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About The Deschutes echo. (Bend, Or.) 1902-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1904)
LYTLE, the COMING TERM INUS i of the Columbia Southern R ailw ay. __I__ On th e R e n o w n e d LOTS .A. HE NO W 03ST THE MARKET. s c \ i a 7 9 9 f f 0 9 7 7 * 4 ■r 4' ** * i /# \ * 1 D e s c h u te s R iv e r 3 1 V * 3 9 ■io *t to , '/ ö ’r ^ c e e r V X X 2* // ■0 ) I »! i k ? k < ,'4 r ? ti • — 4 ? / _r T « « 1— / * » ' 9 << k jr I— U / V X to 3NOADW AY -V 0 ? 0 0 s b / ' k » HI s $ j i * * * S *4 0 3~ 7 é • 3 3 4 7 J" 0 a- s*. jr ‘ •0 3 do « r*Eer v * 9 2 / / Located at the north ernmost fringe o f the famous yellow pine timber belt of Oregon the investor needs no further inducements to get in line with the purchasers of this val uable property. Lots are being disposed of rapid ly. Particulars may be had by calling upon or writing to the X7 hytle Touiosite Company, u> Deschutes, Oregon. <*• L v Jk/xj. Lvvi a some matters to be decided upon by myself, relative to the exact route of the extension. I think these matters will be settled in a few days and that all plans of the company relative to the extension DESCHUTES C O L U M B IA SOUTHERN E X T E N S IO N ASSURED. P r e s id e n t s may be made public.” Harriman and L y t le Stern Agreements— Construction oon o gin. (Oregonian Dec. 15,) That the Columbia Southern Railroad will be extended from Shaniko to Bend and that work will be commenced early in next year is assured. The contracts be tween President liarriman and President E. K. Lytle, of the Co lumbia Southern, have been signed and all agreements have been satis factorily entered into. All that now remains is to complete plans for the extotision, have the materi al for the road shipped to the con struction points, and commence building. Mr. Lytle announces that this will be done just as soon as possible. In talking of the mat ter yesterday Mr. Lytle said: “ All doubt is now removed. The road will be built. There are no longer any disagreements between Mr. The name o f which was originally “ The Bend,” received its present name by a change being ordered by the Post- office Department about year ago. a “ I cannot say more than this at present, because there yet remain sued by the Columbia Southern immediately and the most, if not all of them will be taken up by Mr. Harriman. In thia manner the money necessary to build 100 The Deschutes Town site Company’ is now offering C H O IC E LO TS AT $100 and UPW ARDS miles of road from Shaniko to Bend, will be railed. The esti mated coBt of this extension is Tho Oregonian's article printed herewith shows what an intense interest is being taken in this country by the people of a commer cial center like Portland. This will bo—not a mere jumping-off place—but a city in a few years’ time. Possesses all the natural advantages to make it such, timber, water power, irrigated land, etc. i 1,500,000. Several routes have been survey ed between the two points to be connected by the extension, ana the officials of the road are having some difficulty the exact route of them present «ibut the question Send in your order for a lot at once to the Deschutes To wnsite Co Harriman and myself. We have made satisfactory concessions, and the contracts signed. Now that the agreement between Mr. Harriman and Mr. Lytle have been made, the bonds will be is in deciding upon to be ehosen. All good possibilities, before the railroad people how to select the best route for the rosd and for the country that will he given railway service. It is expected that dirt will fly on the grade for the extension next I spring. Work will then be pushed with all the speed possible until OREGON. the line is completed into Bend. The route is a comparatively easy one, and there are but few heavy grades to be dealt with l