Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-04-06
The Oregon Pacific.

Supt. R. +. Mulcahy was in
Portland last Friday and was inter
viewed by an Oregonian reporter.
Among other things, Mr.. Mulcahy
said:
"We have given Portland pretty
low rates to points reached by our
river lines cents per 100 is doing
The business for nothing. lust how
long tins rate will continue am
unable to state just My hon
est opinion is that such rates help
no one. Merchants, i'll trying to
take advantage of low trausporta-
tqp rates, over stock themselves
and find that settling-day comes
around after awhile with the whole
sale end of the deal. We have lust
put our steamboat Three Sisters on
the ways i'll one of your Portland
shipyards. She will be ready for
seIyice i'll two weeks and will run
between Portland and Salem. So
soon as she is in service we will
bring the steamer Bentley down
and give her a thorough overhaul
ing. 1t is the intention of our COM
pany to put three boats on the
Willamette river. We are now
running one-the Hoag. That
boat, and possibly another, will run
all summer. The Hoag is doing
good business and has done so all
the season. Our rail line is doing
remarkable business. Since the
change i'll the management there
has been skeady increase of busi-
ness. Nevel at this season of the
year has the passenger business on
our lines been so good. There is a
big immigration into the Cascade
mountains. People are going into
the mountains in great numbers i'll
anticipation of the extension of the
Oregon Pacific, which is not far
distant. We will commence to
operate our line between Halstead
and the end of the track, about IA
miles, within 80 days, This will
give those who are not far from the
summit easy access to our line.
Several new sawmills have started
into operation i'll the Santiam coun-
try lately. We are also doing
very nice lumber traffic.
"Our ocean line is doing well.
The steamship Willamette Valley
left Yaquina for San Francisco at Q
o'clock yesterday morning drawing
IA feet of water, with the largest
cargo she has ever carried. The
bar at Yaquina is improving every
day. TO give an illustration: AS
the Willamette Valley crossed over
the bar coming into Yaquina last
Tuesday, her soundings were %,
I9, "a feet. This shows that there
is net much bar. 1t is not over IL
feet if it is that much. 1t has i'm
proved 50 much that we scarcely
think it necessary to have the ships
towed in and out. The tug has not
had hold of a line in one month,
which l think speaks volumes for
this harbor.
"What will we do for New
port? Answering that / would ask
what are we not going to do for it?
We propose making Newport the
summer resort of this country. We
are now fitting up our steamship
Resolute for service between va
quina and Newport. We shall al
so use her for excursion parties who
want to go out for days sea-fish-
ing. This season will find New
port a very gay place. There will
be music aboard this steamer. RI
think there are a great many who
like to pass their vacation in the
mountains. To suit just such per-
sons we will fit up an elegant place
at what is known as Breitonbush
about 90 miles east of Albany, at
all elevation of 1000 feet. We
ought TO catch great many Port
land people for these resorts,
"Mr. Hadley, the new receiver is
well thought Of by all who know
him. He has lived in the valley
several years, and the people have