The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-10-14

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y new railroad project ot conSlu-
cradle Importance ~ ABOUT To take
practical shape, All the preliminary
steps tor an immediate cnntrlbution
for the tirst l3o miles OF the road o25
ing nearly completed. At present the
Oregon Railway NnVigAtlon Com
pany has the monopoly OF the trans
portation business OF the state OF Ore
gon. Its principal line follows the
Columbia river, the northern houn-
dary oitne state, from tne racine
ocean TO Walia WHAa' IN " ASh!n%toh
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!" a'i IN ~ coiis'i "0''o"' '''c 'O5 '9'''
'"'o saw ~
Ian N"N'i
or 9Oo,0ul selected acres on hoth SIDES
OF the military road from Gust to west,
across the entire center of the state,
together with all the TIDE aud marsh
lands in the county. cf Benton. This
includes 80 miles OF the beach and
water front OF the two grent bays,
known rs the Al-ea and Ga1uina.
lhe company was also granted immu-
nity from taxation fer twenty years.
| ~ l"cScht aDnHt tCA ih,ica ~ the road
- lnlShcd, from CorVaiils, on the
iiiain"ttc river, westward. re
comfy the project was taken up by
Eastern capita ll>tS and the Oregon
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vi III I"S .o'"'"rn tHe W'lIa'i''''e
Na'.es '..tI' h"',',hu No'''"flN,
Wy" '1l - ~ SntS "h'i lf"hc,hseS' ana
!, pI"P'S5u 10 90 |" "oFN al once
H,'u H n''l'I the -iiiie- from C9.NA''ir %
y" l.'''H h'N, uISl''cr "' ~ nllieS,
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,"'''' c'N'",'l"' ,ie entire I'' III, ieN 10
80 'f'' Il'S' "'.' .'' '"i!"IiN "'ucr nN
.1cp'' !, io2i' y Ii'lc "i steamers VIII
r,'c. ~ ~ 'u' q ~ run iit," l"lu'''a
p's ~ '7'n rI""''9I'' Congress- NJ
..'e ''9' scSs'"i'' hl'de an "PPr"pr'a-
,'"'i !" uSci'eh 'ic eu'r1hce /" ihiS
~. our "nITi - s,'iu l" ne ot ahlp'e
cH.e'l. ~ a,i"'u s''riter 10 tle tllVlcS
vi we WoIli' \ corps Oh 'he Chlteu
o.a'es c''S. SURVEYORS are ai present
ei'I"He' III survey w ,he maroon anu
ulaet ua'e oi sept Iotn' the ehg!neefs
rtp''' 'iie u'Sc,"erN :" u new rii'hhei
az we So,'''' sue "l t,le oar' W,'l"h III
ioI'S, u. ,"W 'i"e' u'ptn oi II ieet ol
w''e,' WIN mean t'ue" 'c't, mn X
~, ~ ,cct vi ""le' o'i ,i'e o''r' ii'S
m''i aiio'u an entrance ol any NeSSei
,'''' can enter tAe Inouta Oh the &C.
iu'iioia river.
THE INTENTION
Is 10 carry the line eastward along the
military road through the Sweet
Home valley and Mt. Jefferson pass.
This Is claimed to he the only acceS>i
bile pass in the Cascade range. An
other ADVANTAGE IS that the pass has
an elevation of but ,, 800 feet, less than
half that of the Summit pass of the
Union and Central Pacific railways.
The eastern terminus is to be Boise
City, in Idaho. \ branch will run