The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-01
THE o. h. az 60.
wipE ExTrNsIos oF it, TERRITORIAL
SYSTEM.

wipE ENTFNsios eF ITS TERRITORIAL
SYSTEM.
In the matter OF mileage the Oregon
Railway & Navigation Company is
second in the territory. IL enters the
territory with the Columbia river,
where the i6th degree Of latitude and
the Columbia guide meridian inter
sect. II then extends in a northeast
city direction, is 52l miles Of stand
atG-gaage road piercing the count les
OF Waiia Walla. Columbia, Garfield
Franklin, Adams and Whitman, and
tapping the productive Walla Walla
and faiouSe countries quite thor
oughly. The several lines of this
company reach all the principal
towns. Wallula, Walla Waila, Waits
burg. Dayton, Pumeroy. Coltnx.
Pennington, Pullman. etc. and they
draw away from them 0ts0 tons of
wheat per snnam ior shipment to
Europe by the Columbia river route
They also transport immense Quauti-
ties % taN-,ccd fruits, vegetAhi
live stock and general lnerch ludise,
NOT 10 mention great number of
passengers. The company has been
al incalculable AID in settling and
ciylillipE that section, preceding all
o.hyr rusds amt making 10 possible ter
people to eci in there and live. The
stimulus given l,v railroads 90 that por-
tltA ui tcfIftJty 4,t-. " roUCfIYt.I
g ben o. . stated that iu tie ,5auties
1HNt there are az present over El1
pl't, Ell railroad. over uuC-thiri th.F
OF the whole territory. and nearly
doub'e the mlie8-e ui any ike area
elsewhere
ENEENsioN or Tvs SYSTEM.
The G. 4. & y CO., realizing The
desiTahaty ot thc eastern country for
railroad operations. a-y determined
UPON further extensions Il their svs-
tenn. and daring The pa, fails did uluch
work towards their building This
WAS done under the name OF tho Wash
inston and Idaho Company. The
plans include road, from FarmiaEt1a
81 spokane Falls. 90 the north ui the
ST Joseph river. an CouT d'Aleug
lake, thease 90 Cseur q Alene mines
snd Wanlucr from Spaugls 60 q point
ave mikes north al CUUr "a Aieuv river F..
trum Milo 20 Mullan. frum Mgliln L.
q point on tho Pennington spokane
czanch and a lire "a the town o.
Murray, Ii Is net probable that ell
Ihe~o roads viii be built brt two er
ihrrp % them WtN ne be}ora long.
reaching Spokane Falls and the Cwur
q AlcnO couuirs.
Knkp ~ srsEr SarSp.
4 good deal OF rivalry for tAr poe.
session cf the Eastern Washington
cosnJFy exists ictWesu ths Navst~ra
Faciae aGd Oregon Railway & Nas}.
t.on companies. Eseh Is envioas al
the othcr. and each .Sfsesnasesy In
Isaldss uEan the ssscnaala hsresa orc
considered by the other IS il opn
! The Northern Paeilic has lcen p1rtic-
alaSly aesiYe la this matter. ana Il
I thfeateaes e. * Woye offensive here
after It hes lately inteEfgrCl with
.. + & \ plans in various WAYS aud
l3aces Tots j. exceedingly pNasp- sat-
. ing, ana has srauScu feelings ot On.
E disguised hostility in the q. 4. & y
co. and among H. Uuion Pacjhc
F hackers and supporters. Not oab
this. bGt sac Noglhegn Paeig.c has The
Z better route 10 the sea. II costs he's.
Z 60 carry the products Of the COiamha
+ river hasin 10 PaFeg sound than il
does to Portland. and Il al o costs less
81 ship them from Puget Soand thaa
I Il does from Portland. This being
true, the Puget Sound route must