Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-11-24
WHAT THE PRESS SAYS:
Newport Signal, Nov. 16, 1911.
C. & E. PASSENGER RATES.

CeulS per mile is having nearing
before the State Railroad Commits
sion at Salem today. A delegation
of Newport citizens is in attendance
and to testify as to the advisabiity
of the proposed change as it might
affect Newport. The following left
out yesterday morning for the State
Capital: Hon. R. A. Bensell, Coun-
Gilman John Fogarty, M. H. Abbey,
H. F. jenkins and M. Wygant.
Oregonian, Nov. 16, 1911.
Members of a delegation from
Newport testified to conditions
there, expressing themselves as sat-
isfed. They said that the low rate
for Summer resort Gravel has re-
suited in materially helping their
section and believed that the low
rate for that class of travel was of
great benefit IN aiding in the devel-
opment of the Yaquina bay country.
Wouldn't a low rate on freight
be a more material aid toward the
development of your industries?"
asked Commissioner, Campbell. In
response members of the delegation
said that development of lumber
products would result in shipments
by sea and consequently there was
no necessity for reduced rate for
industrial products from around the
Bay.
Oregon Journal, Nov. 10th.
Yaquina Bays witnesses, coming
onto the stand late in the afternoon
stood by the Corvallis & Eastern
with their whole souls. Not one
believed in reduction of rates to
the Yaquina Bay country.
This line of testimony came as
decided sensation after the univer-
al dissatisfaction evident from other
communities and cities striving to
become jobbing centers. Oregon
City's man declared his city savored
of heaven in location and that it
should, therefore, be given jobbers'
rates. Albany, CASTOR, Umatilla,
Cottage Grove, etc., told Of their |
reasons for wanting changes.
But Newport and all Yaquina Bay
are satisfied with present conditions.
When the first witness from there
was on the stand there were intima-
tions in the questions of the COM
that he had been drilled |
by the railroad company, but he
declared he had not. When, how
ever, the second witness, R. A. Ben
sell, was called to the stand the sit
uation was cleared up by the frank
ness and humor of the old man.
"You see," said Bensell, "if you
cut down the passenger fare you
may also raise the Summer tourist
fare and that is not what we want.
We can come out during the sum-
mer for almost nothing by watching
our chances to get some excursion
lists return stub. Fare is nothing
to the Newport man who is onto
the ropes. AS for my business l i
have never been able to tell any
man that for 25 years. When
man is in that fix guess you might
as we'll call him a farmer. We
want the railroad to come in first
and after that we will worry about
rates. Now we are all satisfied"
YAQUINA RIVER SURVEYED, |
After being out for some time
the United States engineers survey
party under James E. Kelly re-
turned to Portland yesterday having
made survey of the Yaquina river
from Toledo to Yaquina on which
to make estimates relative to the
cost to the government to cooper
ate with the Port of Toledo in deep
ening the river to the first men,
toned place.
AS the people of Toledo were de-