, 1889-10-10
RAILROD To THE SOUND.
The Location Nearly Completed and Es-
Inmates Being Made With View
OfPushing the Work.

Mr. Q. j. Smith, general manager OF
the o. r. & n. c., who has just retui n
ed from a visit to the Souud, was yester-
day Interviewed bS a reporter il fega' j
to rumpr that the Union Pacific rail-
road company il about to build liue
between this city aud Puget Sound
In answer to iIqniries addsessed 10
him, Mr.. Smith admitted that tle Union
Pacific has surveyors in the tieid between
Portland and the Sound, and expects to
build such a line.
when d. you thiuk the line will be
cnLstfucted?" he was asked.
81 cannot say yet. The location is
nearly completed, and estimates are be
ing made with a view u putLing the
the WORK"
"Was there not an agreement between
the Union Pac fic and Nor herB Pacific
companies that the Union Pacific would
have trackage over the Northern Pacific
line between Portland and the Sound P"
There was no absolute agreement.
Negotiations have been pending be
tween the companies for aome time
with that epd in view, but the terms Of
the Northern Pacific were SO sxorhi.ant
and were accompanied by so many bur
deasome conditions that the Union Fl.
cific do not CONSIDER any settlement can
be reached aud bavc concluded il was
necessary and advisable % have their
own road, and thu survey mentio ned is
the outcome OF that conclusion
"What points on the Sound will the
line reacb?"
"The company expects to reach by
rail the more important points, and by
connection With its Sound steamers, ali
points on Puget Sound. 1t now has in
service on Puget Sound some excsi leut
boats, and is arranging to increase the
lumber aud add materially To the SER
vice. The new boats will be especially
adapted in poiut OF speed and accomo-
da,ions in the business, aud will make
water travel On Puget Sound the sreedi-
est and most comfortable ON tie Pacific
coss'."-OregopiaD.
We can Say with authority that the
Union Pacific railroad will make its
western terminus oH Port TOWNSEND
bay. The terms OF the original charter
of the Union Pacific do not permit of
it building west of Ogden in its name
of Union Pacific, and for many years
its traffic had to pass over the Central
Pacific from Ogden to San Francisco;
but when, by purchase and lease they
secured the control and management
of the Oregon Short line and the o. r.
and n. Co.'S road and steamers, they
made Portland their terminus, and
four years ago determined to come to
Port Townsend bay. But when it was
known that they contemplated extend
ing the o. II. & n. Co. road to Puget
Sound, Willard checkmated them by
getting out an injunction which was
granted as the o. r. & n. Co. did not
permit of their building to Puget
Sound. Now, however, through the
Oregon Improvements company, con-
trolled by the Union Pacific, they have
secured the franchise, right of way and
bonus grant of the Port Townsend
Southern and they will commence on
the construction of this road this fall,
and when they do commence there
will be force placed on the entire
line between this city and Portland
which will ensure its completion early
in 1890. The Union Pacific are not go-
ing to run parellel line with the
Northern or any other road, but they
are coming direct to the Port Town
send peninsula. The road will start
from east Portland, cross by bridge to
Shaw's island, and from thence by
ferry to Vancouver and from Vancou-
yer through the Chehallis valley and
along the west side of Hoods canal to
Port Townsend, and here will be the
great wheat shipping point and the
headquarters of all the fishing and
whaling business, the China trade
and the concentration of the three
great continental roads, the Union.
the Southern and Canadian. The
grand city of the Pacific coast will
grow up on this peninsula and its name
will be Port Townsend