, 1875-07-17
Oregon and Winnemucca Railway.
visit of .he Central Pacific Directors.

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Fo, some time past, as We learn, negotIa-
tions have been making and a long CORES
,,.,,dsnee had between the directors OF The
Oregon Central Pacific tWInnemuecal hAiI-
- C,mpany, and certain capitalists OF Ne"
York, for the construction of the Innemuooa
-,,Iuav the result OF which Is that a guaranty
and offer Ia writing has been made 10y those
To furnish money To build and
,,,ip The road complete from Portland 70
Wnnemucca within three years, Oh two con-
ditIuus. These are:
fya-Tha, the people Of Oregon subscribe
81 5UO. 900 Of the stock of the company,
which Is not required 10 be paid up MI the
road has been buIlI and Jhe cars arc running
through from Portland TO WInuemucca
S.r0gG-Tuat the WInuemucca Company
obtain guarantees IL wiring for 20 years
from the Directors of the Central Faelhc'
that the latter will give TO The people ot VI,
EXON precisely ihe same rates OF iHr,s anu
freIs his from Ogden, over the Central HAclnc
road to WIunemuccl, as they now SlVe' or
may hereafter give 10 California, IN Uide'
hat Oregon may have tor III, - 70 years the
SINE rates and ume OF trausI a. California
The ubiect Of the capitalists III making these
ipulaIIous, Is that The people Of OieSOn
shall own their own road, or have pecunlary
interest therein, and that Portland ana the
whole Northwest coast may be III a tuSl'loh
during the currency OF the railway bonds, 10
compete On equal terms with San Frhnclsco
and California IN railway advantages, facIi-
Itles and rates 50 as thus to secure 20 the
proposed boudhulders that the Inter,s VIII
b, duly paId on their bonds lt sevins they
have every confidence IN ,he success OF the
Miuuemucca road, from Ihe tact that It has
two connections: lst, with the Eastern
States via WiuneIRuccai; and II, "lth Cali
1gruEE tn2 s>9Yll1ezU ysc,6c T,noS. which
must couuect sumrw here IN the hLiD'a
cuuniry. each of which hey think Will be
self supporting
l. viii lie remembered that the Railway
Committee uf the Portland board of Trade,
and Mr.. B. }. Pengra waited upon the dree-
tors IN San Francisco IN May last. That
meeting WAS Tor the purpOse OF aSeer aiming
what running connections and !are AMI
freight Terms the Central Pacific wOnld give
10 the WinnemuSca road and The people OF
Oregon. The Central Pacific dir, ctUrs, With
out then commit ing ihenssl ly. 3 10 any dyti
mite agreement, stated verbally, and III IA
general way. that they would be prepared
hereafter, when negotiations were fully ma
rured tor building the WiHuemucc'; road, TO
sign agr-emeuts and en'er into such working
a r,.nyrmtuts with the Oregon company as
would b. satisfactory to the people Of Oregon.
Accordingly committee OF the dur, cturS of
he Central P,cItic Company, consisting II
ex-Ciov- Stanford, G. /. Hun Ingtuu, Esq
and D. d Cotton, ESD, Will reach Pori land
This evening confer RIth the directors of
the OIego: C,ntral Pacific Con, n,pany-amung
whom are W. 5. L4dd, III. w. CUybert, Hem
ry Failing and others of oar weal' hi, ~ cit
izens-as to the proposed working arrange
mems between the TWO companies. The Ten
trail Pacific directors will also, while here,
examine the Nurth-Pacific coast generally,
iucluiinS the Puget Sound, after which they
will return 10 Portland, whence, with two
or more Of the Oregon Central Pacific direc-
tors. they will proceed over the weslside road
aud other conveyance 10 Eugene, and thence
eastward by the proposed line of the Winnie
murra rold over the Cascade range of noun
tains 10 Winnemuccs. After meeting the
WIuHemucca surveying party who are now
out, Jh,y will reruEn 10 The Klamath Lake
country. where the connection Ii 80 be made
WI il the CalIturuI, system of roads and
fr,tn ihI- point relurn 10 san Francisco over
land.
Air. L. J. Pengra and William Ko-hler,
Ed, he representative here Of The German
bpndhOldrrs, lrf, here last Saturday wI.h the
train TO + burg to rl,. the {, II ri P.cllic
dir, crors, .,sid tL,~e z, II lemsn viii al.
In the president - car OF h Oregon IL Cali
f,rnia Brslway, re4ohiug Portland ro-night.
Ii, a. We hop, satisfactory working ar
ranEr,nrnrs Ere concluded here b-tw-ru he
directors of III Two companies, Then The pub
lie will he offiaialy Informed OF the details #
the off r made hy the Nv Irrk proIs,Sed
bundholitrs 10 buiid IN road, and OF H. ar
rIugtgururs made wi'h the Ger. raj Pacific
directors, and W shall ali learn exactly on
what conditions and Ia what time II may be
built 1t i, however. eviden from the ao-
tion taken by ali parrIr,. and the visit ~ the
Cenrrni Pacific directors here ia Oregon, that .
oar railway pro-pec's ar brIgh er than they
have been for soIn- time. and We trust that
arrangements will be made which will b. for
the brn,ii' of Or"gon and of Washington T,r- .
ritury GTcg1Ejaa. JEGy l2th.