Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-01-10
o. S, l. TO COME ON.


The W;,lln Walla journal Of the 4th
publishes the following:
Recently, while Lat a gentlemen Of
this city had an interview with manager
Clark and superintendent Doddrl-e OF the
Union Pacific read, and from them heard
reiterated the Old policy Of the company
announced whom tn short Line was be
gun. We shall cross the continent
said one Of the grnticmon. The Union
Pacific i. too wealthy road to long re.
main connecting lin. II the q. X. 4
y. docs not in some manner work entirely
hlrmouiou>y with our lInu. and Is not
completed through in 1851, il can be
safely relied upon the Short Line will
carry through freight independent OF all
other lines III re are two things that
make this necessary; one l. the comp!2-
tion Vi the Northern Pacific; the other.
the proposed extension Ct the d. i X. 6.
road Nv hat proposed extension? tn"
| . ntl man qnyried. Have you not heard?
wen, wi.I til you that it Is a matter
OF fact that tIp D. !, T. e., which is
narrow gau.,", i, preparing to build to
California cary in III spring. The line
will run from Malt Lake through South
ern Nevada and probably terminate at
San Francisco They have been fighting
Us increasingly and this addition Vii be
Of great help to them in carrying ont
their warfare. If no satisfactory agree
! mrnt is made with the q. Il. 4 \. Go.
! the Short Line can 20 on. 1t has two
general routes, one by the Grand Rounde
valley to Walla Waila and thence across
| the Columbia at Wallula the other down
the Snake to Lewiston and thence to
Walla Wala. We might find it neces-
sary to deyiate slightly from these routes,
but our survey, show the lines proposed
to be highly practicable. You can count
upon it that the Short Line cannot afford
to stop in desert 1t viii have through
connection and that speedily The
speaker also asserted that Walla NaIla
had always been an objective point with
them and that they were not aware Of a
better place to make centre ior the
! Eastern Washington grain market.
We do not know to what gentleman OF
Walla Nal,a the J.Wnal refers. But
in the main he states some facts that we
found patent when in Omaha last mouth.
The Short Line will 20 to Puget Sound
and whatever terms may be made with
the o. Il. & \. Go. will be only temper
airy and will not preclude the further
building Of the Oregon Short Line, and
If left to choose between the Grand
Rounde and the Snake river route the
Snake liver has altogether the best chance
both in cost Of construction, in country to
support the road, in climate and in grades
II the Wa!la Walla people will stand in
with us in representing the facts US they
are, We can have the road early. Wala
WallA well knows th t the Snake river
route is five hundred per cent, better than
the Grand Roundc route, and that to take
that route, the Oregon Short Line will
meet the demands Of the 0rcat wheat
country that are entirely unsupplied by
either the O. Il. X \. or the Northern
Pacific, and if Wala Walla is to be made
an objective point for the road and the
railroad center Of the great wheat belt,
then surely the Snake river valley should
be the route for the road, and there
should be no counter influences and rep
RESERVATIONS to throw doubt in the minds
Of the managers Of the road, in making
their selection Of routes In regard to
the road crossing the Columbia at Wallula
that will depend upon what pass through
the Cascade mount aims the management
may desire to cross and what point on
the Sound they may desire to make a
terminus. From Snake river any one of
the unoccupied passes can be chosen, and
the same from Walla Walla, without any
great detour of the main line Walla
Walia and Lewiston men should harmon
ize and act together and act promptly
and vigorously in this matter.
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