, 1881-02-19
THROUGH TO TEXAS.
The Scheme Afoot to Garry the
Products Of our Eastern
Empire to the Gulf.
Hew the Genital Pacific Railroad Com par,
erurSSe> ss Control car Wheat MARKET.

4 eau,.,,,ce was held a. San Franchises IN
the 18th inst, between eSpmit'ee oil
directors Of the 0regoniAn Railway company
aud President Stanford. and committee or
Directors cf the Central Pacific. the object
being 20 arrange As IL the peirt Of ccnnec-
ton AMI tie terms on which the same wers
to be male Of these two railroads IN south
eastern Oregon. At this meeting 4 satisfac-
tory arrangement was conclsie,l. But the
Oreg,nian directors were much SURPRISED
when President Stanford informed them that
his company hal made arrangements 70 carry
the whest trade ~
EASTERN wAsHISCTrS
And Eastern Oregon TO Galveston, or other
points IN Texas for shipment - Liverpool,
instead OF by the way of Portland As a. pres
ent He also stated that his company, the
Southern Pacific. would carry the whea. Of
California rir the Gull OF Mexico to England
The plans of the Southern aad Central Pa
eitic COMPANIES rs stated by their president,
Governor Stanford, 70 tie OgeyOnIan Rlll-
WY directors ave Is follows: The S,uthcrn
Pacific VIII reach Galveston or gull port
within one year In 1851 they will imnie,li-
ately thereafter build line from a rJiut on
the C-niral Pacific, 20 miles east or we,: Of
Ninaenuccs, az INTO Oregon 10y the way OF
rHg NiLHEUa RESERVATION.
From which latter point their line will fork;
a northeaSterly branch on or near u Walla
Wal,a AMI thence to the Palouse country t.
connection on the Northern paeiiic's Insin
line with a nor.hweSterly branch from the
NJ slheur through the 0chcco country an,. the
John Day river to the DIlles When these
roads are connected with the Central Pacific
the Southern Pacific VIII carry the wheat oi
East-rn Oregon and Elstern Washington
straight through III ctgs to Galveston II
freight q. 81 10 Sl2 per ton. and say thcy
nave male arrangements with the
WHITE STAR LINE
And Atlantic steamers and another steIn-
SHIP line 10 carry wheat from the Gull Of
Mexico 10 Liverpool at SH per ton at most
Thsv also intend To carry Passengers fron
Great britain r;i tiilrcS:on To Oregon for
80 t. $50 e.ch, through rates Whether
they can accomplish these points Is n qies'
ton 10 BE- determined Eastern roals vii
carry wheat from Omaha 10 New York for
II ami - ~ per ton, distance Of 1900
miles; and from New York to Liverpool the
freight has been II 10. and Ray he always
obtained for - per TN IL the southern
and Cent. al Paci.ic can ct Sii per ton from
Eastern oteson 20 Liverpool direct
TnEY CAN MIKE MORE MONEY
In carryin. wheat tlaa the western railroads
nOw make III carrying wheat from Omaha to
New York besides which they propos-,
they say, u guarantee the delivery OF all
Oregon wheat III Liverpool within thirtytwo
days, Slvin. of fcOm four u five months
arOund CIre Horn. The insurance wIl! be
mucl, less, and as two-thrT,ls of the wheat
which goes r;a Galveston viii be carried III
bulk, there VIII be 1 Swing III sacks also. IL
Is ROT the Southern Pacifics intention to
take the Oregon wheat to san Francisco on
its way to Galveston. They propose after
their Oregon extension % the
rAL0rsE COUNTRY
| Is completed, 10 continue that line snut erly
across the Central Pac:ic's main line near
WiaRemrrra u the Colorado river, ani
thence onward 10 connection with the
Southern Pacific 5 mann line IN Arizona, al or
near Maricopa Wells This line wall make
the distance between Galveston AMI Genital
or Eastern Oregon Really as short as between
Galveston and san Fraacisca. PreSIdent
Stanford stated that his company had now
no intentions OF ever extending their Cab
fo-n'l and Oregon line from ReddIng into
Southern Oregon, but would b. pleased to
make connections with the Ore.onIan Ran
way company line If II was extended t.
Southeastern Oregon, as the Central paeife
had no intentions OF going u Portland nr Of
! maxim. cxten:ions to Western Oregon or
Wiilamette valley, except by connecting with
other lines, NEE IN. them IN Eastern oregon
OF at the CeGtrdl Pacific main line. -f'"t-
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