Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-12
DEPOT DOINGS.

Tariff Inspector Choate lefS on his
regular trip south Tuesday.
Bill Rush, switch fireman, has re-
turned from an extended visit in
Salem.
C. R. D. Jones is back on his old
helper job after trying few rounds
at the freight pool.
Superintendent Metcalf of the
Shasta division was in town Tuesday
in his private car Shasta.
Mrs E. F. Wolter, wife of Fireman
Wolter, was called to LaMoine, Cal,
by the death of her sister last Mon
day.
Charles A. Rhimes, signal main
tainer of the Shasta division was
married in Yreka to Miss Muriel Giles
of Redding, Sunday.
) Ralph Dean, S. P. employe in the
telegraph service, residing at Grants
Pass, was in town last week visiting
) numerous relatives among the Neil,
. Murphy and Tozer clans.
H. E. Trimble, employe, for some
time past in the local switch yards,
has gone to Spokane, where he will
enter the employment of the Great
. Northern.
. A third daily freight has been pat
: on between Weed and klamath Falls
; and regular switching crew put on
. at the Falls. The opening of the
|, mills and lumber camps on klamath
Lake and along the Weed line is CIV
ing business a great impetus in the
klamath Lake city
Two diners were attached to M.
16 Tuesday and the train of fourteen
cars was crowded to capacity A sec
. ond section was also run. If travel
continues to increase at the present
; ratio it will not be long before addi-
, tional sections will be needed.
; ]. M. Gruber, vice-president of The
Great Northern railway. passed
through Monday evening N his pri-
vate car Great Northern Al! He was
accompanied by his wife, three daugh-
ters and two boys. The party left The
train at Ashland and rod" by auto
over the Pacific highway to Medford
&c in,
circles regarding the extension of the
, Grants Pass-Wilderville railroad to
the coast. This road will offer err.
ployment for big force of men and
, will materially aid labor conditions
in the valley. 1t is rumored that the
Southern Pacific is behind the deyel-
opment.
Local visitors to the exposition say
n that the Southern Pacific building is
y one of the most popular on the
! grounds and speak highly of the rest
: rooms and information bureau estab-
ljshed there. A good many Of THE
: local railroaders are taking advantage
: of the fact that the full tide of ex.
position travel has not yet set in and
l. are making their visit to the great
IS fair now.
Two men at Anchorage, KY, vii
complete the largest transaction evel
conducted successfully in the south
d. A. X. Van Deventer of New York ana
J. Alex P. Humphrey of Louisville, rep
resenting $900,00O,O00 worth o
stock of the Southern Pacific Rail
road Company, will complete the pur
IN chase of six big railroads and steam
lg ship companies now operated by tht
lg' Southern Pacific. The companies l.
C. be purchased are: Coos Bay, Rose
n burg & Eastern Railroad K Navi:a
tion Company; Corvallis & Easter;
Railroad Company; Pacific Railwa,
IS & Navigation Company; Portland, Ell
gene & Eastern Railway Company
. Salem, Falls City G. Western Railwa,
Company; Willamette Pacific Rail
4 way Company The Southern Pacifi
j was incorporated in Kentucky Il
Z 1884 and has its headquarters in
- small struptura at Anchorloa