Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-05
BONDS OF STEEL.
The Union Of the TranS-OOnti-
mental Lines.
A Big Boom for the North,
west.

Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. John Muir, at present super.
intendent Of traffic of the western
division of the Northern Pacific, and
who will soon the position of
superintendent of traffic of all North.
ern Pacific and Oregon Railway &
Navigation Company's lines, was In the
city yesterday, and from him q repre-.
sentative of The Tribune learned the
full particulars of the agreement re-
Gently entered into between the Ore
gon Railway q Navigation Company
and the Union Pacific railway for the
interchange of through traffic to Port
land, Oregon, via the Union Paci6c's
Oregon Short Line, and other matters
of interest regarding the doipgs of the
Northern Pacific and the Oregon Rail.
way & Navigation company.
MIR. Muir said that under the new
agreement, the Oregon Railway &
Navigation company is to extend Its
Baker City line to Snake River, where
the junction with the Union Pacifc's
Oregon Short line is to be made. The
distance from Portland to the point of
junction Is All miles. From Omaha
to Snake River the junction point Is
LOO miles. Adding 500 miles from
Chicago to Omaha, the distance from
Chicago to Portland via the Union Pa.
ciic's Oregon Short line will DO
about 1,611 miles. The distance
from Chicago to Portland via the
Narthern Pacific is 2 $40 miles. All
busineUs going to Oregon via the
Union Pacific Is to 60 via the Oregon
Short Line and Snake River, and the
Union Pacific Is to take no business to
Portland via San Francisco. An
agreement has also been made with
the Union Pacific to lay a third rail to
Helena, Montana, and the mouth Of
the Little Blackfoot In Montana, and
also to lay q third rail from the mouth
of the Little Blackfoot to Butte. Un-
der this agreement the Union Pacific
will run to Helena via Little Black.
foot and thu Northern Pacific to Butte
City via Little Blackfoot. Rates
from st. Paul and Missouri River
points to Helena, Butte City, and
other points In hat triangle will be
uniform, and the new tariff will 60
into effect March 10. The rates will
be much lower than heretofore on &C.
count of the shorter line by the North
ern Pacific, which will be q saving of
from 200 to 400 miles over the Union
Pacific route. The distance from
Chicago to Helena Ia 1868 miles, and
to Butte City 1862 miles. 1t has
also been agreed to interchange busi-
ness for Ogden, Salt Lake City and
Colorado points. The rates from the
Pacific coast to Ogden, Salt Lake and
all Colorado points will be precisely
the same as those from Missouri river
points. MI. Muir also stated that
the Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company has also facilities for taking
business to San Francisco via
the ocean route. Tho company has
thirty steamers plying between Pacific
coast points from Santiago on the
south to Alaska on the north. It has
also thirty steamboats, plying on the
Columbia, Willamette, and Snake
rivers and Puget sound. The passen.
ger traffic on Puget sound, Mr.. Miner
says, has so largely increased during
the last year that the company has
found 1t necessary to arrange for In.
creased facilities, and therefore has
made contracts for the construction Of
two side-wheel steamers with steel
bulls which will cost $500, 900, and
will be delivered on Puget sound De-
cember l next. Each one of these
steamers will have berths for 800 pas.
sengers and accommodate 81, 500 day
passengers.
The Northern Pacific Terminal com.
pany Is putting up three large eleva'
tors. The one at Portland with Q
capacity Of 1900, 900 bushels viii
unload twehty.one cars at once and
work seventy cars an hour. It viii
cost $7CO, coo and will be completed
in the spring Of 1884. The other two
are to be located at Walla Walla, with
q capacity of 800, 600 bushels, will b.
ready for the season of 1884. Thu
other one at Tacomah or Seattle vii
have about the same capacity, anG
be completed about the same time
Each n of these elevators vii
cost about $3.50, 600. Arrangement
have also been made for the construc.
ton of q magnificent new depot at Port
land to cost about 81, soc, 900 and It Il
to be one Of the finest and largest rail
road depots In the country. Arrange
ments have also been perfected by the
Terminal Company for the construo
ton of a grand hotel at Portland
which will be seven stories high, Will
manaard and tsvers, and will cover al
entire block of 200 feet square. ThiI
hotel will cost about $3.50, 900, ant
will be ready for occupation by Sept
l next, and will be called "The Port
land"
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