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| ⚫ | '''Louis Gerlinger, Sr.''' was a businessperson in the railroad and timber industries in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Oregon]] in the early 20th century. Gerlinger became involved in the [[railroad]] business comparitively late in life. He was born in [[Alsace-Lorraine]]. At the age of 17, he came to the United States, settling in [[Chicago]]. He married and had three sons ([[George T. Gerlinger|George]], Louis Jr., and Edward) and a daughter. He built a prosperous store and saloon fixture business. |
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| ⚫ | '''Louis Gerlinger, Sr.''' became involved in the [[railroad]] business comparitively late in life. He was born in Alsace-Lorraine |
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At 41, Gerlinger left his comfortable, sucessful |
At 41, Gerlinger left his comfortable, sucessful Chicago enterprise to move his family west. He settled in [[Portland Oregon]]. In 1896, he organized and built the [[Portland, Vancouver and Yakima Railroad]] on behalf of the Harrimans. |
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In the fall of |
In the fall of 1901, Louis Gerlinger Sr. purchased 7,000 acres of timber in [[Polk County, Oregon]] for a railroad. Just west of [[Dallas, Oregon]], in the [[Oregon Coast Range]], grew hundreds of square miles of untouched [[Douglas-fir]] and other commercial timber species. |
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He incorporated the Salem, Falls City |
He incorporated the [[Salem, Falls City and Western]] Railway Company late in October 1901 and announced plans to build a railroad from the [[Willamette River]] at [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]] to the mouth of the [[Siletz River]] on the [[Oregon Coast]], a distance of 65 miles. |
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On May 29 |
On [[May 29]] [[1903]], the first train ran from Dallas to [[Falls City, Oregon|Falls City]]. At the end of June, passenger trains began regularly scheduled trips to and from Dallas and Falls City each day; the nine-mile, fourty-minute, one-way trip cost 35 cents. |
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Two of Gerlinger's sons, George and Louis Jr., managed the railway.<ref>Making the Most of the Best, Willamette Industries' Seventy-five Years, Cathrine Baldwin, 1982.</ref> |
Two of Gerlinger's sons, George and Louis Jr., managed the railway.<ref>Making the Most of the Best, Willamette Industries' Seventy-five Years, Cathrine Baldwin, 1982.</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:30, 23 June 2007
Louis Gerlinger, Sr. was a businessperson in the railroad and timber industries in the U.S. state of Oregon in the early 20th century. Gerlinger became involved in the railroad business comparitively late in life. He was born in Alsace-Lorraine. At the age of 17, he came to the United States, settling in Chicago. He married and had three sons (George, Louis Jr., and Edward) and a daughter. He built a prosperous store and saloon fixture business.
At 41, Gerlinger left his comfortable, sucessful Chicago enterprise to move his family west. He settled in Portland Oregon. In 1896, he organized and built the Portland, Vancouver and Yakima Railroad on behalf of the Harrimans.
In the fall of 1901, Louis Gerlinger Sr. purchased 7,000 acres of timber in Polk County, Oregon for a railroad. Just west of Dallas, Oregon, in the Oregon Coast Range, grew hundreds of square miles of untouched Douglas-fir and other commercial timber species.
He incorporated the Salem, Falls City and Western Railway Company late in October 1901 and announced plans to build a railroad from the Willamette River at Salem to the mouth of the Siletz River on the Oregon Coast, a distance of 65 miles.
On May 29 1903, the first train ran from Dallas to Falls City. At the end of June, passenger trains began regularly scheduled trips to and from Dallas and Falls City each day; the nine-mile, fourty-minute, one-way trip cost 35 cents.
Two of Gerlinger's sons, George and Louis Jr., managed the railway.[1]
References
- ^ Making the Most of the Best, Willamette Industries' Seventy-five Years, Cathrine Baldwin, 1982.
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