Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-14
.....y pslscnce TO ss,rrLs.
a. s,er,ssa Trio BY ea''r'ad and
stage. with sights. E,per'sses'
s.A ss.ervsi'sss on the


way.
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R.ssu,ly there has been revival OF
A.. ..hsne for connectins California BY
al, Nth the Columbia river. Your cor
,...ood.p,, vho more than forty times
h.s f.esd the perils Of the vasty deep
and Of the Columbia river bar concluded
ia, be vooId take the overland stage
"A. .while IL is called day, the night
.o,petb.- q. ieas. for tbs stage route,
,h.. the rush Of the iron horse vii sooa
n.ks these coaches only ssinas t. Be
remembered. II vas desirabls TO ae-
auire an idea Of the eountry through
vhisb shess rail lines have run and must
90. 10 learn Of the resources tnbofsry
A the through road, and 10 see the ma
,ure Of the engineering difiisuisies which
raw. 10 he overcome, and ~bich 1t 10 said
all make II o. expen sive in construction
a. asy piece Of the same length that has
vet been underssken.
4. nav he remembered that during
the time OF Henry Wizards prosperity
his Oregon and trsnscontineDtai ssheme
-as furnishing the sineUs ct var for
cnshipo the Oregon and California road
q the Oregon southern State line; at
shs saue time the California and Ore
von road, coutf oiled BY the Central Pa
nae Company, was being built north
iyom Rsddine TO effect junction. and
there vas the hope that the year 1884
would give q through line TO the poor
sosls that have been made miserable by
going down 70 tbs sea In ships.
M,sfoftune came 10 Henry Willard and
his ,,laus. The history of all this 10
paipfuily fresh iu the minds OF your
readers, bat it 10 TO be deplofed that she
dav of trouble Was nos a little longer
deferred; for as fact be built FROM
RoseburR TO Ashland, abost l6O miles,
leaving only about - miles To finish, on
which q great deal Of work has already
beeu done, including portion OF tue
tunnel through the Siskiyou Mountains.
Il In asserted that the cost OF completing
the unfinished portion will reaeh upward
OF too million dollars.
In the early part OF 1854 the Central
Pacific also suspended operations, after
having built from BEDDING - Delta.
Various reasons we're assigned for their
stoppaee, ID was said that the then
condition Of the money market made II
impossible % place the bonds; again
that the strong sentiment in Congress
fsvoring land grant forfeiture and the
/ bitter Anti-oorporstio.s 'seiipe that was
4 q a. NJ 4
then dominant political party IN Cali
fofnia hsd tendency to unsettie the
eonedence Of the projectors and make
them fearful tnat corporations, and 60
pseialiy railroads, 10 tnat State had nc
rights which the Political dsmagosues
thought tbs people should respect. Al
any rate, Tor rither or all Of these rea
sons construction ceased az both ends OF
the line, asd since then IL has at vsriou.
times ,bsen Yumored that the Central
PAcift Company had IN some way Oh
tanned control Of the Oregon line. and
thisf nov seems to be confirmed BY the
recent press dispatches, which announcs
the plan for the absorption Of the Ore
eop and California by the Central Pa
eiGc, and when accomplished, will Rivs
the latter q through line from New Yeii
via New Orleans to Portland, eirdiinc
three sides OF our land With the most
exeasive railroad scheme nov 10 exist
snct; and whether OF not this shall be
for the ultimate good Of the transpoFta.
tion interests OF the country, the minds
that could conceive and successfully
carry ont such vast and oomprehspsivs
combination from the small beainniDe
Of twsnty years ago are deserving oi
idmifasion.
4 Construction msterial and forces arr
4 ,eine gathered at Delta for the prosecu
ton Of snch work a. may be carried OF
turing winter, and there is now rea
sonsble hope that In 1896 one may tak,
I Puiiman sleeper at San Francisco
leaving II d Portland and possibly a'
Seattle.
Coming nov to the time and distapc'
involved In the present trip. 1t may b
stated as follows;
Aslaa Hauys