The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-11-21

4No hkSluNs.~~l ING pFeheUt OUTLOOK
Is that there will be large number OF
holly contested suits with the Southern
Pacific resulting from the recent accident.
People living In the neighbhrhood of the
bridge all declare Il was not as safe aa
such bridge should be. ! Z Baker aud
another men counted ninety places where
nuts had been shaken off. Others testi.
fed that the motion of the train shook the
bridge and that parts were rotten, They
do not believe that Il went down because
tampered With, The railroad company
viii claim that the rails were spread by a
crowbar, marks OF which could be seen,
and that the ctowbal was foudd In the
blush, and II Is asserted that tramp rid
Ing Oh the engine eaw the rails apart, aa
did the engineer and fireman; but the
tramp cannot hc found and the others are
dead The theory Of Mr. McAfee. who
lives directly opposite the bridge, and saw
| the accident, Il given by the Staleicsman
that 'Hhe treBte was In fair condition aud
!, has been repaired recently, but the
ground about there was growing soft
which fact wsa noticed by himself and
some OF his neighbora to lhinks Il must
have been the sinking OF the bents in the
soft ground. under The heavy weight Of
| the train. thai started the ircstie To giving
| ping Il un I'll the whole struck terra tirma !"
RosEnuRd AND ALnAsY.-Tho fact il
that there is considerable over hum
dred trainmen running into Roseburg,
and employed IN the yarda here. This
station IL the terminus of the Roseburg
mail, and the end the end Of all train de
visions on the $ (Which road We referred
to when we wrote the article. The month
| ly receipts OF this oftics will about IL not
quite equal those Of the S L office In Al
hany. For while wo have a smaller town
there is bigger country back Of IL TO
supply. Albany Is the terminus Of one
train instead OF five, and the station ia
much less important than the local re-
porter OF the DgHucaAr seems 10 think IL
is.- -Roseburg Review on article in the
DENncRAr In reference 10 the appoint
| ment of a yaTimaster at that city. II
the Review will give the figures showing
the business Of that Office, tho DeNocaAr
viii give figures showing that tho busi.
ness OF the Albany = l. Office Is two 10
three times as large. Albany Ii the
terminus OF the local 20 Portland, oi the
Lebanon train. Of the Yaquina Bay pass.
engcr train, faquina Bay freight and
Gates mixed. Total. i've. In reference
70 the number OF tTainmen running into
Reseburg and stopping there. we got our
Information from railroad men.
How TO Ggr TngRr.-Most people who
20 20 the Santiam mincs do so by way Of
Gatcsyille on the U. T., the mines being
about twenty miles from there. 4 map
reveals the fact though that the mines
are only short distance from the I.cb-
anoa wagon road. The Express says:
Considerable interest ia centeTvd jusI
now In trail from the wagon road above
Sweet Home TO the Quartzyillc minea on
the Santiam. There Was at one time a
trail over this route, hul having been
Travelled bat little 81 late years, fallen
timber and rank undergFov ia have
blocked the way To some extent. The
citizens ol Sweet Home and vicinity shua
a Willingness 10 cooperate with interest
ed parties AZ this and other points along
tLe route ard reopen the way. fhc
mines Hrc distant from Lebanon about
fifty miles, oHe-haif 0t which distance Il
already traversed by Il good wagon road.
This seems to be the most practicable
route 10 the mincs, and good road up
the South Santiam would shorten the
distance and tend 10 divert the travel
from the northern route and would bene.
iit the farmer, the miner and the mcr.
chant
WowEa RUiEp-A r1n,4rv
ifo" Kansas recently purcha zed the In
man saw mill. tome ,wciys miles west OF
Monroe, saJa correspondent from tha,
city 10 the Junction Pilot. aud nuye4 oat
there Wednesday, making big calculations
u remoicliag the Mill auJ doing a rush,
ing business but upon arfi ylng ~ their
destination the women OF the party organ
lied suike und refused 10 stay IN such
forsaken country, aud even though they
had obtained the property .; a bargalr
with zeal and perseverance, worthy of q
better cause, they argeed the case 50 well
| ihA, the men of the party concluded TO
give up tl,clr property ard go el,eshcfe
| Who says that "womau's rights" arc on
| the decline
PoLnEIrs PaoYorED.-Mr Gwyn 4
Lyell has been appointed by Captain
Symons, United States engineer, to take
charge of the government works at va
quina Bay. Mr Il Polhemus, who has
bad charge Of these works since they
were started, will start the new works
| for the improvement OF Coos bay. He
will also have supervision oi the works
at Coquiilc, Umpqua and Siuslaw. MIR
| a J McMallan, who was gent down by
| Captain Symons TO make n preliminary
examination OF Tillamook bay, has com
pleted the work and is now busy making
out his report. Mr. Polhemus should
have been kept at Yaquina Bay.where he
understands matters. The Oregonian
calls the change promotion; but We
iaii to see where the promotion comes in.
FRgE RIDE AND GRrn There arrived
at the Union Pacific depo, from the east
this morning 4 carload of freight con
signed to Fort Walla &alla. John Carlos,
OF the quartcrmaster's department., upon
opening the car discovered that some one
had made free use OF bacon, flour, crackers,
butter, canned goods and everything Of an
eatabic nature. 10 one corner OF the car
was q tin can which had been used as n
coal stove. and near II was a small pile Of
ccaI such as /, used on locomouveS A
space had been cleared on the floor of the
car for bed,and every indication pointed
to the fact that two or three tramps had
occupied the car during It's transit across
the continent. Their means of egress
from the car had been through small
window In one end, whereby thev took in
coal and water. A large pile OF bacon
rinds, empty cans and refuse scraps of
food was found near the window. .-Walla
Walla Statesman.
An Albany man who examined the
trestlc states that the nuts OF the ishplate
wrere the engine struck, were unscrewed
something that could not possibly have
happened any other way than by human
hands. Yesterday a claw bar and wren CT
were found in the brush near the place
The tresile was not kept up by piling, a,
all who have come from there state, not
withstanding the report of the coroner
lury.ll Is yet too early to form an emphat
ic opinion in reference to the matter
/ There are decidedly two sides TO the cas-,
and only the courts will settle the unfortu
nate affair.
a Coal CoAPAgY.-A new Linn count,
corporation is the Carbondale Coal Min
ing Co, articles for which have just been
filed with the Secretary OF State, Will
John and Newton Curl, Robert More
! head and Abraham L Powell as incorpo
rators. The capital stock will be $500, 600
in shares OF 81; Scio the head office, ano
the object is to own, work, mine and sci
coal, and to construct q railroad and Il