Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-05-22
Three Roads Agree on Joint
Use Of Railroad Facilities
on Grays Harbor
BUILD UNION DEPOTS
Double Track Between Aber-
deem and Hoquiam and all
Spurs to be Used Jointly

The agreement between the Oregon
Washington Railroad & Navigation
company, the Northern Pacific and
the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound for the construction of a union
passenger depot in Aberdeen and the
joint use of all trackage facilities and
industrial plant spurs in Aberdeen,
Cosmopolis and Hoquam, has been
completed and work under the agree
ment is to begin at once, according
to an announcement made Saturday by
j. b. Bridges, attorney on the HarbOr
for the Hartman interests.
The announcement means that con-
iirmation of the report that has been
in circulation for some time to the
effect that such an agreement was
being considered and follows the re-
cent visit to this city of Howard Ell
liOtt, president of the Northern Pa
cific, in company with julius Krutt-
schnitt, director of maintenance and
operation of the Hartman lines. Dur
ing the time of that visit the ground
to be covered by the agreement was
very carefully inspected, and later
lengthy conference was held in Taco
ma. at which time definite cOnclu-
sion was finally reached.
Union Depot Soon
The announcement means taht con-
structiOn on the union depot in this
city will begin at at once. In fact,
Mr.. Bridges authorizes the statement
that plans for the building are now
being drawn, "and it will be a build
ing states Mr. Bridges, worthy the
importance of this city and one of
which the community will have no
cause to feel ashamed
This union depot will be located
on River street, between Broadway
and Michigan avenue, on the property
of the O-W. X. & N, which has but
lately been filled in to answer de-
pot uses.
The present Northern Pacific sta
tion will be used as freight shed
for that company and will add to the
freight facilities of the Hill road. The
two lines will not share in the freight
department, the Hartman line and
the Milwaukee building their own
freight warehouses on O.-W. r. & \,
company property.
To Work Night and Day
The announcement further states
that work on the Hartman bridge
over the Chehalis river, now in course
of construction, will be rushed. Both
night and day crews will be placed
on the task and not minute is to
be lost. These extra crews are to go
on this week. The center pier of
the bridge was finished Friday and
work has already been begun on the
north side approach.
Trains over the Hartman road will
be running into Aberdeen proper be-
fore the autumn months. These trains
will use the present Northern Pa
cific station until the new union de-
pot can be completed, but there, too.
work is to be rushed. The plans for
the new building are expected to be
drafted and approved within the
course of the next few days.
The O.-W. R. & N. company will
build it's main line between Aberdeen
and the Hoquiam river and it will
likely be completed as soon as trains
may be operated across the Cheha-
lis river bridge. When the Harri-
man road between Aberdeen and the
Hoquiam river is completed, the three
which will become double tracks be-
tween this city and the Hoquiam riv-
er.
Use All Tracks Jointly.
Probably the feature of most i'm
portance in the announcement is the
definite statement that the three roads
will use all industrial tracks and
spurs jointly. This means that no
new tracks will have to be built In
order to reach any mill or any in.
dustrial plant. That will save room
for the plants and will provide COM
petition earlier than might be were
it necessary for each road to lay it's
own tracks.
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