Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-04-11
THE o. p. OUTLOOK.
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A. B. Hammond, Of Missoula,
Montana, the principal mover in
the Oregon Pacific syndicate, is now
in Corvallis. The Times Of last
Monday says:
"Mr. A. B. Hammond, one OF the
men whose SIoo, 900 bid for the
Oregon Pacific, is now in the safe
keeping of Sheriff Osburn, pending
the O. P. appeal, arrived in Corval-
lis by special train from Albany
yesterday afternoon, and will re-
main for few DAYS familiari7ing
himself with the conditions of the
road, Immediately after his arri-
val he was closeted for an hour in
the general Office with lawyers Nc
Fadden and Bryson, respondents S
attorneys in the appeal case, and il
is presumed that the legal aspect OF
Judge Fullerton's decision confirm
ing the O. p. sale to Bonner g.
Hammond was the subject under
discussion. During the afternoon
Mr.. Hammond il company with
Supt. Clark and Mr.. FL Stone ,ook
a look at the o. p. river steamers.
Later in the evening a Times man
met him at the Occidental Hotel,
and found him willing to discuss O.
P. affairs. During his stay he will
make several trips over the line
checking up the business and in de-
termining its outlook and future
prospects for business. He eX-
pressed himself as we'll pleased
with the prospect, barring the liti.
CATION now pending. As to exten.
sions he said; We will build where,
ever we can get business. We un
derstand that the people Of Saleu
and Eugene are ready to give sub
stantial encouragement to brancl
lines of the Oregon Pacific, and i
we find this to be true, and that tht
business will justify the outlay, the
first branch lines will be built tc
these places. OF course we are
now handicapped by the appea
pending in the supreme court, but
it is possible that we may have sur
veyors in the field making esti
mates on these extensions without
waiting for the result Of the de-
cision. AS to extending the line
to Independence prairie, he though
it very probable that the this eX
tension would be made, as the roaC
was graded most Of the way. III
would, however, make a persona
examination of that section before
making definite arrangements tC
that end. He very much regretted
that the confirmation decision haC
been appealed, and said, If tn,
confirmation of the sale had no
been appealed, we would now b,
spending $4,000 or $50, 900 in im
proving the road, the saw mill.
along the line would be running a
full blast and things would be live
ly. This amount we shall spend il
placing the road in irst-class condi
ton whenever our title to the roat
is settled. 1t was part of on
plan to have put lumber along tn,
line of the road into the San Fran
cisco market in competition will
the Puget Sound product. Thi
would have involved on our par
the construction OF warehouse ia
cilities, the finding a market io
Cascades lumbermen, the charter
ing three or four steam schooner.
to ply regularly in the trade anC
the gradual development of goo,
business, both for ourselves and tht
patrons Of our line. We cannot
however spend money in this di
rection until the decision is lrundeC
down by the supreme court Mr.
Hammond realizes that that busi
ness for his rond depends upo,
whether or not the country through
which the line passes is in a flour
iShing condition, and in case tn
title tO the prDpPrtv 6no1l,. yos,, :,