HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. Herald 12/09/1909C.P. Herald
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Aftar-years of waiting, during which
- -..time the business interests. of Central
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Point and-vicinity have been seriously l t
", handicapped. by lack of modern faci i- E
ties, the Southern"Pacific company'has I E
ordered the installation of a telegraph 1 rr
~- bffice m the
Central Point station, with- I fi
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out furthet• delay. Tha need of such a si
eonvenie.nce was called to the attention I w
of William Bittle Wells, 'manager of 1 c'
the promotion department of the S. P.,' f P
when he was here some time ago and II m
he agreed to take the matter up with a:
the. passenger department and, through -b'
that channel, ultimately reach Mr. ct
O'Brien's office, but, as the Commer- b'
cial club has had no meeting since and u'
the committee appointed sometime atgo p'
to take up the matter remained in- a'
active, nothing was done. Last week, ai
howeve:•, Fred H. Hopkins, of tha
Snowy Butte orchard, was in Portland, at
and, having some private business mat-
ters to go over, called at Mr. O'Srien'a T•
office. At the close of their interview W
tha general manager of the Harriman r'
]fines in Oregon ~ inquired if there was I''
anything he could do for the people of „~3
Central Point and vici4iity. I4Ir. Hop- i R
kins replied that hr tnuld gn•c, them a lt.
telegraph otFice, acid after m;tking suave ~
inquirieti`us tp the actual need of an ; re
office hone, Mr. O'Brien immediately I m'
dictated a letter ordering the superin- du
tendent to install the office without
deli3y. Tuesday W. 1;. Blackburn, lo- to
.pat agent at thin place, was instructed re
to report at Portland during the present
week'to take an examination-as to his
qualifications as an operator. It fie ab
understood that the wires will bo put ~
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in within afew
days, and Central Point I o
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wilt become a little largei dot on the
map than it has been before
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It fie understood that Mr. O'Brien at Sn
the sumo time agreed to have a train ac:
load or more of decom Deed
p granite as
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dropped along the sidetrack here t6 im-
provethe wagon roadsalopg the tracks,
which axe sometimes almost impassable
for teams" engaged in loading and un- .on
loading cars. I un
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