Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-12-19
PORT ANGELES
GETS RAILROAD
c. M. & P. S. Road WI
Penetrate the Olympic
Peninsula
WILL BUILD FORTY MILES
Contract Is Awarded ana
Work Will Soon Begin
Headed for CraysH sHarbor

F1nnlng their 1a1tn 10 the EftCk~
son Construction company to falhE
its agreement and begin constr,is>
ito work at once, yet informed unoE-
ficially that should the contractor faia
in his promise, another company
stands ready to proceed with the
work Of constructing the first unit
of the proposed road from their city
to the Grays Harb0r country, resi-
dents of Port Angeles feel that At
last, the long looked for boom in near
at hand, and as a consequence marh-
ed activity in real estate is noticed
The Port Angeles Times in it's last
issue has the following to say re-
garding the proposed new road which.
it is believed will form one of the
great feeders of the Milwaukee linz
in the Northwest:
ut Ia now up to the Erickson Con
struction company to ship in its steam
shovels and grading crew and begin
construction work on the first ten
mile section of the Seattle. Port An
geles and Lake Crescent railroad.
Port Angeles has backed mp In
Commercial club in it's agreement
with Mr. Erickson to provide snif-
able terminals and q right OF WxS
through the county free Of cost tn
his company. The job, amounting tn
the raising Of q guarantees fund OF
$S5,000 In bankable paper, was rsrz
of the reel in a single mass meet
ing held by the citisens in the Opera.
house, Wednesday night The citf-
zens right of way committee han
ready for delivery to Mr.. Erickson
the first ten miles of right OF wxE
east of Morse creek, and has practf-
cally provided for all the route be-
tween this city and Dungeness river
The route beyond the river to the
county line has been guaranteed by
the citizens committee of Sequim-
"The mass meeting Wednesday
was held under the management Of
the Commercial club and the m
nouncement was made that the sum
needed in good notes, payable upon
completion of the road. was $685.
Addresses were first made by Presk-
dent Sewers, Mayor Mead. C. J.
Farmer and M. J. Carrigan, after
which Secretary Barnes took the
meeting in hand and followed a rous-
ing speech by opening the subscrip-
tion list Secretary Barnes had an
immense map Of Port Angeles on the.
| stage its face plastered over with
cards bearing the figures Of the -
tai amount needed in sums OF from
$50 to $4,000. and as the subscriptionn
came rolling in the cards were strip-
ped from the face OF the man. In
less than two hours q total sum a
$4,000 had been subscribed, which.
added to $4,000 already held In re-
serve, brought the subscription to tls
$4,000 mark, and the meeting w1s
brought to close by a volunteer
committee of fifteen men guarantee
ing to round up the remaining SIS, ,0oe
next morning.
"One Of the best informed men In
the state of Washington, with spe-
cial facilities for railroad informa-
tion, and who has been in this city
this week on business, brings the
story that the construction of the Sc
attic. Port Angeles and Lake Cres-
cent railroad, with it's well known
Milwaukee affiliations, will not be un-
der way many weeks before there
will be sprung proposition to en-
ter the peninsula by another one al
the big transcontinental systems.
either in it's own name or In tn
name of subsidiary corporation. Ne
particulars of the proposition are OBJ
| tainable here at this time, but tie
story Is vouched for upon excellent
authority, and there are. under more
or less well disguised cover. evf-
dences that certain heavy operations
In property hereabouts are due to ad+
vance information on this score. JUST
for the present, however, Port An
geles and the peninsula are pinninx
their faith to the Erickson propogk
tion and will give 1t their undividea
support until it is an assured and m.
ing concern"