Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-27

rrrsAsp's sPRcn ~ Poer.
LAX0.
-, wednesday Last, April 26sh, Ar.
r.s.,, willard made speech 70 the
r,d d Trade, business mso aad prop
c.nees Of Portland, l600 of whom
-.h.r,d for the purposs IN Ns~ Mar
II Thsaser.
", q h Dodd made fsw pesfatovy
-.,t. after which Mr.. Willard aross
"a h.o.n. In opening he told Of The
..,.s the Northern Pacific had
-. anoe their psevioos meeting
-, and half ago, went on TO tell what
: nov doing. and then 70 refer to tbs
..,,o.ahine early compIstion Of the
~. Incidentally be dsscribsd ths or
-. .,d vxk Of the Oregon and Trans
.s,tirental Company, which has already
..,;,s 20 miles Of feeders " the North
ssu Pssihs.
IN. Or.1tou Short Lane has been .
,,.s..r of interest svsr sinoe its iDcsp-
~. .nd 70 u Mr.. Willard made the ref
nsoss fciIoving:
s,.r4av before my departure from
g. Ycrk 4 formal aRfeement was en-
ssssA into between the Oregon Railway
~ Navigation Company. on the ono
ssra ma tbs Oregon Short Line Com
-. ~ The other. to the effect that
~ aompany should use it, beet en-
Ssavors to oomplste ths oo0struction of
- rssuaotive lines TO the point Of meet
inc sSreed upon, at the earliest possi-
~ mnmsnt, since my arrival boTe ]
80 c;ven Instructions 70 push the work
- IL Hlue mountains, and all along
~ l;ne TO the Snake river, where the
socrsc4;an With the Oregon Short Lane
III - msde according 70 agreement,
:. ~ n possible. Whether tbs CON.
rscfion can be actually accomplished
ehis vear I am upable 10 say at present.
TSess ~ soma doubts about it; bat oee-
tSiniv q viii be made early nsxt year.
Thee voas city will have the bensfit Of
q tzsnA psastisaily, Of two trsnsoon-
m ~ Halsma branch he said:
III Vas my belief, whom was here
iast. That 4 connection between Fort
isnd and Kalama could BE- mado 60
this. That il has not bosn made Was
An eoIsly 70 the difficulty in securing
iabos, b9ides timber, and ptopsr snei-
rearing sup6rinteud9nce. All the forces,
siiiled and unskilled, that 10 could
eommand on this aida wsss too fully ab-
soehad by the Northern PaOidc main
IN sud the main line Of the Oregon
Railway and Nayigatiou Company 10
init the taking in hand Of Shis link
E1vssn Portland and Kslams at IN
ffne1s have been entered into for the
astsA oomplstion Of that line during
= pessent season. / have directed the
sodnssginR dspsrtn snt 70 see that The
lies y completed 70 point opposite
Kalsns BY the end Of Ssptsmbse next.
fApplauss. ]"
Nsxt 70 the eompIslion Of the North
ssn Pacific line, The line through Orc
Gon 10 California 10 Of most general In
tsrest 70 the people Of the coast, and
this line was several times and At
length referred 70 BY The speaker. He
said:
believe ws shall lpe able 70 start q
through train from Portland 10 San
Francisco by the lst of August, 1854.
We figured up the distance between the
two cities 10 b about TOO miles. With
q first class limo, such N We expect 20
have, we certainly ought 20 make the
run ov.r that distance In 20 hoars. ]
belicvs she average time u nov takes 10
20 frem Portland, By 90. 10 6an kIan-
cisco, II 60 hours. Imean inoludinQ the
delays In the 4iver-makinQ fAis ~
erage oe the time necessary, summer
and winter, about 60 hours. There viii
be, therefore, 3 saving Of oue-half In
time, not 70 spsak Of Ne fns greater
comfort-(a and lhooe Who have made the
trip M and down the coast know what
! mean by that flauQhtsr] lin going BY
rail than IN crossing the Columbia river
bar and beinQ at the mercy Of the
pitching and tossing Of our steamers.
A prominent hankss hsfs Asksd M the
questioa yesterday how could, -
business man, q President Of the Or
sRou Railway and Navigation Company,
b. II favor Of completing the Oregon
ana California road, whieh. oe course,
would b. In direct oompstision with and
voey diaastrona, @ tar As paanen9eg
tsa1Ro u c0ucoxnsd. 10 tho Or11Ou RAll-
vay and Navigation Company. Ny
ansuse vas: lt has always 6eoa my
0sdoAv0e. not only 70 meot The euxront
lsquireunen1a a The pubic, bat 70 On
ds9pate shem - rsueA - posdblo; -
some Of you may remembog when !