, 1881-07-23
The Main, Line to Be Fed by
Thousands Of Miles Of
Branches.
Forty MILLIONS Of Dollars aud
Moro 'on Hand to DO
All This.
A Land.Grant' Equal in Area to the
State Of Illinois.
War between The Manitoba and tho
Northern I'nciilc-A Second Red
River Country. .,

lblut HhS RluHIl lilW &Iao OIeH0n " 1lHlIScNA@
ttnrntal Company las done tts work III the
completion Of tho Northern Pacific. the Orc
gun 1sntiway &. Navigation Company, ils
numerous branches. al.a the Oregon l. Cali
forniA i.ai,rbuti, Ill Of which 1t controls, Mr..
Willard and his friends will have tho lnntl-
nKe,1leMt of B,t0U miles III rutd, stretching
| frul,l tile terminus Oil Luke Superior to tho
three principal points OH The Pacific Ocean.
| TlIls will be thu
GREATEST NET OF HA1LnoEu TRACKS
| I'll ono hand In the Uifteu Suites, nl..l the
greatest but ono or tw., in the world. with
1t goes m Imperial lait-Rrnnt, given to the
Northern Pacific when IL was supposed
It's course would bo largely through
a desert. This trntscoMtiilental route will
bo the shortest by 700 miles between Now
York a,ii Asia., Its easy grades have con,-
mttted Its nanhgcrs to tho resolYe to make
the time between New York and San Frall-
cisco twelve hours shorter than by tho other
sky-cllmbtny lines There aro over sA0,o00,-
00O OIL l,al,d to pus1l tho work IN its different
divisions, and plans l,nve been nlsule for Sl0,-
00O more ii needed. These millions nre to bp
| spent Ms rapidly III lines afltl levels Gun be
4utcr!nlned Alul nlen aiMt materials colce,l-
trated Ut the poiuts OF construction.
| IT III 4 ujsEAr Wo1.K,'-
great IN its bearlngs on tlnanees, on tlle dc.
Asia With Europe md America, Oh tue pollt-
ic'l re1ations It tho, Pacific Slope with tho
rest ot tl1e United States, n,ld perhaps
welfare of thousands Ut families that Will
find III II Il new avenue out Df the want OF
EUropa t., the plenty Of AlnerlcA. The wtu'o
tf0n OF olle mind, and 1t Is planned t0 bring 1t
ALI. To COMPLETION
i at ono time. Hris nloratiy certain, too. TINT
the busy md adventurous brain WHICH las
thought out thls great combination isalfcatty
tl,i'.knr out =: enntination of j.. t. ti'at vi!
coa.l,,r"tat l1as;ot tlle It'll unhtttei stAlcs M '''''
ThY progrees. of construction, bctwSell y, ,;
aid: Portland, 'sd'''ts; Mld 6s;twee Portland u,iI
Incoin.,, h,ts 'aiready been given in full.
Wien the branch over the Cascade Mount
aims will be begun or f1nsllcino ono knows.
IT, cost was .stlmated by prcsldemt l,IllngS.,
before tlle House C0n,1tttec on Pacillc lslll-
rnn.is; at S o 2 S4oo e., % i. ls AL tho
fMfslied by tho yayof 1ortlutd TO Taeoma:
~ every lntle ot,road Is something Of IN IT.
auccl,Ient to build, and the
CASCADE DIVISION
will be constructed as rapidly as Is consistent
with what tic '1iHnaEers feel to bu tlie inOru
Important dutynDf finishing tho lines tirst
tnGt; ars ,., w1fti ust. T9 so.nsctions ot
tan tic cascu,iSi3ranch. For e the frst, % there @
renlailts TO- be bslt 0nly tle little link be-
!, tween rort,alld aliu kalnua tor tue second,
r hs raeon ru s o y KNIT
Mo Miles south Of Portland to Roseburg,
n'toina M y, HINT nat IT.; ~ a
r",,iv !rhn rn has isan wt.r r.nrnTzd ot "dT H.
III II, u @ n2 .s ns ovsn r., "
s9 21 polaS @ ~ E;af"nn ~. 70 t teoi.1IIess T., Il
aud ao,.,.,,,,, III, ~. e :, ,,., ,,,,,.,<,
ooSTiSuko .t,o. TOWARDS San ';s fnASelsco .a
Pneltic Coast ft0ad Of California, or possibly
another road now built lou miles north Of
Sun FRANCISCO. ":
Pacific Cenxt are being secured. work viii
he pushed un tllc;finp0rtant branches Of tho
ofeY9 syste ta as to fsa the sts Ara
braneI! running fS0 miles from iun,Rtllfa, OIL
! the G9ltiMbln, t9 baker City, Wliofo It meets
w. unI9n h,aelne' y VIZ pisS tntouk,a
rui,s uHau .i 1SsM" un,Mil 10. Inunies' afav
@ Va!isys, .s s,d iI Viii % dra Ia spsGt 1SF wiss 1ssi
DrGnsl, VIII Inn H. from Wa'4aln % Wa!la Walla
itns wtl l.. huSit fts, t,1 !p pGit ~ ia as Mn1
MnIlais M pn Mini Waja Gf Wnjfa II IL IN avtom n"a
S5alls!, Wll &. terty aIlss rapile; @ NJ tt
lmKanom HSGF. ai9 nilnKe i'ySr VIII IN
G!osse4 a. 5p4Yton: IN WASHINGTON VI. IHffntory
" loaH ~. t1at ir " ~ tasnmn,Rh m,.R. Wi,lt'sl
Inantyi ~ tne wny u nilon fiMt, to Collax
y s'@'y oh!es o!slaM: Ih!s UPS une
= known as tho palo,lssa country. :yoluuteer,
It will from The ripe wheat dropped in l,ar
venting, srU elsll produced hero IT tGlrty-iy,
}, bushels nii acre. "a fact illet ielIs inw prts
! peru,ls tie farmers are Iii Eastern Washing
= sold to tisni. Xii tllrongi, EHstorii Orcgo,
+ and Washington ths ilnust quality Ut wllea
: IL raiscd, aid the 'cln,ni0n Yield is lity t,
sixty bushels to tia aerG, There Inns li9ye
l,veii u fHlIura IT tt,e arops III Oregon. Mr
Willard saya, siilcG tic settlement Of Il,
country In lHI1, ION tlle west siIu Of lii
Ia Willamette q brutjcli will b. built irun Port
r. laiul, ntnety-etEllt; mites, To Corvallis mud
j. further eollnection' Is likely tllat viii carr
= lirances will III prolonged, afi viii inv
!; subhranctes nilt as busihess delnalllls. iii
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