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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1890)
WKST PIIOKK. Tb Ort-jron Railway Ktenitn Co. hat filed u( plementary article of incorporation outlining i y trm of railroad thai will center in Portland at the limbi and branche of a tree center in it massive trunk. Fully 3,') mile of railroad are contcmplate-d and jvified, ami much of it will i contructe im mediately. TbU work it w thdly in the interest of the Colon Pacific, whose lifra are uwd at a hai, ami it really the n tension of that road into nearly every auction of the northwest. TV main line run from Portland north to the international lundary, at Maine, creing the Columbia on a bridge at Vanci. vcr. From thin trunk branche are projected down the north fide of the Columbia to the ocean, down the (Vhalia to Gray' harUr, with one branch to Olym jia and another north to l'ort Townwnd, separate branche up Ix-wia, Cowlits, Nejually, Puyallup, White and Grmi, Snohomish ind Skikomish, Fno jualmie, Skagit, and Nook Mr k river, down the Puy allup to Tacorna, and from Seattle to Snake river. In Kaitern Washington line will run from Wallula to Alto, in Columbia county, with a branch to Grange City, from Texaa Ferry to the Washington A Idaho line. from Walla Walla via I'iiie to Waitsburg, from Walla Walla to Iwint-.n, and a line from Latah via Cheney to the Columbia at the mouth of the Wcnat chie. In Idaho, linea will run from I istoii across the Hitter Root mountain to Huttr, Montana, and from Ignition southeasterly arra Camaa prairie to the mouth of Little Salmon river In Kasttrn Oregon, line will be built front a Grande through (irande Hood and Wallowa valleya and on to Iswitton, from (Vntreville (Athena), went to the C dumbia, from Pen dlrUin bi Ileppner, from Ctnatilla to Prineville, with branche north to the 0, It. A N. line down Uth th John Iay and ! Chute rivers, '"l f',J" H1 City, up Powder river forty mil In Western Oregon the rout- prrifie are from Portland via Silvertofi to Salem, and from Portland down the uth -ank of tl Columbia to Astoria, with a bran h to Frl Grove Any one at all familiar with the t""graphy of this re gion and the railway tituation will quikly reo-gnlie the commanding jition the Colon Pacific willtxxupy hen mly a few of the line enumerated ae added to those already oratel by that company. Portland l already the greatest railroad center on th Panf cast but with thi trunk line to the aound, whbh will probably be the first one built, eicrpt, sibty, tl Grande Ponde titration, fdlowd by the line Am the Columbia, to AtrU and anther A,wn the h hal.a to Gray' hart, ihe will i- Uy n I all i-.b!e rivalry in that resort A a terminal tenter of r h a grand tuUm of railroadt a that grated an J the Coin Pan.'.', Portland rnt lave a to'M mUtantial growth av! U itill ti f tnf ti in her ttion aa the grrat n.rtnjdt of tlv rn!ire trthwrL Grrjjiin City it yrarly fominjt neanrf to P. fOo I and more and more -rti ru .f it, fr a mutual Interest are rierneI pirtln the (Sunt an I mt e lemive atrr jer on the iVifu' Ijltt ithin ftftTn mih of the gfraUtt rail and Htrr tfn rtation ct nter in the entire rt, hi h l aUi a d-rp ater shipping rt, ta-rttpylng a itiofi nlre ra materl from all direction ran the mut rheaply r.n(ejit rated and tnanufadttrrd pnl rt V.e i.it raily dittnbutr, it j.rc remarkable a Irantag aa a manufacturing city, vhich have m wi b ly t ogniie.1 and are Uing fitmsivrly Improved TK great mills now building there, Kith th-- already at work, will give employment to r..p Ufgr hotr il soon ! rhrted PrUI ly the grrtr bm fa tor In it groath thia year ill I- the f( titi- f,f rapid trantit Utr, n thalrity and Portland tw tlng providl An ehgjnt ateanter It un b r r'iiitru tioii, and a ti as rixnplHrd Uu ill imake trip every two hour Mot- linrt are undr r. ntru ti"H ort l4h the ral and et sides of the WilUmelte, l. in a few months f ilitts il I suh that it ran paiaUtaern Portland and Oregon City at any bur of the day ilh the grrlrt rebrity, A gfat manu facturing city I tprmging up then that i!l l an Imj-rftant fart- r in tle future growth of Portland With thia It e t glun a ban litr tuppb(uei) showing a liUlltUr of tle rei'UMr, liiio tSfr. tures and rducational inttttutiont of M"ow, Mali The city ha had a roiiaikab! growth. gttif.g U start ihirlly through lh surtioni of W.J JI'CmU' ie, a gentleman wh wnt )t (tut Oregon a f-w yrars ag i an I rtnUikr I in an eitn.U l uin so trrprise, whih he i t!l carriog on )f JI'Cm.mIJ hat jnl roMld'rable tin. in Wahicg!"n d hu ( th prreltt M.n of f-f gfrt Ufgli g tU .t I laho uU th union, an I it I ta'g-dy li iU lit f fort that lb inoveiMol orupUa its prrt.l ffobU mUtt Mr McCmmII a promlwM f gur in Ofrg tt I'ditif and hsvl Ute a largw bUUtu ipfi nur, and is ixt'WM th bl ftpr'sef.'atlie lh a itaUrwlI ba in th ana'.e t,( U Cnit"! 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