The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-07-27
THE @. P. EXTENSION.

son OF tfc oregon dCiiiC 10 LIZ
de2e:! !dence prairie, from where q
wagon road Will be built into
Eastern Oregon, seelns to, meet
with appreciation from all points.
From the complicated condition
which the road is now III,
there is no probability OF al
early extension Of its lines, eN-
cept bv outside parties. The
plan is feasible one. The roa3
can be built with little outlay in
money. The first step Will BE-
the most difficult one and upon
it depends the success OF tailulc
Of tie enterprise. That step will
be the securing Of an order from
the court permitting the construc-
ton of four miles of grade over
the companv's right of way,
and the laying and operating Of
a track thereon as well as upon
the eight miles of roadbed i'm
mediately west thereof. This
order should also give the new
company power to use the road
bed and track constructed By
them as secrritv for the payment
of the work and the material FIR
nished in building it. II Tie
court has. power to giant such
an order, aid VIII Go It, lie new
company wou;d 10 doubt be or
ganized soon and tic work vigor-
-ously prosecuted to all early COM
pletion; but without such All
agreement nothing can be ac-
conplished.
There ought to be 10 trouble
in securing such an or7e-. Tie
road as It is now operated under
the most economical. system pos
sible, permits OF but a small
monthly expenditure in better
1nents, after paying the opera
ting expenses. Sucn a condition
cannot be maintained indefinite
ly. The coast division has now
been in operation nearly ten
wears and the Cascade division
some two years less. The time
has arrived when more attention
1nust be Paid to It's physical con-
d;tion than al any previous per
iod Of its existence. The credit
Of the road has been exhausted
and a system of betterments can
not now be maintained except
from the traffic receipts. AS
this will require a greater outlay
in the future, the traffic must be
increased, or ir time the road will
be abandoned because Of its &c
biIitated condition. This idea is
of course, based upon the suppo-
sition that the property will be
operated by a receiver for some
months yet, which conclusion.
seems a right one, from the fact
that bidders are ANYTHING else
but pletiful. Now, then, if this
twelve miles can be built by out
side Parties and without any loss
to the company, there seems to
be no reason why Judge Fuller
ton should not grant tie order.
Immediately upon It's compile
ton the business OF the road will
be doubled with but a very slight
increase in the operating expen-
ses. If it can now be made to
pay for its operation and afford
a slight surplus for betterr:ents,
such an expected increase il the
traffic as this plan promises,
should cause its hearty approval
by all concerned.
For a long tine San Francisco
1neacllants have been trying to
reclaim their lost trade IN this
state. By means OF the Oregon
Pacific they have partially sue
ceeded and now do ve-y cred
liable share Of tie business. in
the Willamette valley as far as
Eugene. This, however, can be
increased materially should Nj.
Days plan be colsuinrlated and
carried into execution. The de-
velopment of this Eastern Gre
gon trade will be of SO great An
advantage to merchants of the
Bay city that there should be no
trouble in securing substantial
aid from t1ein III raising sufl-
cient funds with which to pur-
chase the iron. If this matter is
laid before them properly and
they are assured Of eventually
getting their money out Of til
road, the necessary funds viii be
forthcoming and ere another
twelve months, Eastern Oregon
and the Willamette valley will be
united. The interests OF the peo-
pie living east of the mountains
and those residing in this section
of the state are Identical, and il
all lend their influence to the en-
fa-prica c,-coesS iS c-1re 70 fol1O,y