Courier Second Extra, January 6, 1956

Boat Service - Courier extra - 1-6-1956.jpg

Dublin Core

Title

Courier Second Extra, January 6, 1956

Subject

Newspaper

Description

Boat Service Around Slide for Up-River Loggers and Public Arranged by State, County, Civil Defence Cooperation with Service to be in Full Swing Tuesday! January 6, 1956

Creator

The Courier

Source

"You Know You're from Reedsport When..." Facebook page

Publisher

Ellis Olsen

Date

January 6, 1956

Contributor

Kristine Shigley

Rights

CC BY-SA 2016

Language

English

Text Item Type Metadata

Text

School children by train and bus! Starting Monday!
Loggers and people doing business in Reedsport or Scottsburg by the good ship Cathlamet! Starting Tuesday!
Long-Bell and E. K. Wood Lumber Co. have each offered to donate $500 toward the expenses of operating the special Southern Pacific train for school children:
Southern Pacific is providing the school train at less than cost of crew and fuel--$100 a day for duration.
The Douglas County Court and the Civil Defence Agency have agreed to underwrite the expense of operating the Cathlamet.
The Oregon State Highway Commission has agreed to pay $2200 to build a float 67 feet long, 14 feet wide, with a ramp to shore at a point opposite the lower Hinsdale barn about 1000 feet west of Koepke Slough. This will be the east terminal of the boat run.
The Reedsport terminal will be the county dock.
Shelters for passengers are being built on the Cathlemet fore and aft, but NO VEHICLES CAN BE CARRIED.
Shipments of milk and light freight or express from up-river points can be handled but nothing heavy.
Tentative Daily Schedule
Leaving the temporary dock at the Hinsdale barn every morning at 5:30, the Cathlamet will make trips every two hours as needed, tieing up for the night at the Hinsdale place at 6:30 p. m.
No fare will be charged for passengers, who will be expected to provide their own transportation at either end.
O. H. Hinsdale, of Umpqua River Navigation Co., had high praise for the cooperation of state, county and civil defence people in working out the ferry plan. Southern Pacific is also making a substantial contribution for the duration.
Although the river ferry was found to be impractical for handling as many as 150 school children, it is adequate to handle the loggers and the normal business traffic, which is not expected to exceed 20 or 30 passengers per trip.
The ferry Westport is already in service transporting loggers and others who work upriver or vice versa, but it does not have shelters.
Duration of the emergency cannot be estimated. Highway officials are sill hopeful the slide could be cleared in 10 working days--if the weather were favorable. Three weeks is the minimum estimate of most people familiar with conditions.
Final Train Plan
After a speeder trip up the Southern Pacific tracks with Trainmaster K. E. Gwinn, of Eugene said Assistant Trainmaster Michaelson of Coos Bay and Ray Rookard, school bus operator, Roger Morris announced that MILE POST 743--about a mile nearer to Reedsport--will be the loading point for up-river youngsters in boarding the special school train, instead of the old School Station stop near the Walker ranch.
A graveled road from the Scholfield road leads to this crossing and there is ample room for parking vehicles. The special train will be at MILE POST 743 every morning beginning Monday at 8 a. a. to wait for the busses which will leave Scottsburg at 7:30. The return trip in the afternoon will leave Reedsport schools at 3:30 and the Reedsport station at 3:40 p. m.
Southern Pacific has had the waiting room at Reedsport cleaned out for the convenience and shelter of the children.
Three big "cat" taken off the Highway 38 slide had virtually cleaned up the little Scholfield road slide late Friday afternoon, insuring that road will be open.
A drag line was being rigged above the slide and after trees have been cleared it would be in full operation early in the week.

Original Format

Newspaper