Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1887)
Ittfvtluucfttcru Helve nub information. O. K. A X. Kxtknkhin. Right of way in now U-ing pccured for a Uamh line of tlu 0. R. A N. Co., to run from lrvm-tt, U-tween Walla Walla and Waitsburg, to ttip celebrated F.urcka Flat wheat field, a ditiincc of fifteen miles. It in understood tliat the branch will tie at once constructed. Spokane asi 1u.oce Raii.hoao. Surveys for the extension of thin feeder of the Northern Pacific have hern made, running from IVlmont, W. T., to (ronenee, Idaho, ami aing through (Jarfleld, Palotise City, rullinan, Colton and Uniontown. Thin will take it to within a few niik'8 of Lewiston, Idaho. Caxseky at The Iai.i.k. There will lw a cannery, costing fnl.onn.Oi), erected early in the spring, at Tlie Dalles. During the salmon sea non the cannery will lie engaged in putting uj fiHh. When the season clown it w ill work on vegetables and fruit, thun keeping busy a large iwrtion of the year. Thin industry w ill U quite an addition to the city's famine. Tacoma Sthket Railway. Xelnon Pennett, the well-known railroad contractor, and a num Iter of other gentlemen, have teen granted the right to construct a street railway in the city of Taivma. The franchise w ill I Invalid unless work is commenced within four months. Tlius will another metropolitan feature he added to Tacoina. A new shingle mill ill soon fa added to the indutries of that city. The 0kos Pacific The railroad lridge aerosa the Willamette at AlUny lia fa-en com pleted, and trains of the Oregon I'rinc now run from that city to Yaquina. Contract for grad ing thirty miles of road bed eat of AHny ha been let, and the offWr of the company state that the work of const n1 ion wms tl Ca cade will fa? ptuded vigorously. Tl rd i now in a iwition to give an outlet to the Han Francisco market U a large portion of the Wil lamette valley. Kaii.roah to Ju KsoMviur. Tim rillirnaof Jacksonville, r., have opened a subscript i4i ntk fthe iiirje of raising ti.flnn.fln capi tal stoi k for the Jai kMmvillr branch of the On gon A California Railroad, to run from that city to the main line, a distance of four ami one-half miles. Tliis in a necessary step foe ti fami ne men if that city. The Rogue river rtnin try is making rapid progress, and Jacksonville can no longer amml to he delved of railroad facilities. ProtTNirxo I'trTAToits. Tito otalo rroprf higct sound is always a targe, one. TV mtato is cultivated on the largest Male on the rich, high rairie lands o( Whldby Island, tiers the tuhers are plants! early in January. The rain fall is much lesa there than at other point on the sound, and an the ground dor not frrem thin early planting produce an early and pro lific crop. TImj yield on Whidhy islaml I em nums, both in the numher of famhel jrr ate and the total crop. Si-RAuri axii lliu Itgxit. Citiicns of Sjirngur, W. T., have incorporated the Pprague A Rig Rend Railroad Co., with'a capital stw k of ll,. ono.00, U the irjr of l-oilding a railnavl from Hrague into the rich agricultural region to the west wan!. The Rig Rend country ha mafa rapid fogre in settlement during the pat three years, and it i only a iptrstion ti year or two alien one or more railnavU lll a-r trate it. A preliminary survey for lb o pitted line m ill l mal at once. Iii ('area Mist. Tl) new mi or ii Fall en) Oregon an ailrading coruddrraMe attention in Ivnver, Liivilla ami other citir. Ttt U in mine in lite Una creek district, with the tcrA'un td the lr fry, have, liwenj tM In lienver capitaJmU It t)fl).0O. Mr,inrry iievelrimt wat ill t put op in th ring. Tt famou Jacket ha also tm told U a Urje ainonnt Ut Ifc-nver prlie. Srvw U rwrw ten leet Urp, rv m it d- t4 dUfr tin