The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-01

cure Tor himself she zr.r.ds,...
ceiver Of the bankruus r~
railway during 1s75, fs7sand -
aged the Affairs Of that eo-r-s. -.
success, and returned Their -!
me1t to the German ssorkbsfs,
hars more. In 1879 be c~z.rs.ss.
gon Railway & Navigation -
CHASING the steamers Of the 60
SavIgation Company and o. !!
ship Company. From that
success vas phenomenal. ara
came she dominant inauener Z q
poTtant transportation lines - =
west, except the Northern Parss-
Mr.. Willard vas conyipesd -.
as natural distractions rspnss-.s
Columbia river, and there rs-s -
interruptions 70 navigation bsr.ls.s's'
water IN sumner and Ice n 49,
coald be no great 1905. n
velopmens in the v-s..
bi@ river basin and -
eon Railway & SaFsra.,sr
rany'a line up the f1s-..s,
projected. Probably the ouers,;-s.
Northern Pacific IA this go -
assisted him IN arriving AZ ts,;s -. -
In the spring Of f550 rors - -
Cello and through line 49,
10 UnaatSlia that gear, giving 49,,
with The Dalies by absorct;os p
former portage road. The rraa -
ished TO WallHIa in the sagIar;,.
The Oregon Railway & ysFiras;ss
pany had purchased the Cd 49,
and through connection rzx Tim.
Walla Walla In ISL a line ~
north from WaiIa WaEIa % p;,s,a
the Snake river, With branch 4 -
total mileage Of sixty-eight -
the same year. Iikewise, consfrurt;rs'
begun on road FROM PorsIapd &
Dalles and finished IN l5sg
Meanwhile the Northern Pse;sc !.
with great deal Of uneassress ~ !
operations OF the Oregon Railvav (
cation Company, which ii cors;d,,1
invasion Of its territory. Wr p
imminent, and there was saYk ~ y
line down the Columbia, On the "
ton side, by the Northern. Ia Ia,
ever, a division Of territory vas -
Is was agreed that the Norrbs-p :
should not build south Of snake ~
the Oregon Railway ( yavisatioa
pany should not 60 north, ercert =
running from ConneIl north ID e
Whitman county, eighfy-six mia ?
IL built under the name Of the CoIun}
Palouse. In ISs2 a line Was ssa,s1d|
Walla WaIia to PendIeton, and ~
ton was completed the same ys,r'
the exception Of . ten-Enile gap. xhj.i
not finished Until fss5. In Ixa|
Oregon Railway 4 Navigation ~
the Columbia * PaIouse, and IN ID
tended from Colkax TO Moscow. /
twenty-eighs miles. In lsS still 81
branch was duiIs from Moscow to 4
ington, twenty-elght miles; and
Oregon Railway & Navigation Con
had covered with many lines The
grain country Of Eastern Wsshui
south of the Snake river.
IN 1851 Mr.. Willard conceived Il. q
acquiring control Of the Northern I,
railroad His remarkable Success Z
his enterprises had inspired IN hin !
tied confidence amongst investors I'd
Itallsts OF the East. Accor1inslY,
he announced on Wall street II
wanted s., 0Oo, 900 for q purpose VII
would not divGIge, subscriptions III
ing 81, go, go we're offered him, ~
celebrated blind pool was q II
The purpose was to organize the q
Transcontinental Company, to buy /
jority Of stock Of the Northern d
Oregon Railway Il NAVIGATION c.
and Oregon & California railroad, =
control thus a continuous line IT,
Paul TO San Francisco when tie 4
lines were completed The Oregon 1
continental vas the rock that N
Willard, and he disappeared from
view only 10 rise again IN IsSS, III
once more gained control Of the M
Pacific.
In lss6 the compact by which The
tory of the Columbia river country 4
yided between the Northern Pzcizs
Oregon Railway & Navigation Coz
was dissolved By the appearance 81
railroad George W. Hunt, a railrn1
tractor, began construction Of . linzl
WalluIa 70 Peudleton, invading The
hitherto exclusively occupied By ~
gon corporation The latter accos9
Northern Paciac Of aiding Hunt, I'D
measure Of retaliation, organized thel
inETon 4 Idaho railroad, which ~
from Pennington TO Spokane ThsS
ern Pacihc commenced 10 build and
name of the Spokane & Palouse
Marshall, near Spokane Falls. 70 ~
OF Genessee, IN Idaho, near the Snale|
LIS miles. In 1sS7 Hunt began q
from WaIiula Junction, via Eureu|
70 WaIIa WaIIa. Another road
Winona, across Whitman county Z
tice, On the Washington Il Ida
tension Of the Spokane 4 Paicux|
Pullman 10 Lewiston, Idaho, 2
and branch 20 the CGUr d. Aliens {
the Oregon Railway . y
ton system IN Eastern Washingtoa
During the years 1ssi, ISIS, IS
1857 the Northern Pacific actively
cGted construction of the Cascade q
and in Is37 completed the road to q
A spur had been bulls north from
lup TO Stuck Junction and ne
Sound Shore road north from Str6s
ton 70 Seattle. thus giving coz
with the Northern Pacific.
A VERY IMPORTANT IL
Mr.. Paul Schulze, Of the Sortne
cffie, Speaks OF the situsu
NJ .l Land r.