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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.