The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-09-12
STREET RAILWAY EXTENSION.
FROM THE PoSToFFICE To BOTH DEPoTS. TO
BE BUILT AT oNCE-RoLLING STOCK
AND MATERIAL ORDERED.

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The Corvallis Street Railway has
placed its bonds and has ordered ma
terial for the construction of mile of
road in addition to that now in opera
ton. This extension will connect the
line from the postoffice to the Southern
Pacifcand Oregon depots and will bring
all parts of town into closer connection
with each other than they have hereto
fore enjoyed.
When this extension is completed
Corvallis will have more street railway
in operation than any other city in the
state'excepting Portland, the metropolis
and Salem the capital, thus making
her the third in street railway lmpor-
tance, if not at present IN size. AL
though the projectors of this enterprise
met with little encouragement from the
community at the commencement of
this undertaking it is gratifying to
know that the investment has proved
satisfactory enough to them to induce
them to continue extending their lines.
The company will next season still fur
ther extend the road and bring yet
other portions of the city into more
intimate connection with the business
center.
The city council at its last meeting
granted right of way to build the line
from the corner of Adams and 9Th streets
to both depots by different 1outes
than that granted in the original fran
chise. The company having changed
their route slightly, and this change
will accommodate a large portion of
the people living in the south end of
the city.
The iron which will amount to 80
tons of rails, two tons of spikes and
1900 lbs of fish plates and bolts, has
been ordered from St. Louis firm and
will arrive in about two weeks. One
hundred thousand feet of lumber, to
be used in this extension has been Or
dered and will on the grounds in time
for the graders; and Contractor Mccoy,
who built the first mile of road, will be
in Corvallis in few days to bid, with
others, for the contract Of constructing
this extension.
The company intends building
temporary car house at the north end
of the track this season and announces
its intention of building commodious
and permanent houses and stables next
summer. The contract for new car,
with all modern improvements has
been let to Mr.. HI. J. Anslyn, of AL
bany, who furnished the Albany COM
pany with their cars, and it is credit
to Albany that she has car builder
who can successfully compete with
eastern firms and furnish equally good
ears manufactured from Oregon woods.
This Car will be ready in about go
days and will be not only handsome
and durable, but convenient and safe.
The doors will open and shut from the
drivers station as well as from the
knob and in every respect it will be of
the most approved and latest pattern in
street horse cars.
The company have uniformed their
conductors and it is credit to the en-
terprise of the gentlemen comprising
the street railway company that they
have been able to make such a success
of the road. They have a valuable
franchise, we'll EQUIPPED and we'll pay
ing road and when approached on the
subject have declined to consider dis
posing of their stock in it, which is
pretty good evidence that they find the
Investment a profitable one; even
though the extension of the line did
not indicate it. When interviewed as
to what dividends the road is paying
the company have politely intimated
that to be a matter of more interest to
the stockholders than the public, and as
it is their own capital invested very
likely that is true enough.
It is evident that the Corvallis Street
Railway Company mean business and
the future of Corvallis is becoming
brighter as each day adds the record
of its achievements to to the past, and
activity in all departments of life
marks her progress towards the chief
place to be accorded to Western Ole-
gon cities.