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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1928)
THURSDAY, MAY .10, 1928. THE EVENING HERALD ; ! : i - ', ' . New Station is Modern, Beautiful Structure FORTUNE IS SPENT BY GREAT NORTHERN ROAD IN KLAMATH COUNTRY TRAINED EXECUTIVES HEAD DEPARTMENTS IN BASIN DIVISION PAGE SIX ' ' ' . , . t J ...... s A " :v. . .' ' , - ,i , !1: -v ' .''':: : ' .V - v i n ' . ' ... ' i j '; .V . .. . vk ' ' . . ' i , i (foul Inucd from P(fe Knur) tnd pasnengat tlxlh street.. 1 minimum rapacity, the reund ! house will have 40 mails. station on Boutb A standard water lank has also been erected and work will atari Instruct lne near tuinro on a macmne Assuming the orders the train crew to first proceed" ; sop. .sjlrectly to the railroad yards, the j Xanl Is I -ante, train swlnzs off the 8. P. line j The outstanding feature of the and traverses it, own property ' railroad yard la the slie of It. Jhe Eberlein trait. 10 acres of ' One can not look over tte tract which la on Hie lake side of the I without speculating on what 8. P. main line and 128 acres on steps will be taken in the future the other aide of the track. Thejto Justify thta large Investment, track follows a wide semi-circle ' Returning to the progress of over 2000 feet of fill to the 1100-: the train. It steams 3000 feet foot standard pile trestle span ning Lake Ewauna, giving access to the railroad- yard, on the west ajide of the lake. The trestle Crosses the lower end of the lake. 1 ' (Toast Sleet Jraw Span. 9 The train (teams across the i trestle to a modern drawbridge In the center of the apan. The down one track, switches onto another, steams bark and soon Is back on the 1100-foot railroad trestle. The traln'a orders call tor picking up .cars on Industrial sites along the south Riverside spur. The spur strikes off on a spur k . . . : iresue. leaas dim leei over marsn r.w uU.u ... i.od lake to the base of Ewauna lowly .team, across and proceed, , from wnere lt 8k,rta .loa. on U. appointed way towards the, J.ilro.d yards. Three hundred r Riverside fact from shore the South River- .... i j . , ... ., , . district and come, to a .top at side Industrial spur trestle leads ... . ... . .v t . .i. west Main street. Fine Industrial Dft the main trestle.but the train .. .. . . . . . . " . . " . . l.ites particulars for wholesale Entirely aside from what It ath Palls, the new station now signifies, the Great Northern under con'struction-will front railroad atalton when completed ' 8u,n. f'h at reet between Com- uirrviai ana nrunu .irvt'iB. vun- proximately $75,000 and will em-) The delivery and receiving plat body the most advancud facilities , form la on the opposite side. The will be one of the most beautiful structure, ln southern Oregon. Situated but a few blocks from the business center of Klam- tract ba. been let to James L. Qulnn and work la progressing rapidly. The new station will coat ap- . I . ....kn..... anJ Ka n r7 - front, this spur. Already sev- raiiroad yam. ,K al concerns have established ' L . ... r ,Z distributing center, along Budd first saw the site of the!,. j Am i 'ne. ? "That land must be ours. It j sihall be the site for the railroad ! yards," he announced. ;area was to have been the freight tnd hence the Great Northern is Ewauna Box company and the Two or three hours later l9oiand passenger terminals, but entitled to one-halt of the right. Big Lakes Box company there ere. were purchased from!RllPh Budd ruled otherwise. His of way and other grant, held by Is nothing to prevent Portland Interests. The big'n lne necessity oi the O. C. ft E. line. tlon of tile Old O. C. A E. rail- mnnl hetween the flreat Vitrlhnrn 'he j road Third street right of way. and Southern Pacific precludes j Tho cirMt' KnrthAm ftfi-t thnthe O. X. from rtrolectinff Indus.; More Centrally Ixw-ntert. 'southern Pacific are Joint owners trial spurs into the "inside" In-j Originally the South Riverside :Df the O. C. ft E. (Strahorn) line dustrlal district including the: fard lie. along Lake Ewanna and what is synonymous Klamath fiver. It extends from Ewauna joint and parallel. Klamath riv er. Its river frontage 1. IVi mile, long and there I. adequate foom for ten 10,000-foot tracks. Along the 2H miles ot river frontage are 15 Ideally located ite. for either major mill con struction, reman ufactu ring plants or any warehouse or commercial Enterprise. . : m Three Tracks Laid. .' Present development of the tarda Includes three main yard tracks, each 3000 feet hong; also at rip track, a scale track and a fpur leading Into the engine bouse. . The engine house or round house has three .tails. But the Qreat Northern apparently anti cipates future development, for foe structure 1. built on the unit Ulan; when constructed to .its centrally located terminal j Sw,nglng up Third gtrBet, ,io P.ras APlhrii train rr I vota t After attending to it. business ne ,,,, lte on ,,. ls now more site. to prevent the Great Northern from reaching these ln dustrlal plants by spurs con structed from the O. C. ft E. linei height. for the handling ot passenger and freight business. It will be one ot the most attractive structures from an architectural stundpolnt on the Great, Northern system. The station grounds, with a 200-foot frontage, will bo land scaped under the direction ot G. V. Dlshmakor, landscape expert of the Great Northern, In co operation with Charles D. James, Portland architect, who drew the plans for the stutlon. The station will be a combina tion passenger and freight depot ot design known a. Modern Am erican. It will be one story ln The exterior Is to be on the South Riverside spur, the Great Northern train, which had backed up the spur to Main ' street, start, forward again and soon 1. (teaming across the Lake Ewauna trestle. Eventually it east side of the lake and to being constructed an attractive -in fact. It ls unlerstoj that , that is the plan. and modern $75,000 freight passenger station. The terminal site has a .A mat, in euect, i. a layman general description of the Great 200- Northern railroad', system In i foot frontage on aouth Sixth 'Klamath Falls point near where .the Great North- favfi lino U.Su nft tha Cnnl ham It givci an ln- retums to the , re6,: the 8 n " W! ""'ioUht Into what thlo yreat trans-r,e'aniS..0.-th!lfrom the street. A beautiful ,, , ,. .Ww Hon. lawn, driveway and other land-;,. the Klan,,th cOUIltrv: d.m. finished In buff colored brick, trimmed with terra cotta. A large arched entrance opens Into tho main waiting room. Tile Flooring rear freight section will be com pleted by May 1, It Is expected. Plnns provide a heated room for the storing of perlahable products. The building will be heated by a steam oil-burning boiler. The new station will front on south Sixth street, one of the main business artfirlu of Klam ath Kails, lt is conveniently lo cated within short distance from the business center of the city. The Great Northern, through construction of it miles of new railway, purchase of existing trackage, and negotiations of Joint trackage agreements with the Southern Pacific, Oregon Trunk, and Spokane. Portland and Seattle railways bus extended Its Independent operations from Pacific. There It .witches onto the line leading to the Great Northern freight and passenger terminals on south Sixth street an area comnrisins' 5.S acres. This terminal line runs back "n iraca. The waiting and baggage rooms j scape attraction, will lend an air 1 beTond .,..,,, lm. I ,, and one wlnic ,nd boh ; of beauty to the structure. lp,iclt of RjIj.i Bu()(, , (heopen at rer , ,ho . 'At the outset, the station will , Klamath basin: and Its mignl-1 sencer olatform. which extends: The interior of the station will I Portlund and Spokane to Klam be flniahed with tile flooring andiath Kails, affording the southern tile walnscoating. (Oregon city a direct rail outlet to back about 200 feet. In the other wing of tbe sta tion provision is made for ticket the east, via Spokane. Tbe new line east will bring the timber and agricultural resources of that section of Oregon nearer the Chicago markets, as well as give them direct outlet to the northern tier of slates. Klamath Kails 1 already aa- and telegraph offices, and thejsured one large Industry as tbe offices for superintendent, die- result of the new rail develop- be served by four tracks, a team mde Implants s nueitlon in the track, a house track to serve the; minds of observing men: freight depot, a passenger track. .... thl. ... .,,,,,,,. an4 IBe automobile unloading jend of ,ne Great Nor.he..:,. towards the viaduct, paralleling, Klamath development program: the Southern Pacific line in fact Tie station site will be but a ! or does this great railroad system. jmtchers, and freight and express . ment. The Weyerhaeuser timber the two line, are , only 89 feet few block, from the commercial Inspired by the spirit of James .1. ' departments. The freight house. ' Interest are completing arrange apart to Third street. At that ', center of the city and the build .Hill and spurred on by bis worthy ! 35x130 feet, extends bnck from ' menu for construction of a large point the Great! Northern teTml-Hns; will be one. ot the most beau- 'successor, Ralph Budd, contuo- j this section of the depot, with mill at Klamath Kail, this year, nal track .wings up Third street tlful ot It. kind In the west. (plate future developments in the the freight tracks on the Inside, They will also build acme thirty on IU exclusive 26-foot wide por-l Although bridge right, agree-'near or far future?" paralleling the' passenger tracks. I mirb. of logging railway. Picked men, long In the serv ice, of tho Great Northern rail road, have been sent to Khimiitli Ki.IIh to lake up executive and admlnlntrutlve duties of lliu great syateiu'e latest extension. These division officials have arrived In this elty, have estab lished their homes hare and are already hard at work In further ing the Interests of their rail road In the great Klamath basin. ThiMiins, P. Olxon. general sup erintendent ot the Klamath div ision, hua long served the Grsut Northern In an official rapacity. Prior to coming to Klamath ha was established In Montana where he hold the position ot superin tendent at Great Kails and Havre. lie camo to thla city from White- ( flah, Montana. Mr. and Mrs. j Dixon have pnrrhased a lovely j Kugllsh-type home on Portlund avenue In Hot Springs Addition. ' Harding Iteahlent JnKlne j Since construction work first started. ('. B. Harding, veteran engineer for the Great Northern.! lias resided In Klamath Kails, j lie Is In general charge of all i t). N. construction work In Klam ath Kails, lor years ho held the position of construction engineer In Portland. Mr. Harding has been appointed resident engineer of the Klamath division and with Mrs. Harding and their son have established a permanent resi dence in this city. His offices will be In the new Groat North ern depot on south Sixth street. Kor the past 15 years, C N. "Chris" f'hrlstopherson has been Identified with the Great North ern railroad. Prior to moving to Klamath Kails ho resided In Van couver, Washington, where he f neiu me position or ireignt ana passenger agent. He has been appointed, general Krelght and Passenger agent of the Klamath division. Mr. Chrlatophoraon and his family reside on Hosvway Drive where he recontly con structed an attractive residence. ' Alliii-w la Local Agent Henry G. Aniess, local freight and passenger agent, can count 20 years service with the Great Northern rallntnd. He waa form erly agent at llutto, .Montana, and Havre, Montana, and ia assurlate editor of the Great Northern semaphore house organ of the railroad company. With bis wife and daughter, Mr. Antes, plana to eLabllh. his pcrmauont .homo. Ip' Klamath Kails. ' I.eo I). Iloyle, chief clerk of the traffic department, has been associated with the tlreut North. urn for I lie pust tun yvars. Ho was formerly established In tho Portland Great Northern ofllie but will now inuke Ills perman ent homo In Klamath Kails. A'a associate editor of lliu Great Northern Semaphore. Krauk Hel ton, chief clerk In the superin tendent ot the Kliimuth division, has taken an active purl and In terest In the Great Northern rull roud. He was formerly Identic fled with the Spokano office of the Great Northern railroad. Like liia associates. Mr. Boxton will establish a homo III Klamath Kails. Krauk Howell, In rhargo of maintenance, waa formerly road master for the Great Northern railroad In Havre, Montana. His experience on the 0. N.'a Cascade division- fits him for the new problems of maintenance contin gent upon the Itnnd-Klatuath Kails extension. Jack ('. Carman, chief dis patcher for the Klamath division, was formerly chief dispatcher In the Spokane office. He has held this office with the Great North ern ior the paat ten years. Crews who will operate the Great Northern's trnlns fiver the llend-Klnmath K a 1 1 a extension have been selected from the (1. N.'s Cascade division. 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