Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-10-12
OREGONIAN RAILWAY COMPANNY.
Causes Great inconvenience to the
Shipping and Travelling
Public.
SLvERroN, Oregon. Oct. Il.


we have never beheldamore forci-
blelllustration ofthe old saying that
'loroearance ceases to be virtue, w
| thah mas lallen under our obSerNa-
ton during the past two weeks,
whlle travelling along the line OF the
Oregohian Railway Company
during the year lSSO and 1881 the
citizens OF this portion of Marion
county were highly eiated over the
prospect OF having n railroad and
when called upon 10y the projectors
of the scheme contributed literally.
During the first three or four years
of the roads existence the majority
of supporters seemed To he satisfied
and very little complaint was made
but during the past two or three
years the road has en- run in such
Il disgracetul manner that it is a
wonder the people have not long
before this banded together and
either torn up the track or compelled
the management to op the running
OF Trains
Some time since the railroad COM
missioners after a thorough inspec-
ton of the roadbed condemned it
and ordered the same repaired or all
trains tied up. After waiting IA
long as possible the receiver has at
last commenced the necessary re-
pairs, and workmen are engaged
putting in new ties and bridges.
At present people travelling over
this line take their lives in their
own hands, and only through an
interposition of divine providence
do they safely arrive attheir destina-
ton. BY careful inspection of the
roadbed it will be noticed that II
majority of the ties have entirely
rotted out and the rails are in many
places lying on the bare ground for
several feet, while in some instances
sticks of wood have been taken of
the tender and put under the rails.
One of the engineers says that while
the ground is dry and hard, it made
no difference whether there were
any ties under the rails or not, but
as soon rs the rainy season set IN
= and the ground become soft the rails
would then spread out ana 1t woulo
, be impossible to make a trip with
| out getting off the track.
f We do not understand why IL II
5 that the employees OF TINS company
e do not receive their pay nj the eN
a piration OF each month"; lor the ro"'
is in a paying condition. Inc!
t have all the freight they can hahule
o and receive, we are informed, VI
i per day for carrying the mail Ih'
n telegraph and express lines als'
u bring in considerable revenue
q One of the most gigantic outrage
"a ever perpetrated upon the puoH
was committed by this compah!
recently. About forty people pun
chased tickets in Portland 10
different stations along the Inc an
when the train arrived ut the laho
, ing no boat was there to take tn
:, passengers across the river, ana tn
y transfer had to be made oy wagons
" The distance by the wagon roa
, across Rays ferry is about nv
miles and several passengers had |
~ walk and carry their baggage, thei
b. being only two wagons to carr
forty passengers, baggage, mail an
?, express.
" a few days ago parties in SilVerto
made arrangements with this con
- pany to haul oats from that place
- Rays landing and deliver the san
to the o. X. d n. to he taken 70 0a
, Francisco, the price to be paid p'
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