Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-08-19
TELEPHONE Line
TO C0HASSETT
Cable Laid and First Message
From Beach to Aberdeen
Comes Thursday
CHAMBER DID THE WORK
Road and Wire Connection
With the Beach After
Is Years Effort

Last Thursday afternoon, 5000 fee
of telephone cable was laid in the
South Bay from the office of the Am
erican Pacific Whaling Co.'S plant tC
the foot of Laidlaw $ island. This
cable was the connecting link be
tween the Pacific Telephone Co.'S
line and Cohassett beach. This gives
telephone connection from Aberdeef
to the Whaling station, to COhassett
to Westport Life Saving station, West
port dock, and the town of WestpOrt
and likewise connects with the gov
ernment service from the life saw
ing station to TOkeland.
The cable was laid by Messrs w. c
Mumaw, manager of the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph Co., J. B. Ben
son of the Office Supply Co., H. V
Reynolds of the Aberdeen Electric
Co., and employees from the Cohassett
beach hotel This telephone line join
ed with the completion of the south
business communication with the
south side to the ocean.
These two ventures We're largely
made possible through the persona.
efforts of Messrs. J. +. Benson and
A. c. Gaillac, who early in the spring
were appointed by President Miller
OF the Aberdeen Chamber Of Com
merce, as a committee to solicit funds
for the completion OF the southsde
road So earnestly did these gentle
men work, that $2400 was soon rails
ed, the roadway was repaired and eX-
tended on the southside as far as
the Whaling station At this point
arrangements were at once made for
the putting in OF a ferry. Public
support was given the project by
Aberdeen citizens, and Messrs ben-
son and Gaillac spent weeks of their
own time in getting the ferry across
and in working order.
New Telephone Company
The telephone line from the Whal'
ing station to Cohassett is the ac
complishment of J. B. Benson and
Mrs. II. B. Waldron alone. When
Manager Mumaw persuaded his com
pany to build the line to the Wha!ine
station, Mr. Benson and Mrs. Wal
dron organized tho Cchassett Beact
Telephone Co, 70 which several in
tereStCI l...zen3 Ct W esJport SUB
scribed fo' stock. t-t failed TO come
through Wuen tue nones AS fequlr
ed. thus obligin- tie organizers tC
either go ahead alone or lose wha
they had a,recG" invested, ID *.
We're not cutters. 7 he Inc "u
prove great convenience, nOg oni.
for the summer colonists, but for the
merchants and shipping interests a
all times of the year.
Ferry Is Misplaced.
Tho oCOpootinp Of CohnScott Most
port and Bay City with Aberdeen b.
greatest visible result of the Cham
ber of Commerce work during thu
year. The full benefits it's accom-
plishment means are scarcely appre
ciated as yet, but they will be be
for a year rolls by. 1t is now pos
sible to go from Aberdeen by autt
in one and a half hours, includin,
the ferriage, and for residents o
Grays Harbor to keep in touch will
the beach resorts at all times by tele
phone. an accomplishment the com
mittee may we'll be proud of.
The Herald is reliably informed
that gross mistake was made II
the location of the ferry at poin
where the cost Of operation is $50
a month. THIS location was mad
by the county engineer in opposition
to the judgment of the Chamber o
Commerce committee. who woul'
have located it where it could hav
been operated by cable and beel
self sustaining When the summe
travel ceases. the ferry will be to-
costly for operation. and the roa
probably closed for the winter, where
as. if it be placed where the commit
tee wanted it, the operator would b
pleased to run it the year round 70
the tolls received