Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-23
THE OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD

THE OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY is organized for the purpose of pro-
viding the State of Oregon with an urgently
needed means Of communication with other
States and foreign countries by means of a rail-
road from YAQUINA BAY on the Pacific
Ocean, running through the central portion Of
the State to the eastern boundary thereof,
distance OF about 800 miles, where connection
will be made with the railroad line already
built to that point, as well as with those under
construction and projected.
YAQUINA BAY, from its commanding geo
graphical position and the scarcity of ports on
the Oregon seaboard, is destined to be the fu-
ture great seaport of Oregon. for, among
others, the following reasons:
First-It is the ONLY PORT IN OREGON
ON THE SEA connected by railway with
the great agricultural districts in the State
Second-THE OREGON PACIFIC RAIL
ROAD crosses the four north and south lines
Of railroad in the Willamette valley. the great
agricultural district Of Oregon, and the Will
lamette River at Albany, gathering business to
be delivered at the port of Yaquina
Th1rd-The distance to the Pacific Ocean
from the = heart % Of the the Willamette valley by the
miles, while by the way of Portland and the
Columbia River it is 230 miles to the sea-
Fourth-It is the terminus of a railroad traY-
ersing an agricultural country of unsurpassed
fertility, producing millions OF bushels OF grain
annually and large yields of other agricul-
tural products. and supporting herds of cattle,
sheep and horses. The railroad also passes
through a country rich in deposits of coal iron
gold and silver. and, for so miles, through one
of the finest bodies of timber anywhere in the
world. The timber district has been preserved
to this time by the absence of needed railroad
facilities.
Fifth-The whole business of Central. South
ern and Eastern Oregon will be carried by the
OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD COM.
PANY to Yaquina, and distributed from that
port, in about one-haIf the time consumed. and
at about one-half the cost for transportation
charged by any other existing or proiected
lines.
The business Immediately available to the
OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD. and the
large business that will come to it. as its line Is
pushed further eastward, until it reaches Boise
City, and there makes connection with the
present transcontinental lines as well as others
to be completed, demonstrates that Yaquina
Bay is to be the future great seaport of Oregon.
The topography of the eastern portion of the
State OF Oregon, and the territory of Idaho,
compels all roads crossing Oregon over its
eastern border to enter the State at or near the
point determined as its eastern terminus by the
OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD COM.
With adequate ocean shipping facilities to
handle the traffic there would now be available
sufficient business to meet all the fixed charges.
From the heart of the Willamette Valley to
Railroad is but p miles. while the shortest line
by other roads is go miles in length which will
enable the OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD
to hold the business against competition. AS
distance and time add to the cost of transpor-
tation it is simply an impossibility for compel
ing lines to handle the business at the same
rate as is done by the OREGON PACIFIC
RAILROAD COMPANY. Central Eassefa--
Oregon being q treeless country will draw its
timber and coal supply from along the line Of
the OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD in the
Cascade Mountains. The supplies of timber
and coal will be taken East on the trains going
to the great fertile plains of that district for
agricultural products to be delivered at the
port Of YaquiIa, thus securing traffic each way
This gives without interference, the OREGON
RAILROAD the remunerative local
business, and will enable it to do through busi-
ness at prices that will command its full share
Of that traffic.
THE OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY will locate and own the towns
along the line of its road, and reap the benefits
resulting therefrom. The principal lands
located are owned by the Company, and
amounti to over nine hundred and fifty thou
sand acres. More than three-quarters Of these
lands are open rolling plains and Immediately
available for tillage.
The franchise confers exceptional advant-
ages on the Company, and among them is the
return to the Company, by the State, of all
taxes levied and collected until 1900 on the
ands and other properties Of the Company.
The company has in operation l36 miles Of
continuous road, at the end Of which it enters
The timber tract above referred to; 30 miles are
IN the hands of the Construction Department.,
and 40 miles OF roadbed through the MaIbeur
Valley are ready for rails. The whole line
-ails for the completion of the road, together
With fastenlngs, have been purchased.
The five millions Of bonds now offered are
he remainder of the total issue Of fifteen
IN arrangement between the Railroad Company
md Messrs. Barker Brothers Co., of Phila-
lelphia, the proceeds of these bonds are held
~ that firm to be paid to the Railroad Com
,any only as the work Of construction
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