Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-12-31
NEW RAIL SERVICE
TO START SATURDAY
OLYMPIA TO CELEBRATE JANU.
AIRY IL COMING OF UNION
PACIFIC TO CITY.

1AO1rIC lO O1l1s
Marking an unusual coincidence
in Olympia's railroad history, first
trains over the Union Pacific systems
new line into Olympia will be run
next Saturday, January I, 1915, ex-
actly rs years to the day from the
date when the first Northern Pacific
train from Tacoma reached the city,
January 1. 1891.
Olympia will not formally cele-
brate the opening of the new Union
Pacific line, built here by the O.-W.
r. & N. Co, until Friday, January
IA, according to decision reached
Tuesday noon by the special commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce con-
sisting of George w. Draham, Frank
M. Kenney and George H. Funk. A
short account of the welcoming of
the first Northern Pacific train to the
city over the Gray's Harbor branch IL
published in the twenty-five years
ago column" ON another page.
Plans for Celebration.
The committees plans for the CO..
ebration are not particularly elabo-
rate. Businessmen of Seattle. Taco
ma and Portland will be invited to
run trade excursions to Olympia jan
uary II. and commercial organisa-
tions Of many cities in Warrington
and Oregon will be invited to send
representatives. while . number Of
Union Pacific oficials are expected.
So far % the Chamber Of Commerce
IL concerned, the program will con-
sist of q general "get-together" meet
ing at the Chamber in the afternoon,
when several speeches will be made.
In addition to this. the details Of
which have not been announced, the
railroad company 10 expected to pre-
sent = program Of some kind ct the
new depot. Further announcement
Of the plans win be made within the
next few days.
Olympia il peculiarly interested
from other standpoints than the i'm
mediate one. in the opening Of service
on the O.-W. r. 4 N. next Saturday.
in that 26 years ago the Union Pa
cific was building its Portland-Taco-
ma line through the city, and the res
idents of that day. having subscribed
q large subsidy, had built great hopes
upon the coming OF this system only
a short time later than the Northern
Pacific. as they then thought
Considerable grading was done at
that time in this city and in different
stretches of the county, and the old
"U. P. grade" has been mighty ia
miliar during the intervening years.
Much of it has been used In the con-
struction of the new road. the en-
trance into the city from the south
being identical with the old plans.
T. l. McGrath, formerly travelling
freight agent for the O.-W. and one
of the best known railroad men of
the Northwest, has taken charge of
the local interests of that company,
and the Office is being moved today
from its former location on Main be-
tween Fifth and Sixth to the new
depot at Fourth and Adams. in prep
aration for the Inauguration Of serv-
ice Saturday.
Schedule Of New Line.
The first train to go over the new
line will be a freight train leaving
here in the morning, picking up
freight at Chambers Prairie, official
name of the station where the local
branch joins the PIT. Defiance line,
and returning here at 1880. This
train will be run daily except Sun
day.
The company's passenger schedule,
as announced by F. L. Corkendall,
of this division, who
is here arranging for the inaugura-
ton of the service, will be two trains
per day, connecting with all Union
Pacific trains between Seattle and
Portland. The first train will leave
Olympia at 1925 in the morning,
returning at 1855, and the other
will leave at sos in the evening. re-