Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-16
NUMBER 80
S. P. President
Visits Ashland

The president OF the Southern Pa
cific Company, William Sproule,
made Ashland visit on Tuesday af-
ternoon OF this week. He came in
on special train of three cars, made
up of coach and his private car and
that of Superintendent Burkhalter Of
the Portland division, at $50. With
him were John NJ. Scott, general pas
senger agent; II. A. Hinshaw, gener-
al freight agent; superintendent
Burkhalter and Mr. Sproule's private
secretary, Mr. Thompson. Chairman
Greer of the springs commission,
Emory Smith of Smith, Emery & Co.
and NJ. j. Duryea met this party Of
visitors at the station. They were
joined later by Mr. Perozzi, who fur
nished HIS car to take some of the
party through the park.
Mr.. Sproule's time was limited and
did not permit of his remaining over
today long enough to be shown the
development at the springs. The en-
tire party was driven to the new park,
where they left the automobiles and
walked over the ground covered by
the new improvements, inspecting all
the work that has been done by the
springs commission. After seeing the
park development they were given
ride over Glenview Drive and
through portion of the city. The
entire party enjoyed most delight
full dinner as guests of Mr.. Sproule
in his car The evening was given
over to a general discussion of Ash
lands development into a resort. The
most interesting phase of this discus
sion was the underlying faith in the
city's resources and its future pros
poets as a resort that every man pres
ent seemed to have.
Mr.. Sproule was keenly interested
in getting first hand information from
Mr. Greer and Mr.. Smith on the prog
ress that is being made along con-
struction lines. He expressed him
self as immensely pleased with the
work in Lithia Park, and spoke in
highest terms regarding the beauty Of
the park and its value as an asset to
the community, From what he said
to the local men there can be no
doubt about his conviction that Ash
land can be made popular resort,
ii the citizens get behind the project
and work harmoniously towards that
end. He said the Southern Pacific
Company was going to lend its assist
ance in every possible way to our do
velopment, and that he was going to
do all that he can, personally, to help
us solve some of the problems that
must be met before we realize our
hopes and dreams for Ashland.
Mr.. Scott and Mr.. Hinshaw are in
close touch with the work going on
here, yet they never fail to show great
interest in everything they see when
ever they visit Ashland They both
remarked on the progress that has
been made in the work on the park
since their last visit, week or ten
day sago. Both of these officials Of
the company, representing as they do
the Southern PI3ific's freight and
passenger interests in Oregon, are
good friends to Ashland and can al
ways be counted on to help us in
every way possible.
Mr.. Burkhalter has not been in
Ashland for some time. He was fa-
vorably impressed with the park sys-
TEN and commended very highly the
general scheme of improvement and
Identification.
Mr.. Sproule left the city Wednes-
day morning at 1880 on a special
train, on his way to San Francisco.