553 WI1 . 5& LAST RAIL TQ DUFUR TODAY (Continued From Page 1.) erts .tracklaj-inp; machine, operated by means of a 12-horscpower upright engine operated with steam conveyed from the locomotive. Two .trams, one on either !de of the train, furnish the mediums for transporting the ties and steel. The one on the right, as shown In the illus tration, extending for a distance of about 5f lect In advance of the forward car, con veying the ties, from cars back of the loco motive to where they are handled hv workmen only for a distance of about one rail length, and while this Is being done the rail gang is placing two additional, lengths of steel on ties already laid,' the steel being brought forward from the I cars by the tram on the left, four strap men quickly bolting the rail lengths to-, gether and two spacers applying secure crossbars of steel that hold the rails n place -without spiking, the train moving forward one rail length as each new pair of Tails are clamped anil bolted. Behind the train follows the spike gang, securing the rails to the ties. The trams serve to Taring from the cars everything that is re quired in putting -down the track, includ ing, spikes that are carefully distributed, straps and clamp-rods, and with its crew -of 8 men the tracklaylng train has re peatedly made a record of 1000 feet an kour for an ertlre shift. J. D. Tobln, su-J perintendent, railroad man of consid erable experience, has charge ot the con-, atructlon train. ' With ch&Bfflng cenditioRS of the world 4 2 -r 4 there has bpen no more marked change than In the class of worklngmon engaged in railroad building. During several hours spent in the grading" camps and with the construction train of the Groat Southern; j me wruer nearu no language tnat would not be permissible in Sunday school, and certainly nothing more forcible than has been heard in church conferences where inelegant If not Improper expressions have sometimes been heard. Officials of the Great Southern' Railroad Company arc Its principal owners, and In an unostentatious way have carried the first division of their line to speedy oomr pletlon. SVlfch the same xjulot but ag gressive methods they propose Immedi-1 ately to begin construction of tho second division for a distance 'of 22 mllos into the heart of the yollow pine belt of Southern Wasco County, where will be opened up tho finest bait of this desirable lumber timber accessible to markets of the Columbia Basin. Extension Is Located. The route has already been located and the line will skirt tho Eastern boundary of the tlmbor, and the Western bordor of the Juniper Flats, 'a rich agricultural re gion' In the form of a triangle having a length of about 20 miles on each side, Immensely productive of grain crops without irrigation. With this agricul tural region on one hand and the splen did yellow pine forest, cruising 3,000,000 to 6.000.000 feet to the quarter section, a tre mendous traffic is guaranteed from tho first. Will Serve Developed Districts. Between Dufur and Juniper Flats tho rbute win serve the Tygh and Warn I c dis tricts, highly developed farming" sections, in both of which there Is consldetablo acreage under irrigation, -with Its result- Kant heavy crop yields. Tygh'raeans Warm, and the Valley Is aptly described by the THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1905. GREAT SOUTHERN TAPS YELLOW-PINE 'Ml 1 VI 3, 5W ' name as having most favorable climatic conditions. Toward the interior of the state surveys haye been completed to a point on Des chutes River near Warm Springs, following down Warm Springs River to the junc tion of that stream with the Deschutes, thence up that stream toward the Bend country. In this course the line traverses a region of great traffic possibilities, add ing new lumber districts to the yellow pine forests that will first be tapped by the completion of the second division, when the total trackage will be a lUtle more than 50 miles. Over the portion now. complete, and also throughout tho 'approved surveys to the UQUIPilEXT OF GREAT SOUTHERN One Baldwin, tocometive. One combination baggage-ear and ooaeh. One partes ger-ceach. FJve boxcars.' . Ten flatcara. Crsp!ete constructlon-'o.utfli, 'numer ous handcars, .pushoars and .minor equipment. ' Deschutes River, the average grade la only about 1 per cent, and the maximum less than 2 per cent, with maximum cur vature of 10 degrees. " Dulur Thriving Country Town, Dufur. the present terminus of the Great Southern, Is a trade center of considerable Importance, and has a population of nbout Rfo, with various mercantile lines well represented. Excellent public jechols af ford educational advantages, and a num ber of churches furnish 'opportunity for affiliation of residents. Electric lights and power are provided fxpm current .brought "from the plant of The Dallas BELT ANb WHEATFIELDS EAST OF CASCADES as r5 Iff' W1 White River Power Company. The com ing of the railroad has resulted In an ex tensive amount of building during the present year, several new business houses and many residences having been con structed. Two large grain warehouses, owned and operated by the Dufur Warehouse Com pany, and. the Tygh Ridge Warehouse Company, furnish storage for a large ton nage of grain and other agricultural prod ucts of the region, both of which will bo Immediately given trackage connections. A considerable proportion of tho 500.003 bushels of grain which It Is estimated will be handled by the Great Southern this year "will originate here. VETERAN HIS. QULT WORK T. II. GOODMAN DEAYES SOUTH : ERX PACIFIC SERVICE. Resigns General Passenger -Agency at San Francls A. D. Craig 3Iay Succeed Him. Official announcement Is made by the Southern Pacific Company of the retire ment of General: T. H. Goodman, general passenger agent 'at the Pacific Coast lines at San Francisco. General Goodman has been In the service of the Southern Pa cific for the last 37 shears, and Is now re tiring on a pension at his own request, the retirement to become effective on Sep tember 30, General Goodman has been Ions In the service of the Coast division of the South ern Pacific and has played a 'large and important part In "the success of -the com pany throughout the. Coast States. Now that h is retiring great later t aaunc 3$ art. railroad men is centering in the specula tion as to his possible successor. Charles S. Fee. the Pacific jConst agent of the Southern Pacific, will have the appointing power, and with him rests the selection of a man to fill the place. A. I Crale; is the man who will be called, according to the gossip of Rail road Row. It Is rumored among the various railroad men along Third street that It has been tendered Mr. Craig, though It is not currently believed that he would relish the transfer. The Califor nia place is at present larger and of more Importance, holding more power than that now occupied by Mr. Craig. 3ut In the face of that are tho greater possibil ities of the Northwest district of the Har rlman system. In which Mr. Craig con trols the passenger department. It Is argued that Mr. Craig's knowledge of Oregon and Washington conditions, his personal interest In this country, as well as his professional Interest, and his extensive acquaintance with the people will make him more serviceable here htan In Sarr Francl3co. The petfple of Portland will be interested In the outcome of tho rumor of the probable appointment. Fear Invasion of Immber. NEW WESTMINSTER. B. a. Sept. IT. (Special.) Managers and owners ot mills In and around New Westminster are putting forth every effort to give the tariff commission, when It meets in this city this month, one of the strongest memorials ever placed before that body on the long- suggested tax on lumber Im ported from the United States. The cutting of rates by the Great North ern Railway Company the fore part of the. week has terrorized local mlllmen, who believe that this Is the first step to ward a wholesale Invasion of Manitoba and the Northwest by cheap lumber, against which the local lumber men will not be able to compete. The tariff com mission will have some of British Co lumbia's foremost business men before it demanding that a duty be placed on Imported lumber. : Mnrtae Syo K ssedy Cut Xytmi MsJem Weak Xye Stress. SUm Sri Tmim; Pg i' t tssart. ft"; 1 1. Town of Dufar, end first division of Great Southern Railroad, rrlth wheat farms surrounding; wheat warehouses In foreground at left and end of rail road grade: just below, from which switch tracks will be built; Mount Hood In distance. 2. Method of transporting grain that Is superseded by railroad. 3. "Wheat warehouse at Wrentham, capacity 60,000 bushels, now filled with grain. 4. Tracklaylng machine In operation on last mile of Brat division of the Great Southern Railroad. IL BUYS E AREA Much Land Acquired for North Portland Terminals, AT A COST' OF $1,500,000 Vast Amount of Costly Engineering Work to Be Done In Preparing Ground for Railway Trades and Warehouses. The Northern Pacific has within the last few months spent more than 51.5CO.00O In the purchase of North Portland property. The fact has not been published, the rec ords do not as yet show the transfers to have been made, but the business has been done, nevertheless. Agents working In the interest of the company have ob tained options upon one piece of property after another, until at present practically all the land extending from the northern boundaries of the Northern Pacific Ter minal Company to the Weldler tract known to have been purchased by the Northern Pacific and as far back as GIl san street in many places, has passed into Its control. Nor Is this all. for many other tracts of land wanted for terminals and sidetracks and roundhouse sites have been quietly acquired by the silent agents of the Hill roads, until, as one official prominent in Northern Pacific circles says significantly. "The "Northern Pacific has all the ground It wants, now and for yeara to come." No official announcement has been made concerning- all these purchases, but such a statement -will be Issued in all probabil ity before the week Is old. The district has been platted by Northern Pacific en gineers, and this map, when the announce ment Is made, will show more plainly than words the immensity of the project Mr. Hill has under way. Hill's Men Are Silent. No one who knows will talk about the property bought or the amount Invested, but there are men in Portland who could tell the transaction to the acre and tho dollar. J. Frank Watson, of the Mer chants National Bank, has been 'for a long time the financial agent of the North ern Pacific in Its local realty deals. Through his hands has passed, or by him hag been promised, the vast sum expend ed by the company in securing its termi nal sites here. Still, when- Mr. Watson is asked about the matter, he smiles his quiet smile and says, "I do not know. I really cannot say anything about that yet;" and he adds the last word as if there would be a time when his lips would be unsealed. Next week, perhaps. If the same question Is asked of him, his mem-' ory will be fuller of detail, and what ho 3 could tell will be of great interest to the citizens-of Portland. A vast amount of Improvement work must be done on the property purchased by the Northern Pacific in North Port land before it can be used. Gulches and low. marshy places and swales must be filled and brought up to grade. The high ground must be leveled down and the whole must be made solid and firm enough to bear without change the weight of heavy trains ceaselessly switched to and fro. Work to Be Done. This work In itself will be a co'lossal task, considering the reach of the terri tory to be put In condition. But in all probability the consummation of it will moan the improvement of the Willam ette all along the water front of the Hill property. Dirt must be got to fill the gulches. The river must be deepened to float the monster ships which will come In and go out with their cargoes. There fore It Is thought by engineers who have considered the matter that the easiest and the best way to do all the work will be by dredging the bottom of the river and dumping the dirt and gravel Into the low lands which have to be filled. This plan will give throu3hout the year a depth of water along the river between the ter minal grounds and the Weldler tract more than sufficient to float any ship that will make Portland Its port. North Portland is destined to be a busy place. Over it will hang the perpetual cloud of amoke belched from many en gines, for not only the Hill Unas but the Harrlman will make It a center of their activities. Warehouses and elevators will grow where nothing now lines the banks. It will be the heart of the water-shipping district of the city. Just how far these new structures will reach along the bank3 of the river, and what the real scope 13 planned to be will bo seen when the an nouncement is made in a short time of what property the Northern Pacific In terests have acquired. Use of Seattle Electric Poles. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 17.-(SpecIal.) Because the Seattle Electric Company has Insisted the city has no right to use the company's poles in extending1 Its housS. lighting system. Mayor Ballinger is holds; Ing up a franchise for the extension of the company's electric railway lines on Tenth avenue, north. The Mayor de clares he will hold up the ordinance until the company concedes the right of the city to string Its wires on the electric company's poles. It Is not disputed the city has the right under the company franchises to use the poles for street lighting." But house lighting Is a matter of competition with the private corporation's business to which objection is raised. The city and company are deadlocked. Tabernacle Exceeds Original Cost. LA GRANDE, Or.. Sept. IT. (SpeclaL) The Mormon Tabernacle is rapidly near Ing completion. The cost will exceed -the original estimate of $30,000 by about $20, C00. The cost of the foundation was 510. CC0; the labor expenditure thus far ex ceeds $000, and more than twice as much more has gone into building material. In cluding brick, timber and Iron, and the cost of the- structure as it now stands Is nearly $33,000; It Is estimated that the finishing of the tabernacle, will, necessitate the expendi ture of $15,000.