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About The Deschutes echo. (Bend, Or.) 1902-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1904)
the COMING TERM INUS of the Columbia Southern Railway. On the R e n o w n e d D e s c h u te s R iv e r Located at the north ernmost fringe of 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 rapidly. Particulars may be had by calling upon or writing to the tt St 3 _____ ^ 5 ) _____ 6 *- > ■o' 1 Q •» ï % e - ■ J S 7 3 t» S * 2 _ — hytle Touinsite Company, * , ___ » « '3 V 5 3 " 'c // . 'V • il fi 7 6 ->■ J V V 3 2L. S I n itiâ t ¿W / • I f « • '/ » e t » ^ 7 f 4 / »« Deschutes, Oregon DESCHUTES COLUMBIA SO UTH ERN EXTENSION A SSU R E D . P re sid e n ts H a rrim a n a n d L ytlo S ign A g re e m e n ts— C o n stru c tio n Soon o B egin. The name of which was originally “The Bend,’ received its present name by a change being ordered by the Post- office Department about a year ago. The Deschutes Townsite Company is now offering (Oregonian Dec. 1.'»,) That the Columbia Southern Railroad will bo extended from C H O IC E L O T S A T $ 1 0 0 and U P W A R D S Shaniko to Rend and that work will be commenced early in next year is assured. The contracts be The Oregonian’s article printed herewith shows what an intense tween President llarriman and i President E. E. Lytle, of the Co interest is being taken in this country by the people of a commer lumbia Southern, have been signed cial center like Portland. and all agreements have been satis-j factorily entered into. All that now remains is to complete plans This will be—not a mere jumping-off place—but a city in a few for the extension, have the materi years’ time. Possesses all the natural advantages to make it such, al for the road shipped to the con timber, water power, irrigated land, etc. struction points, and commence building. Mr. Lytle announces that this will be done just as soon \ Send in your order for a lot at once to the ns possible. In talking of the mat ter yesterday Mr. Lytlesaid: “All doubt is now removed. The road will be built. There are no longer i any disagreements between Mr llarriman and myself. We have made satisfactory concessions, nnd the contracts signed. “I cannot sav more than this at present, because there vet remain Deschutes Townsite Co OREGON. 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 may be made public.” Now that the agreement between Mr. Harriman and Mr. Lytle have been made, the bonds will he is sued by the Columbia Southern immediately and the most, if not all of them will be taken up by Mr. Harriman. In thin manner the money necessary to build 100 miles of road from Shaniko to Bend, will be raised. The esti mated cost of this extension is $ 1 , 500 , 000 . Several routes have been survey ed between the two points to he connected by the extension, ana the officials of the road are having some difficulty in deciding upon the exact route to be chosen. All of them present good possibilities, but the question before the railroad people, how to select the best route for the road and for the | country that will iven railway I service. It is expected that dirt will fly on the grade for the extension next spring. Work will then be pushed with all the speed possible until the line is completed into Rend. The route is a comparatively easy one, and there are hut few heavy grades to be dealt with