Waiting for the Rails
Aberdeen's boosters struggle to secure a direct train connection as railroad officials stall.
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Samuel Benn returned Tuesday night from his trip in connection with the railroad business. He saw the officials of the Northern Pacific railroad both in Tacoma and Portland on the subject of running trains into Aberdeen. They say they can make no definite proposition until the matter has been submitted to headquarters, and that the road will not consider running trains below the Wishkah river for another year. They promise, however, to submit a proposition which the citizens of Aberdeen can handle immediately, in which they will agree to run trains as far as the Wishkah river, and express themselves interested in putting the matter right through.
“The road will not consider running trains below the Wishkah river for another year.”
Infrastructure connectivity has defined Aberdeen since its founding. The struggle to get rail lines through to the deep harbor mirrors modern debates about regional transportation links and economic access.
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