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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1889)
'J'.'H WEST SHORE. have strongly intimated that the Oregon Pacific was to I the wintem terminus of the Chicago k North western, which it wan to meet at Hoisc City, and they have never contradicted such statements when made hy the press and based iiimhi interviews with them. It would wrin, however, that hucIi in not the cane, Minn; thin agreement with the I'nion Pacific is made hy the Northwestern for the express purpose of securing a Pacific. coaHt outlet without the necessity of building one. The Oregon I'aeilic can no longer recline under the shadow of the Northwestern, and the public will naturally impure what eaHtem connection does it ex Hrt to have ami what gn at mail, if any, in backing it. The U'kht Siiohk 1ioh'h that the Oregon Pacific will In built to wniie eastern connection, and that right Hptwlily, for the country needH audi a line badly, hut it would like to nee a little more candor and a little Ickh huucoinh talk on the part of its managers. Jiint why President Harrison hIioiiKI delay issuing a proclamation admitting North and South Dakota and Washington to (he I'nion Ix-cause retuniH from Montana have nut Ix-cn nreived, in dillicult to under ((and. I'nder the provisions of the enabling act, he can, if be wen lit, issue four separate proclamation!, the admission of each Mate lecnding not upon the conduct or association of the others. If there him been fraud practiced in Montana the entire nation In inter ested in having it discovered and its fruitn rejected. Montana can all'ord to wait until thin in done and come into the union with a clean record; but there is no giod n anon why the others should Im held back. An intention to delay in no doubt wrongfully attributed to the president, ami he may issue a proclamation ad mitting the three Mate even In-fore this pUier leaves the pnn. ieneral Itosccran stand to-day in a better light with the American people than he did a few week ago. It ha just Ihtii made public that in Nil he re fud to b-ave I, in H,Min the army and accept the nm. ination against Mr. Lincoln, on the ground that his country bad given him a military education to be used in her defense in just mi. lt an emergency as then ex-ist.-d, .ml that In- pla.-e w in the rank of her de fender. ( ieneral liosnran Ut inii.-h cant Ih-cuum- of hi rancor against tirant. but he ban ncverUrn guilty of an u.imtriotic act, and thin incident ,),o h that he adhcrvd cnm ientiously to hi p.st ofdutv when o'er weemi.g ambition -duc, other of I,.,, h'.j,. lmiM Salen, ha done m.n.ething ,m, ,.V(.rv Oregon M. ... intent i. Itlno.b.vnd-idedtoc-o,,. vert into . park the ground .u,r, .,, nm, tte r.p.tol. practically , unking v,ry lare and hand- gome capitol grounds. Although Salem has done this for her own adornment, yet, as it makes more extend ed the grounds about the state capitol, it may be con sidered in the light of a gift to the state, and one in which the people may well take pride. Salem is cer tainly earning her right to be the seat of government of a great state. It is estimated by the secretary of the association that 150,000 people were admitted to the fair whose doors were closed last Saturday night. The exposition was a great success in every particular, even finan cially, and has undoubtedly done more to introduce the northwest to the consideration of the people of the I'nited States than any other agency. In her enter prise exhibited in founding and conducting an exposi tion of such magnitude and of such undoubted benefit to the entire northwest, Portland has demonstrated her right to claim metropolitan honors. Chief Arthur's re-election by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is a matter of congratulation to the whole nation, since it shows that the conservative policy and respect for law and order thai has charac terized that labor organization since Mr. Arthur became its head will be continued. It would be a calamity in deed were this powerful organization to fall into the hands of as demagogic and unscrupulous men as are shaping the policy and controling the actions of some of the labor societies in America. Port Townsend is preparing to take advantage of its position as the nearest American port to the deep sea fisheries of our northern coast. The Pugct Sound Fish Preserving Co. has been incorporated there with a capital stock of $30,000, which will treat fish for the market by the Haven process. Port Townsend will be the center of a fishing industry of great magnitude, embracing the coast fisheries from Cape Flattery to the waters of Alaska. Seattle is providing herself with numerous suburb an transKrtation lines. Contracts have been let for construction on an electric road to Green lake, six and "lie half miles from the city, which is to be completed I'.v the first of April. This policy of making herself the center of a net work of local railways is doing more than any other cause to build up a large and prosper- city on Elliott bay. Without waiting for the new steel cells that are to "relieve the crowded condition " of the county jail to arrive, live of the prisoners decided that more prompt measures of relief should betaken, and slipH through an extemporized hide in the wall.