THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUAEY 1, 1900.
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NEW LIES OF RAILROAD
Systems With Direct Oregon Connection Began
Work on 233.17 Miles Last Year. . .
EXTENSIONS IN THE LEWISTON, IDAHO, COUNTRY
O. R. & N. Incorporates a Number of Branch Lines Vast Amounts
Expended by the Company for Improvements Southern
Pacific Building Into the Mohawk Valley.
Railroads -which have -direct connection
with Oregon began -work on 233.17 miles
of new line last year. Much of the new
.mileage Is still -under construction. The
O. R. & N. Co. built five miles from Fair
field to the sugar factory at Waverly,
W&Eh., ana the Spokane cut-off from
Wallula to Grange City. 5.70 miles. The
cut-off has resulted In large saving of dis
tance and power to the company' It has
permitted the use of light locomotives. It
has heen estimated that the expense saved
"by the construction of the cut-off Is equal
to the interest on the bonds Issued for the
new line. The Southern Pacific Is build
ing a 20-mile branch from Eugene to Mo
hawk valley. Northern Pacific construc
tion In the Northwest last year was lim
ited to the Palmer cut-off and extensions
In the Lewlston country. These new lines
aggregate 97.37 miles. The Astoria road
built 2.1 mUes between Flavel and Fort
Stevens, and the Columbia Southern is
building -43 miles southward from Moro
to the new town of Shaniko.
There is hardly a railroad in the North
west that Is not credited Tvith having
plans to extend Its system this year. The
O. R. & 1. has Incorporated a. large num
ber of branch lines and Is determined to
hold its position as the leading line of
the Northwest.
Following is a full list of the Hnes,of the
O. R. & N. Co. and a list of the Oregon
Unes of other companies:
O. R. fc X. Co.
Class I (a) Miles.
West line Front street to east line
Willamette bridge track, Portland .22
East Portland to Huntington. 402.03
Class I (b)
Umatilla, Or., to Wallula, Wash 27.12
Pendleton, Or., to Blue Mountain,
Wash. ..... 28.15
M.lton, Or., to Walla Walla, Wash. 12. 9
Walla Walla, Wash., to .La Crosse,
Rash. ........ 81-lfl
Heppner Junction, Or., to Heppner,
Or. 45.40
Bohes, Wash., to Dayton, Wash... 13.35
Starbuck,Wash., to Pomeroy, Wash. 20.00
Farmington, Wash., to Spokane : 0.42
Tekoa, Wash., to Mullan, Idaho 87.10
Wallace, Idaho, to Burke, Idaho.... 6.67
Winona, Wash., to Seltice, Wash.... 47.84
La Grande, Or., to Elgin, Or. 20.B9
Fairfield, Wash., to Waverly, Wash. 5.00
Class II
Columbia & Palouse Railroad Com-
fiany, Connell, Wish., to Moscow,
daho 117.32
Columbia & Palouse Railroad Com
panyjColfax, Wash., to Farming
ton, Wash. , 27.48
Mill Creek Flume & Manufacturing
Company, Walla Walla, Wash., to
Dudley and Dixie, Or.. 13.40
Walla Walla & Columbia River
Railroad Company, Wallula to
Walla Walla, Wash 30.18
Walla Walla & Columbia River
Railroad Company, Blue Mountain,
Wash., to Milton, Or. 5.34
Snake River Valley railroad, Wal
lula to Grange City, Wash 65.70
Class JU
Nor .hern Pacific Terminal Company,
Alblna, Or., to Alblna Junction,
Or. ........ ........ ........... .... 2.13
Northern PacIficTerr&nal"Company!
east line Willamette bridge track,
Portland, to west side of Second
street, East Portland 41
Total 1130.05
Class I. Railroad line represented by
capital stock: (a) main lines; (b) branches
and spurs. Class TL Proprietary compa,
n.es vihose entire stock is owned by the
company. Class IIL Line operated un
ler lease for specified sum.
Southern Pacific Company.
The following lines are operated by
lease from the Oregon & California Rail
road Company:
MUes.
Portland to the California state line 366.61
Portland to Corvallis 96.52
WooJburn to Natron 92.9G
A bany Junction to Lebanon 11.50
Por land to Airlie 79.27
S leridan Junction to Sheridan 7.18
The following trackage is leased from
the Northern. Pacific Terminal Company:
Through the terminal grounds at
Portland 1.72
Total 655.76
T1: Southern Pacific has begun the con
struction of a line about 20 miles long
f-cm Eugene to the Mohawk valley.
northern Pacific Railway Company.
MUes.
Washington state line to Portland.. 38.G6
Sundry spurs 1.97
Tracks in Portland 92
Crossing of Columbia river, one-half .49
Total v 42.04
L.nes built by the Northern Pacific last
year or now under construction are:
Miles.
Portage la Prairie to Beaver, Mani
toba. ,. 20.00
Pctage la Prairie to Oakland, Man
itoba.. 9.21
Skeston, N. D.. to Bowdon, N. D. 15.02
Cooperstown, N. D., to MeHenry.
N D. .1 26.14
Pollateh, Idaho, to Kooskia, Idaho.. 63.50
North Lapwal, Idaho, to Cul de Sac,
Idaho... U.3G
Fa.mer, Wash., to Auburn, Wash.
.Palmer cut-off) 21.91
"Washinsrton & Columbia River Rail
way Company.
Miles.
Pendleton, Or., to Dayton, Wash.... 12S.41
Kir .an Junction, Or., to Athena, Or. 14.59
Eureka Junction, Wash., to Pleas
ant View, Wash... 19.73
Total 162.73
The capital stock of the comp'any is
?3 .iOO 009. of which the Oregon proportion
Is $826,999 01. The Oregon proportion of
the $2 500.000 of first-mortgage 4 per cent
bonds is ?6S9,165 S4. Income mortgage
bcr ds noncumulative), bearing 4 per cent
have been authorized to the amount of
?2 a. 3,000. The issue to date has been
2 45 000. The Oregon proportion of this
issue is $618,870 9L
This company made no extensions in
1S99 and no new lines are planned to
to be built in the near future.
Corvallis fc Eastern Railroad Com
pany. This company operates a line between
Yaquina, on Yaquina bay, and Indanha,
In the Cascade mountains, -a distance of
142 miles. No new lines were built last
year.
Astoria & Columbia River Railroad.
Th.s company has S2& miles of main
line, running between Goble, Seaside and
Fort Stevens. It also operates trains be
tween Goble and Portland on the North
ern Pacific Last year, the company built
2.1 miles between Flavel and Fort Ste
vens Coos Bay, Roscbnr;r'fc Eastern.
This railroad has been built from
Marshfield to Myrtle Point, a distance of
2S miles. Some day it will be extended to
Roseburg. The company may have a defi
nite announcement to make of its build
ing plans early this year.
Rosrac River Valley Railroad.
This road is a small feeder of the South
ern Pacific. It runs between Medford and
Jacksonville, and is six miles long. It
Is expected that the road will 'eventually
H extended to tap the sugar-pine forests
of the Rogue river, but no announcement
of plans has been made.
Independence & Monmouth Railway.
The Independence & Monmouth Is a
standard gauge, 2 miles long connecting
the towns Tvhich give it Its name.
Columbia Southern Railway.
The Columbia Southern .railway is build
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It has 43 miles under construction from
Moro southward to Shaniko. The Shani
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Sumpter Valley Railway.
The Sumpter Valley Railway Company
operates 32 miles of main narrow-gauge
line between Baker City and Sumpter and
five miles of spurs to logging camps. Not
withstanding reports that the line will
soon be extended, Joseph Barton, the chief
engineer," writes The Oregonian that there
ar no definite plans for the immediate
future.
O. R. & X. CO.
Vast Sums Expended in Improving
the Lines.
The year 1S99 was in many respects the
most memorable one In the history of the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company.
It has been the company's greatest year
in the volume of business done, and in
the earn-ngs from that business; greatest
In the betterment of the road Itself, Its
tracks and equipment, and Incomparably
greatest in the development and improve
ment of the grand regions tributary to its
lines. Its earnings for the year ending
June 30, 1S99, were $7,005,979, or over ?1,
000,000 more than the entire original cap
italization of the Oregon Railway &. Navi
gation Company, under Villard In 1879.
After paying all expenses of operation,
extension and improvement, new equip
ment, interest and dividends. It had a
surplus of $1,212,826. Its assets in tracks
and 'equipment, lands, buildings, boats, (
securities and money, amounted to $58,-
8S3.17S, an Increase of nearly $500,000 over
the year before.
During the past two years the company
has expended $1,297,509 in improving "its
tracks and their equipment, building mew
steamers and barges, and adding to its fa
cilities and conveniences, and it has set
as.de $1,500,000 for similar betterment pur
poses during 1SD0. A vast amount of work
has been done all along Its lines in
eliminating heavy curves, filling In bridges
and trestles with solid earth and stone,
ballasting tracks, erecting steel bridges,
and laying new steel rails, we.ghing 75
and S5 pounds to the lineal yard. ,
Last September, in connection with the
Oregon Short Line and the Union Pacific,
It inaugurated its new flyer, "The Portland-Chicago
Special," which has no
equal among transcontinental trains, and
is unsurpassed anywhere In the railroad
world. Nothing that taste could suggest,
Ingenuity devise, skill construct, or money
pay for, has been left undone to render It
a model train. Every car composing it
was built expressly for it. strong and
massive In construction, equipped with
all the latest and most-Improved safety
appliances, superbly furnished and fitted
with every possible device of traveling
comfort rising In many particulars to
luxuriousness. So great .and rapid ' has
been the growth of passenger traflic that
the company will be compelled to put
on another fast train early In 1900. A con
tract has been closed for new cars and
equipment, amounting .to $300,000, and a
double dally service will soon be inaug
urated between Portland and the East
by way. of Huntington and Granger.
The development of the great agricul
tural and mineral regions along the lines
has been one of the remarkable fea
tures of the past year; in fact of the
past two years. In February, 1897, the
company began a system of widespread
advertising in the great Eastern papers,
and by books and pamphlets, that has
been productive of most valuable re
sults. Articles on the rich resources and
probabilities of the vast regions of Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho, tributary to
the company's rail or river lines, have
been published and republished all over
the United States and In many of. the
leading European papers. The bringing of
the National Editorial Association to
Portland last summer was merely an item
In this general advertising plan.
Tens of thousands of its books and
booklets have been distributed and the
results have been most gratifying. Thou
sands of new settlers have been brought
into the fertile .gralngrowlng valleys of
Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington and
Northern Idaho, and into the fruit and j
vetretable-ralslng garden spots of the Co
lumbia -valley. It has devoted special
pains to advertising the vast mineral
wealth of Eastern Oregon, and Its work
has been rewarded by an unprecedented
rush of prospectors, miners and investors
into every part of the grand gold field
that centers about- Baker City. Great
mines have been opened up, and great
fortunes made In a few months. The new
mining town of Sumpter in Baker county
has become one of the most famous and
promising camps in the country. It has
risen in six or eight months from a vil
lage of 350 people to a" flourishing little
city of nearly 2000 population, ana people
are dally flocking Ins from all over the
world. Some of Its neighboring mines
have already taken rank among the big
bonanzas, and new and amazingly rich
discoveries are being constantly made.
The rush to the gold-ribbed mountains
around Sumpter during the coming sea
son promises to rivaf the Cripple Creek
and Leadville excitements In their palm
iest -days.
The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com
pany management is lending every en
couragement to industrial movements
along "its lines, and nothing' could well
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growth of the mining interests- in the
Baker City and Sumpter regions, the beet
sugar industry about La Grande, and the
lumbering, stockraising and grain and
fruitgrowing enterprises everywhere In Its
domain. It has prospered and Is prosper
ing beyond all precedent by promoting
the prosperity of the regions and people
tributary to it; for after all, the Inleresta
of this railroad company and the people
on Its lines are as they should be mutual
and reciprocal.
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THE SHASTA ROUTE.
The True Gateway to Western Ore
eon Grand Scenery.
To see at once the best of fOregon, Jn
an expeditious and satisfactory manner,,
let the Eastern Investigator' take any
route up to Ogden, El Paso or New Or
leans; but thence west by the Southern
Pacific line to Sacramento, where is first
met the i Shasta route. This then passes
through the valley and the matchless
canyon of the Sacramento, up and around
the base of mighty Shasta, towering 14,500
feet; through the sublime v-stas of the
Siskiyou range, into that vale of plenty
to Rogue river valley.
The state of Oregon is, in fact, entered
at Cole's Station, on the southern slope
of the Slskiyous, but the revelations of
mountain scenery prove so engrossing
that the traveler rarely realizes that he
Is in Oregon until Ashland Is reached.
From this point via .Medford (Jackson
ville), Gold Hill, Woodville to Grant's
Pass Is 45 miles, and the section east and
west of the track, comprising Jackson
ville and Josephine counties, forms the
Rogue river valley. Add to this Douglas
county on the north and you have what Is
generally and popularly known as "South
ern Oregon" a corner of the earth blessed
with nature's kindest gifts In scenery,
soil and resources, and a climate rivaling,
that of Southern France, forming a com
posite which appeals to both material and
sentimental.
The annual ralnfal Is 20 Inches, suffi
cient for all crops without Irrigation, and
an excellent mean between the too wet
and too dry. Here the winter morjilngs"
are just sharp enough to brace and up
build the weak and weary, a characteris
tic deficient In semi-tropical districts; tha
summers are wholly free from the .hot
nights and exhaustive humidity of the
A.tlantlc. The elevation Is desirable, air
dry, roads good, scenery grand, gameac
cesslble, sulphur, iron and soda springs
possess valuable remedial properties. This
is Just the spot for many sufferers
whose ailments have not become too ag
gravated. The chief Industries of Southern Oregon
are fruitraising and gold mining, but cat
tle, grain and lumber afe Important inter
ests. Estimated output of the gold mines,
placer and quartz, for 1S99, Is $2,497,500.
Three hundred carloads of apples, peaches,
prunes and pears were shipped out and
.over the world In 1898. Wine grapes, ta
ble grapes and melons furnish great crops.
The Rogue river section and its sister,
the Umpqua valley, alone on the Pacific
slope appear to possess the requisites for
successful growth of corn, and It will
cheer the man from Illinois to see the line
fields of waving corn and the healthy
growth of hogs. Northward the Shasta
route continues on through Roseburg, Oak
land, Cottage Grove, and Eugene, the seat
of the university of Oregon and head of
the rich and far-famed. Willamette val
ley, where settlement dates back to 1844,
and Tvhose counties are the wealthiest and
most populous In the state.
The traveler Is carried through Its
length, and Its chief towns, Including Al
bany, Salem (the state capital), Oregon City
(with Its falls and great power), while lat
erals and branches of the Shasta route take
In Brownsville, Lebanon, SJlverton, Cor
vallis, Independence, Dallas, Sheridan, He-
Minnvllle, Newberg, the fertlleand lovely
fields of the Yamhill country and? the rich
farms and dairies of Washington, and
Clackamas counties. v
Double dally tram service makes It now
possible, to take in all of the line from
Ashland to Portland by daylight and In
easy stages, and such a trip will show the
stranger what advantages Western Oregon
offers to farmer, miner, horticulturist or
stockraiser, especially when his hours of
labor are not curtailed by extremes of
heat and cold, sudden cnanges and violent
storms.
City & Suburban Line.
The City & Suburban Railway Company
operates one of the best electric street
car systems to be found in any city In the
United States of equal size to Portland.
The tracks owned by this company run
In almost every direction, the cars from
13 different lines controlled by this sys
tem, passing Third and Morrison streets!
at almost every minute in the day, and it
Is very doubtful if suburban residents In
any city in the West can boast of a bet
ter service. Another noticeable feature In
connection with the operating department
Is the uniform courtesy and patience
shown by all of the employes to the5? pa
trons of the road. This feature Is in
strange contrast to the brusque manner
too often shown by conductors and motor
men in other cities.
The ride to St. Johns, through a pic
turesque suburban country, is one of the
longest and most enjoyable trips for 5-
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Park is located, and In summer It provides
the ideal picnic grounds. It is a popu
lar and healthful place, where families
well -provided with baskets spend the en
tire day, and many Improvements have al
ready been made. The East Ankeny,
Mount Tabor, Riverview cemetery, Waver
ly and Woodstock lines all run through
the most attractive parts of the city, and
the passenger in search of an enjoyable
ride cannot make a mistake by taking any
of these cars. This company owns about
60 -miles of street-car track, and It Is
possible to ride 15 miles for one; fare since
the new system of transfer checks went
Into operation.
A number of Improvements have been
made during the past year, necessitating
the outlay of a large sum of money. This
expenditure was deemed necessary owing
to the constantly Increasing traflic, the
number of passengers in 1899 being largely
In excess of 1898. The Mount Tabor line
has been double-tracked, and extensions
made In Alblna and Multnomah. In the
power-house, four new boilers have been
plaoed in position, and a. 500-horsepower
Corliss engine and generator have been
added. The company manufacture their
own cars, and the shops are provided with
the most modern machinery. Six new
cars, which are models of comfort, were
turned out during the .past year, In addi
tion to the immense amount of repair
work.
The cars used on all of the lines are
handsome and comfortable, the track Is
always kept In excellent .repair, and the
people of Portland are to be congratulated
that home capital has provided such a
model street-car system.
Portland Traction Company and
Portland Helffhta.
The Portland Traction Company owns
and operates an electric and cable street
railway from the Union depot, "up Fifth
street, through the heart of the city, with
termini at Portland, Heights and the City i
Park.
The line from the Union depot to the City ,
Park is operated with electric cars, while
the road to Portland Heights Is operated.,
by the cable system.
The six miles of track Is built substan
tially of concrete and steel, forming a dur
able and easy-rldlng roadbed.
The cars are of the California combina
tion pattern, suitable to the climate of
me jruciuu cuiui. j.xiu punu.y ui. Litis tuui"
pany is to keep its cars and whole equip
ment in first-class condition, rthat It may
give the best possible service to Its pat
rons. Transfers are also Issued via Wash-,
lngton street for Woodlawn, Alblna, Mount
Tabor, East Portland, Twenty-third street
and Sixteenth street. ""
. Portland Heights, the southerly terminus
of the cable division qt the Portland Trac- t
tlon Company, while only one mile from
the postoffice, lies at an average elevation
of about 600 feet above the business por
tion of the city. There are few cities in
the country where such an elevation for
residence "purposes can be found within 12
minutes' ride of the business center, and. J
those living at these upper levels not only
enjoy the cool breezes, puro and Invigor
ating air, entrancing view and freedom
from, the dust, smoke and crowded-ln
condition of the city beJow, but also-wenjoy
In the fullest degree the city advantages '
of pure Bull Run water, electriq ilgnts,
thorough drainage and irequent car serv
ice. The many advantages of Portland
Heights as a place of residence are well
attested by the loyalty o those who have
been so f ortunafeas to have lived thereon
even for a single year. The view from
this r charming suburb Is one which can
hardly be duplicated anywhere In the coun
try, certainly not east of the Cascade
range. From this elevation' can be seen
the great forest-covered Cascade range,
with iive snow-capped mountains, whose
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summits stand almost a mile above the
range proper. The waters of 'the Columbia
and the Willamette can bo traced for
miles by their glistening surfaces, forming
a pleasing contrast with the intervening
country with its varying shades of" dark
forests, meadows and golden grain, while
below, almost at one's feet, lies the city
of Portland, with'.its beautiful buildings,
its domes- and spires,, and Its bridges span
ning the Willamette all relieved by the
beautiful green of Its shade trees and en
hanced by the sounds of busy life and com
merce, which are ever floating upward.
The view has a variety of beauty and
grandeur, which can nowhere be found
either In the wlldness of the mountains or
In the scenes of civilization.
The view from the Heights at night Is
as unique and wonderful In Its way as
that seen by day. On clear, moonlight
nights the snow-capped mountains and
the Cascade range can be distinctly seen,
although over 60 miles distant The thou
sands of lights In the city twinkle like
so many stars in the firmament "beneath'
or, as the little boy put It, "The sky Is
turned upside down." These effects ar6
most surprising1 and Interesting to those
I who have never seen them before.
'Another feature Illustrating the variety
and ever-changing character of the view
from this suburb Is the wonderful fog, ef
fects which occur In the fall and spring.
At such times the observer, standing at
this elevation and looking over an ocean
t of fog, with Its billows and drifting waves,
sees .as the farther shore the Cascade
range, with the grand sentinel mountains
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the clear .sky, and appearing only a few
miles away, the city, rivers and Inter
vening country lying obscured at the bot
tom of this ocean. At other times the fog
will lie perfectly still ind smooth like a
quiet sea. Again It may lie so low as to
show the spires and towers of the city
piercing Its surface like so many Isolated
beacons, while the smoke from the manu
factories rises from it like inky fountains
from a silvery sea. At other times the
fog hangs over the river in a great stream
suspended between heaven and earth,
drifting and rolling along as though con
fined In Its course by unseen walls.
Taken all In all, this residence district,
and Its position Insures that It will never
be used for other purposes, is one of the
most desirable, and will ultimately be
come one of the most beautiful portions of
Portland.
. Portland Railway Company.
This company has gained a most en
viable reputation with its patrons for tne
up-to-date methods always pursued by
the management and expense Is never
spared If some improvement can be made,
either In equipment or In the running
schedule, that will add to the comfort or
the traveling public. The increase In
h-affic over the lines of this company has
been remarkable, and Is 35 per cent In ex
cess of the previous year, 189S. This Is
oneof. the best possible Indications that
the people are enjoying more prosperity at
the present time than for many years
previous. The company has kept pace
With the Improved conditions noted, and
added several new cars, both open and
closed, built after original designs, that
xtamp them models of beauty and comfort.
Tht Sixteenth-street line has been ex
tended so that a close connection Is made
with the large manufacturing district
located In that portion of the city. A
double track has been constructed at Wil
lamette Heights, a step made necessary
by the immense number of people that
visit this delightful spot at all seasons
of the year; but particularly during the
summer months. The view from this
point Is unexcelled anywhere, and tourists
visiting Portland, even If they remain but
a few hours, must spare the time to feast
the eye on one of the finest scenic spec
tacles to be found In the United States.
During the warm summer evenings high
class, open-air concerts are provided at
the expense of the company, a feature that
has been fully appreciated by the amusement-loving
people of Portland. The trip
to Vancouver, Wash., which Includes a
ride on. the Columbia river, on the com
pany's ferry-boat. Is a rare treat, and
some of the scenes along this Toute are
reproduced In the art supplement of this
Issue of The Oregonian. Vancouver Is
military headquarters for the department
of the Columbia, and the dress parades
Which take place frequently are attended
by hundreds of Portland people, who en
Joy the ride equally as well as the military
spectacle. Formerly a 20-mInute schedule
during the day and a 30-minute schedule
In the evening was deemed sufficient, but
Increased traflic made a change necessary,
and now the cars run every 15 minutes
during the day, with a 20-minute Inter
mission evenings.
Portland Is proud of its street-car serv
ice, which Is fully abreast of any city of
twice its size in America. The right men
are at the helm, and It Is a safe prediction
to make that it will more than keep pace
with the growth of the city.
It has been alnrnst universally noted,
Says the Family Doctor, that wherever
In the world flesh-eating Is Increasing,
cancer Is" increasing at the same ratio.
The rice-eating natives of India are al
most wholly free from cancer, while pork
eaters and free users of animal food suf
fer from It
RAILROAD TO THE SEA
PORTLAND'S OJfLX DIRECT RAIL
WAY OUTLET TO THE OCEAN.
Astoria & Columbia River Railway
Ono of 'the Best-Built Lines in the
"West Corvallis & Eastern Ry.
The Astoria & Columbia River Railway,
the one line which connects Portland with
the sea, has now been In active opera
tlon for more than a year. It Is the pride
of Astoria, the hope of adjoining towns.
There Is no question that as a factor In
building up a seaport town of Importance
at the mouth of the Columbia river It can
have no equal. Built with special refer
ence to a high rate of speed, for heavy
traffic, and for safety, there Is no doubt
that Astoria andr Its tributary towns now
have one of the best constructed and most
thoroughly equipped railways In the
Northwest
Its steepest grade Is less than two-fifths
of 1 per cent; It has no sharp curves; Its
roadbed Is of the most substantial con
struction; its bridges and trestle work are
the best and most modern which money
can urovide, and Its steel rails are 73
pounds to the yard.
The Astoria & Columbia River Railway
proper extends from Goble 0- miles to
Astoria, thence 13 miles to Warrenton,
Flavel, Fort Stevens and Seaside. It was
built by the Northwest Construction Com
pany, under the personal supervision of
Mr. A. B. Hammond, president of the
road. Honeyman, DeHart & Glenn were
the contractors, who have but recently
turned over the road to the operating de
partment, and the construction company Is
now winding up Its affairs. To make a
continuous lino from Portland, a lease was
entered Into with the Northern Pacific
railway for a term of 99 years, by which
the Astoria & Columbia River railway
uses the 40 miles of track belonging to the
N. P. connecting Goble with Portland.
One-half of the cost and expense of this
40 miles of railway Is by the terms of the
lease borne by the Astoria & Columbia
River Railway Company, which virtually
makes It joint owner of It with the N. P
Co. From Goble, where the N. P. crosses the
Columbia river, the new road follows down
the south bank of the Columbia, over a
strictly water-level route. The line passes
through Rainier, Clatskanle, Westport
Clifton and Knappa, and still following tho
river, enters Astoria through the neck of
Tongue Point running along the entire
water front of that city, and finally cross
ing Young's bay to Warrenton, Flavel,
Fort Stevens and Seaside.
The line from Flavel to Fort Stevens
was built this year. This being an exten
sion of the line from Astoria, the latter is
practically Its seacoast terminal.
The history of Astoria dates back to the
year 1SU, when It was established as s.
trading post by John Jacob Astor. Al
though the most Infernally constructed
town In the world, being half on land and
half on sea. It Is now the center of many
large and growing Industries.
The Salmon industry alone realizes on
an average over $3,000,000 per year. The
major part of the canneries of the Colum
bia river being located at Astoria, with
three largo mills employed in cutting lum
ber for foreign and domestic trade; two
extensive box factories; machine shops;
boatbuilding yards and other factories of
lesser Importance, employment Is given to
many hundreds of people.
The government jettyT constructed five
miles out from Fort Stevens, Insures a
channel of 30 feet, which gives deep-sea
vessels free access to Astoria harbor. Gov
ernment engineers have Tecently made rec
ommendations to congress for the exten
sion of the jetty two miles further, which.
It Is claimed, will Insure a channel of 40
feet depth.
There are a number of seaside resort3
on the extension of the line from Astoria
to Seaside, wherethe extension terminates.
Of these, Flavel, Gearhart Park and Sea
side are the most Important.
Seaside and Gearhart are pre-eminently
the resorts of the people. It Is here that
excursions come from Portland to enjoy
the ocean breeze and the level stretches
of sand, where the sea oathlng Is perfect.
There are quantities of beautiful places,
with cottages and hotels and all the mod
ern equipment of the well-ordered summer
resort.
Now that the Astoria & Columbia River
railway's line Is complete, these resorts,
which formerly were accessible only by
boat, are now more quickly and far mora
comfortably reached over the new rail
road. By the completion of thl3 route, the
future of Astoria Is assured. When one
thinks of the magnitude of the country
drained by the Columbia river and Its trib
utaries, the colossal wheat fields of Wash
ington, Idaho and Oregon, the mines, with
their greatest wealth yet undeveloped, the
forests, the fertile valleys, with their prod
ucts eager to reach the sea by easy grades,
and remembers what an Important part
tho Astoria railroad Is to play In all this,
ho will scarcely dare to think what Is to
be the destiny of this city by the sea.
When transcontinental connections are ar
ranged with this road; when Oregon's
natural advantages are utilized by the
great railway corporations; when the mag
nificent harbor at Astoria Is appreciated
by Portland people and all Its resources
enlarged and made available, then some
thing of the full significance of what this
enterprise means to Oregon will begin to
be manifest.
Just a word about the scenery along
this line. The Columbia river alone Is fine
enough In Its majestic sweep to the sea
to engross the attention of the traveler
as he Is whirled along Its banks In one of
the perfectly appointed cars of the As
toria & Columbia River railway. But,
there are the mountains as "well to lift
his thoughts from things- mundane and fix
them upon the grandeur of their "peaks,
gleaming white and still above the river.
A trip taken" over this road for no other
purpose than to view the scenery along the
way would amply repay one for the time
and money expended. The train service
of the Astoria & Columbia River railway
is excellent There are two perfectly ap
pointed passenger trains, with parlor cars,
each way every day from Portland to As
toria. During the summer season these
trains go through to the seaside. The run
Is made In less than three hours each way.
To Mr. A. B. Hammond, president of the
Astoria & Columbia River railway, be
longs the credit of the successful construc
tion and completion of Its line. Mr. Ham
mond Is a man of strong character, tire
less energy and a man of unswerving pur
pose. He came to Oregon In 1894 to Inves
tigate the advantages of tho proposed rail
way. In the year following the contract
was closed for its construction. Since that
time the work has gone uninterruptedly
on, notwithstanding the severe financial
depression of the succeeding years. Mr.
Hammond has given much of his time to
the personal direction of the work, and
the splendid result is one of which he may
justly be proud.'
The general offices of the Astoria" & Co
lumbia River road are located in Astoria,
excepting only the office of President
Hammond, which Is in The Oregonian
building, Portland, where Mr. William G.
Gosslln acts In the capacity of secretary
and assistant to the president The other
officers are: T. H. Curtis, treasurer; J. C.
Mayo, traflic manager; F. D. Kuettner,
auditor, and John McGuIre, superintend
ent Corvallis & Eastern Railroad Co.
In 1S94 the old Oregon Pacific & Willam
ette Valley & Coast railway was pur
chased at sheriffs sale by Bonner & Ham
mond, which sale was confirmed by the
court In January, 1895. The reorganized
road was Incorporated in April, 1895, under
the name of the Oregon Central & Eastern
Railway Company. This road took posses
sion of the property and franchises of
Bonner & Hammond and established head
quarters at Corvallis. On December 15.
1897, the Corvallis & Eastern Railroad
Company was organized, with headquar
ters at Albany. This company, in turn,
purchased the property and franchises of
the Oregon Central & Eastern railway,
and in December. 1S3S. the general offices
were removed from Corvallis to Albany.
The track is laid from Yaquina bay, 143
miles to Idanha. and dally trains are" run
both ways between Yaquina and Detroit,
a distance of 133 miles. The eastern ter
minus, Idanha, Is located on the North
Santlam river. In the Cascade- mountains,
at the foot of Mount Jefferson. About 30
miles of the east end of the line runs
through heavy timber.
The surveys of this road were completed
and the line located as far as Snake -river,
390 miles from the present terminus. Tha
road will eventually be extended east Of
the mountains, where the located Una
traverses Crook, Harney and Malheur
counties. Some- 20 or 25 miles of the lino
has already been graded east of the Cas
cades, and, once the line Is completed, it
will assuredly be one of the most impor
tant avenues of commerce In the state.
With the completion of the line as pro
jected a vast area of the best wheat
growing land In the state will be opened
for settlement
The present line traverses a very exten
sive timber belt, between Corvallis and tha
seashore, and millions of feet of lumber
annually are shipped over th& line from
the extensive mills now In operation. The
major portion of the lumber finds a ready
market In Colorado, Utah, California and
Wyoming, while some of it goe3 to Sart
Francisco by rail to Yaquina bay" and tho
sea. With the completion of tho much
needed improvements by the government
of Yaquina harbor the present freight
traffic of the Corvallis & Eastern railway
will be largely Increased. A line of steam
boats Is now plying between San Fran
cisco and Yaquina bay, connecting with
the Corvallis & Eastern road at that point.
These vessels carry wheat and lumber
to San Francisco, and when deep-sea ves
sels can enter the harbor vast quantities
of these products can be transshipped to
points abroad as from other important
seaboard terminals. The business public
of Western Oregon have taken an active
Interest In the question of Improving
Yaquina bay, and It Is expected that the
present congress will be asked to take in
itiatory steps In the matter.
In connection with projects under con
templation affecting the Corvallis & East
ern, may be mentioned the fact that the
people of Salem have offered a liberal bo
nus to the company to extend Its line to
the capital city. Another project that has
been seriously discussed is tho extension
of the Corvallis & Eastern north along
the seashore at Tillamook, there to con
nect with an extension of the Astoria &
Columbia River railway from the presant
terminus at Seaside. Doubtless the As
toria & Columbia River Toad's extension
to Tillamook will be built at no distent
date.
Another Industry on the line of the Cor
vallis & Eastern railway Is the quarrying
of fine building stone, of which vast areas
are to be found. Extensive deportts of
fine clay have also been found, and their
development has already reached beyond
the experimental stage.
As Seaside Is the summer resort for tha
people of Portland, so Is Newport the sea
side resort for the people of Central. South
ern and Western Oregon, and during the
season the trains of the Corvallis & East
ern are crowded with excursionists going
to and coming from the beach.
A. B. Hammond Is president of the Cor
vallis & Eastern road, and Edwin Stone
Is general manager. The headquarters or
the road and offices of the general man
ager are located at Albany.
THE HOTEL PORTLAITD.
One of the Best-Conducted and Bent-
Known Caravansaries of the
"United States.
There Is no hotel on the Pacific const
which stands higher with the traveling
public than the Hotel Portland, of Port
land, Or., and there Is no hotel of the East
today which offers the service on the same
modest scale of expenditure as Portland's
leading hostelry.
The success of the Hotel Portland both
as a business venture and as an enterprise
worthy of the highest popular recognition
dates from the connection of Mr. H. C.
Bowers with the house In 1S94. Before
Mr. Bowers assumed control, the hotel
company under whose ownership the ho
tel Is conducted, was regularly called upon
at the end of each successive year to make
up the annual deficit, covering the lo&ses
in running the hotel property. For the
past 5 years Mr. Bowers has annually
shown a balance on the right s'de of his
ledger, a margin of profit in conducting
the hotel that Is most gratifying to the
stockholders. It may be noted here, too.
that this has not been accomplished by
Impairing tho service of the house, but,
on the other hand.as the result of startling
Innovations and Improvements that have
stamped Mr. Bowers as one of the best
known hotel managers In tha United
States today.
The building occupied by tho hotel i3
large, It Is fire-proof. It Is strictly modern
In all Its appointments, and It Is handsome
ly, even elegantly, furnished. The dining-room
fronts on two of the main streets
of the city, and Is most attractive In Its
appointments. The chef, the head waiter
and the superintendents of the different
departments are all artists In their respec
tive lines. One of the most notable fea
tures of the hotel is the handsomely fitted
cafe and bar. There Is nothing In tna
Waldorf-Astoria in New York even that
surpasses this part of the house, in its
cozy and comfortable attractions. The
handsome Illustration of the Hotel Port
land published In the Illustrated supple
ment of thl3 number will prove of Inter
est to the thousands of people from
abroad who may have enjoyed tho hospi
tality of this house In the past
JOSEPHINE MIKES.
Over 75 Hydranllc Placers at Worlc
in the Connty,
The outlook for Josephine county never
was better than It is today, and the en
couraging fact 13 that new properties are
constantly being developed, and the out
put of gold is growing every day. Prop
erties are constantly being sold to Invest
ors from old-established mining camps,
who have money to develop and Improve
said property. No less than S5O0.00O has
been spent the last year In buying and
equipping properties In Josephine county,
and yet the development Is only in lt3
Infancy.
Previous to two years ago our country
was essentially a placer or hydraulic gohl
mlnlng country, and in tnis respect second
on the Pacific coast to California only.
Josephine county today produces moro
gold, silver and copper than any other
section In Western Oregon. Today it offers
opportunities for investment not equated
by any county of like area in the North
west Right here let me say that no longer can
it be said that Southern Oregon has no
permanent ledges, for she now has three
paying mines In the county that are pro
ducing alone 530,000 to 54O.C0O a month, with
magnificent veins of ore that show mil
lions In sight
The number of locations for quartz and
placer properties In Josephine county for
the past six months, we are told by the
county clerk, has averaged 60 a month.
There arc no less than 75 working hy
draulic placers, and many placers that
are worked by ground sluicing and by
rockers, and at least 100 quartz claims
are being developed.
ARTHUR CONKLTN.
Grant's Pass, Or.
English Street-Car Facilities.
Philadelphia Bullelln. " ,
The advantages of thejfnew tramcars
and regulations whicb?-have been adopted
for Manchester, as compared with thoa
now In existence, are as follows; Half
penny fares and commutation tickets. Dry
seats for outside passengers. Electrlo
lights inside and out. More room and
greater comfort Electric communication
with conductor. Fixed stopping places.
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