for which they
have several years striven after. and
at last by their own exertions have
they made possible the assurance Of
this road, and have shown to the
world that it is a point, fashioned by
nature, upon which to build a city.
THE railroad meeting Thursday
evening, while not so we'll attended
as might have been, was neverthe.
less an enthusiastic one. The fact
that Wilson's mill was running over
time kept good many away Mayor
Clyde B. WeatherwaX was elected
chairman and w. B. Mack secretary.
Remarks were made by the mayor;
Captain j. NJ. WeatherwaX; A. J.
West; r. 7. Dabney and others. and
when the object of the meeting was
fully explained and subscriptions for
labor and cash asked for, nearly
everyone present put his name down
for something. Samuel Benn gave 100
lots in Benns Central addition, to be
given for ten days work each on the
grade. Mayor WeatherwaX and Eu-
gene France gave house and lot.
Mote: this was later ratified and net
ted the neat sum of 100000; Jas A.
Hood, Captain c.. S. Mitchell and
Alexander Young and others donated
lots. r. 7. Dabney, n. w. Bush, J. G.
Lewis, Nj. p. Trask, n. G. Kaufman
and others donated cash, and about
1000 of the estimated 5000 days la
Dor was pledged, to which nearly 300
more We're added the next day Eu-
gene France was elected foreman of
the construction crew.
On Friday afternoon a meeting of
the prime movers and business men
was held in the council chambers and
trustees were elected to take charge
of the business arrangements and col
lect and hold funds and secure right
of-way. The committee consists of
J. NJ. WeatherwaX. Samuel Benn ~
G. Kaufman, A. J. West, Chas. r.
Wilson and A. J. Kroenert, the first
named being elected by the trustees
as their president, and w. B. Mack,
secretary. w. o. McKinlay, ~ w.
Bush and J. c. Cross were appointed
by the committee to attend to the
legal points arising in the right-ofway
and other matters.
"Mr. p V. Anderson, the supervis-
ing engineer arrived Saturday even
ing and Immediately went over the
grade with Foreman France. and Mon
ed at the end of the old grade just
beyond Wilson's mill.
Roll Of Honor
THE following names appear on
the time book to date: Jas. Beemer,
Joseph Beaman. Chas. Woodbridge,
Eugene France, John Johnson, Alex
Grant, A. NJ. Ballew, A. Y. Ross,
Joseph Bailier, Frank Payette, Frank
Pratsch, John Boyer. VIM. Peasley,
Elmer Scurlock, Percy McKinlay, A.
J. West, r. H. Evans, Robt Birming-
ham, S. D. Hembling, Rel. Weaver,
Olof Pearson. Chas. Comstock, Jas.
Beckey, f. Turati. Grant Wheeler.
Bert Hyser. Archie Murray, Geo. Per
kins. Geo. Lewis. l.. l.. Darling, J. c.
Williams, l.. f. Paine, Clinton Green,
J. F. Stafford, Jr., c. A. Weaver, F.
F. Hubbard. Jas. Cochran, Fred Nye,
c. S. Weatherwax, Robt. Lowry, w. B.
Mack, w. B. Fetterman. S. c. Nit
chell. Chas. Exstedt, John Curtis, Dan
Morvant, Silas Pearson, Frank Deck
err, S. B. Linn, Lee Welch, w. H. Nor
gan. Henry Prantee. C. B. Weather
wax. G. S. Thomas. Jas. Birmingham,
John Clune. d. H. Keith, Ed Chees-
brough, Rudolph Peterson, L. f. Bah.
cock, A. Payette, Samuel Anderson,
John Landers. Bert Morse, Jas. Nc
Neill, N. Gawley, Chas. Pratsch, L.
l.. Maley. Orlando Mitchell, Ike BEEN
err, T. Mazzini. Fred F. Smith, Cliff
Weatherwax. o. j. Lawrence, w. H.
Pearson, John Anderson and S. A.
Rounds for r. T. Dabney. John Stat
ford for DR.. Pearson, John Pearson
for J. F. Girton J. B. Haynes, with
team. Chas. Hunter. John Hayes and
e. Mobray for VIM Miner"
Relative to this meeting the Mon
tesano Economist of September IL.
1894, had the following:
Friday evening public meeting
was held at Aberdeen to perfect plans
to get the Northern Pacific railroad
built into Aberdeen. The meeting
was we'll attended and decisive steps
We're taken to build the road at once.
Samuel Bonn has offered laboring
men lot for every ten days work
performed on the road The lots
three years ago were valued at $500
each The rails to be used in the
work are donated by J. NJ. Weather