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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1886)
142 THE WEST SHORE. on nn equal footing with Tacoma as regards railroad connection with tho East Bcllingham bay him railroad miIkmiiom of various LiiuIh now lying dormant, and the (Miunirutiliou of a row! dowu Cliulmlin valley to Gray's harUr m a definitely outlined project which will lie realized in duo time. Two railroad companies have Umt organized in Cliirkn county, to build linen from tho Columbia river into tlio limW nnd agricultural region back from tho striuun, with eventual extension across the mountain to tho Northern Pacifio lit Yakima. One of those has its proposed initial Kiint at Vancouver, and tho other at IaCamaa. A road fifteen miles lung, from IWthdrum, on tho Xorthorn Pacific, to Lake (Vur d'Alono in projected by parties with ample capital to ooiiMtrucl it Homo of those projects aro, of course, a lilllo in advance of the actual needs of tho country, while other aro for linos of transorlation which are not only justified but required by the progress already made. NOTES OF TUB NORTHWEST. When the bill for the Ends ahip railway was before the hoiiHo, ItepreHentative Hermann seized tho opxirtu nity to bring the ikssIh of tho Columbia river Ix-foro congress in a Htriking manner. Ho offered an amend uienl tlmt an appropriation lie made for the purMme of constructing a ahip railway around tho Dalles, to oHn navigiitioii on the l'pMT Columbia. There in little hope of securing it, but the attention of oongrotw nnd the mo. pie generally was drawn inoro forcibly to this region by this iiieaim than Could have lioon done by forty long hjmmicIioh, with the imual authority "to print" added. A ImmUmie illustrated cataloguo of sixtecu pages haa Wu iiwu.sl by S. llama A Co., proprietor of the Oregon Trunk Factory. It contain thiity cuta of trunk, valises, bug, etc, and haa a uoat cover uoii which are engraving of tho factory and the modal awarded by the Mechanic' Fair Aoeiation in ISfCi. Tho work waa executed by Tun West Hiioiie Litiio onAi iiiMi ami Kmiiiavinu Co., of Portland, and i of micrior quality in every nm The cataloguo i a complete description of tho largo and varied stock ou aalo in their ware Mourn, Xu. 40 First street, in thia city. Ogilvle'a Handy Itook of I'seful Information ia a volume of one hundred ami twonty-eight closely printed m" of information .n a great variety of subject. Tiilike many audi publication it space i not takou up by statistical table, but i devot.sl to efu jufromtion, audi a in.-dmnical table, geographical, biographical and ui.vthologi, dictionari., vocabularies, abbrevia lion, mo.lic.1 ii.f..rmatiou and facta ou a multitude of aubjecU. It in a m.t Useful liltl Volume. Publish,,! !y J. K. Ogilvie, III H,aM. slrM, Xew York, P. O. box 27(57, aud sent by mail t jmid ou receipt of twenty, fiva rnU fur flexible cover, or fifty evnU for cloth. The new company which has been organized to fur nish accommodations to tourists in the National Park of the Yellowstone, is erecting five hotels at various piuU of iuUitL One to accommodate: three hundred guests will be located at mammoth hot springs, others in the grand canyon, geyser basins, etc. By the first of July, at the latest, tourists through the park will find suitable accommodations everywhere. The Northern Pacific has arranged a schedule of rates for tourists, who will be supplied with proper transportation from the end of the track to all points of interest By these arrangements, a round trip of the park can be mode quickly and comfortably, and the many annoyances of former years avoided. Every traveler on the Northern Pacific from June to September who fails to stop off at Liviugston and visit the National Park, is denying him self a ploasure greater than he can possibly realize. Some months ago, owing to objection by oonuocting lines at St Paul and Omaha, the Pacifio roads notified shipiiers that no more sheep would be taken in double deck cars. The rates are such that sheep can not be profitably shipped to Chicago without dividing tho car into an upper and lower deck, permitting twice as many animals to be loaded as can be put in an ordinary car. The Northern Pacifio understood the situation, and in sisted uK)u the double-dock system for its patrons, and to insure it and remove the principal objection of the Chicago roads, has purchased a numbor of the new Hicks swinging decks. This is a device by means of which a stock car may, in ton minutes, be converted inln a doublo-docker, by lotting down from the ceiling two halves of a dock, which are supported by iron rods from tho floor of the car. When not in use they are quickly drawn up and fastenod, and the car becomes again suit able for ordinary use. The Northern Pacifio seems de termined to do all in its power to aid our stockmen in reaching markot as quickly and oheaply as possible. The movement for the creation of the state of Wash ington, to comprise all of the present territory and that IH.rtion of Idaho lying north of the Salmon river divide, has so far progressed in conirress as to receive th .... ilorsement of the senate to the extent of the passage of a bill of admission. That the house will refuse to pass the bill for political reasons is a foregone conclusion; nnd it is a sad commentary on our political system, that even in the national matter of making new states, mem liers of the great sisterhood which shall continue long nftor the parties and political issues of today shall have lieoome but a memory, our legislators can not drag them selves out of the mire of party bickerings far enough to admit to tho union a territory in every way capable of dooming a wealthy and influential state. One thing, however, has lieen gained. Washington haa been prom inently brought before the people, her resources and progress hold up to view, and an interest created which must result beneficially in stimulating immigration, and the investment of capital in the promotion of her industries,