Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1883-04-19

POOLING.

4NOt SO Dad after all TOR Lewiston. 1t
will have a railroad in time. Pooling
of the companies seems to be for the in
terchanging Of freights, which is an ad-
vantage to all sections of the couutry--I
Washington Independent
1t would seem that even the pooling
of ireiyhts is still matter of uncertainty
Judging from the following reply of
Willard to the reporter Of the Oregonidn
in answer to questions propounded at San
Francisco. The reporter says:
''ln answer to a question as to whether
Willard contemplates purchasing the
South Pacific Coast railroad, he said he
was not prepared to state. Whether any
return freight would be shipped from
Oregon eastward, via the Oregon Short
Line, he was unable to state; likewise, as
to the effect on Portland of the compile
tion of the Northern Pacific railroad to
kalama"
The reporter had no difficulty in OBJ
tanning full and satisfactory answers to
all other questions, save the above and
the following:
Speaking in relation to the extension
of the line to Astoria he said he could
not enter into discussion of that subject. y
The above would show that Mr. Vii
lard was unwilling to say that any of the
Oregon Eastern bound freight would go
via the Oregon Short Line, which shows
that he was not willing to make it public
that any pooling arrangements had been
made. This tallies with statements made
to us by those prominent in the employ
of the Oregon Short Line, that they had
no knowledge of any arrangement yet
settled upon by which the o. S. l.. and
the ORA N. companies were to mutu-
ally Interchange traffic when the roads
met, and they did not believe that any
had been made But in the event any
should be made they would not involve
the cessation of the work in building the
O. S. l.. down Snake river to Lewiston
and thence to Puget Sound. We do not
desire to be over credulous in this matter
and hence it will take more than the an
nouncement of the Portland and Walla
Walla newspapers to convince us that the
O.S.L. will not push its enterprise toward
Puget Sound during the coming ten years
and especially in the face of the fact that
that said company is making thorough
surveys down Snake river at a season of
the year when the cost of such surveys
far exceed what the cost would be at any
other season Of the year. 1t would seem
that our friends of the press of Portland
and Walla Walla are inimical to the o.
S. L. coming this way, else, from the data
well known to the public which actually
exist, they would not be so persistent in
giving expression to disbelief in the ac-
tual movements Of the Oregon Short
Line. 1t probably would be uncharitable
in us to suspect that they are interested
in keeping Lewiston and vicinity bottled
up without any other facilities for COM
mercial intercourse with the outside world
than the uncertain steamboat facilities
furnished by the o. r. Il Co. at the high
rates we are compelled to pay. We of
Lewiston don't propose to acquiesce quiet
ly in such bottled up condition, if we
can do better, and hence We have been
and are now seeking aid from elsewhere
and we expect to be successful i'll spite
of those who have ever sought to hold us
in bondage Lewiston in proportion to
her means has contributed as much and
even more towards the development of the
country than either Walla Walla or Port
land, and there is no reason existing why
she should be left out Of a railroad sys-
TEN, as a matter Of just recompense, and
the resources around her to support 10
cal traffic for railroad are far more prom
ing than those Of Walla Walla, in hcr
most prosperous days. We have more
and better country east of us to support
| railroad than the whole OF Walla Walla
and Touchet valleys put together, and
while by management and misrcprcsenta
ton of our resources, we have been injur
ed, We propose yet to be heard and make
our advantages so known that they vii
be appreciated and respected by som'
railroad men, who will come to our relief
We have been here upwards of 90 year
as town, and have been the medium
through whom much of the mining wealtl
east of us has enriched Walla Walla AM
Portland and other towns below and furn
ished large per cent. of the wealth Of tn
companies that have navigated the Snak
and Columbia rivers below us, and no'
we are in the center of growing agricu
tural country, which will, ere long, ell
rich any transportation line that grant