THURSDAY, MAY .10, 1928.
THE EVENING HERALD
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New Station is Modern, Beautiful Structure
FORTUNE IS SPENT BY
GREAT NORTHERN ROAD
IN KLAMATH COUNTRY
TRAINED EXECUTIVES
HEAD DEPARTMENTS
IN BASIN DIVISION
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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. They will
make their permanent hnmoi lilt
Klamath Kails. ..
Maine Gives Up
Captured Banner
f'OLl'MIIIA. B. C. May 10
Said the governor of Maine to
the governor of South Carolina,
"Here are the flags we raptured
Id 18tV' or words to that ef
fect. In any event, five Con
federate flags taken In the heat
of battle were returned with ex
pressions of friendship and good
will. They had bean raptured by
tho Ninth Maine Volunteer, from
the Twenty Klrst South Carolina
Volunteers, In battle at Morris
Island, July 1 1. 1S3.
CHICAGO. May 10. Kather
lne Wltwer has forsaken her
typewriter for the opera stage.
She made her first appearanra In
"Carmen" with Mary Garden In
the leading role. Several years
ago .he. took up stenography as
a mean, to pay for her slnglpg 0
lessons.
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