The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-01-29
TEE INTERIOR TRADE.
what CsA The Daliss do 20 retain 10 Ia
the FutureY

the Fut1re9
Eyer since the first spike was driven
on the Columbia SoutEsrsn railroad
every resident IT The Dalles col Id
realize that the construction OF thai
road into the interior must ultimately
result In the loss of q considerable
amount OF trade heretofore enjoyed
By this place. And now that the con.
structiou of the road south from " SEQ
10 an assured fact, we cannot see any.
thing in the future but that The Dale
will ultimately lose all of the Crook
and Grant county trade that in the
past has centered here.
Whenever the ColuEb bis Southern 10
built to Cross Hollows not one pound
of wool raised In Crook or GRAFT
county will ever come to The Dallef,
nor not one pound of freight for those
points will be shipped from here, con-
sequensly the Quitting trade. that il
the supplying of farmers of the inter-
| ior to the south and east, instead Of
| coming to The Dalles, will go to some
closer point on the Columbia Southern.
These are disagreeable though certain
facts, for there will be no inducement
for interior farmers to come to The
Dalles for supplies, when all their ship.
ping interests are at some other and
more convenient point.
Wideawake business men of The
Dalles have realized this for seme time |
and have been considering the best |
methods to adopt for overcoming the |
disadvantage at which they will be |
placed when the Columtia Southern |
shall be built further south, though as |
yet no feasible scheme has been sug-
gested and acted upon. Some have
proposed that railroad be built out |
from The Dalles to the Deschutes at
some point near the free bridge, then
up that river and its tributaries, possi-
bly, terminating at Prineuille. This
plan, however, has only been suggest
ed, no definite action having been
taken. The merits of the proposition,
the Times-Mountaineer dses not pro-
pose to discuss at the present, but will
suggest plan that it believes to be
more feasible.
All along The Dalles has looked
upon the Columbia Southern rather as
being its enemy, in that it is destined
to take away part of the trade this
place has enjoyed in the past; but can
not it be made to serve our interests as
we'll as its own? Suppose the road is
south to Cross Hollows,
could it not be run west to the De.
schutes at some point near the Warm
Spring reservation, and then norther-
ly along the river or out through the
rygh Ridge and Dufur countries? A
'oad thus constructed would not only
control all the trade of Crook county
Ind the northern part of Grant. but {
would, through rather circuitous,
make q portage around the Dalles of
he Columbia, and would be a formid-
bile feature in regulating freight rates
o all points in Eastern Oregon and
and would make The
)a!les the trade center Of all the
PIPER country, .since the road would d
orm link between the upper and
over river. a
Whether or not such q proposition q
Toula be favorably considered by the b
Columbia Southern, the Times Noun. r
aineer is not prepared to say. But this f
,uch is certain, the Columbia South Fl
rn is in a position to extend its line F
froad into the interior. This it il al ii
,ost certain to do, and SO long as
iggs 10 its terminus, all the traffic it
andles will go to that place and &
hence over the O. R. l. N. passing
trough The Dalles, without our de-
wing cent of benefit. But il that
bad could he induced to terminate its
ne here, by coming in over the route =
oove mentioned, its principal traffic i
ould come this way on account of the
freight rates it could offer
'r continuous transportation either
Y river or rail More than this, the
Southern road will be built
,uth, and should O road be started to-
ard the interior it would ever have u
competitor In this line,
heroas if the Columbia Southern
,uld be induced to favor the scheme
Dove mentioned, it would be The
allies tine. The proposition We be- =
ia N.Y. rthu tho annatd orafinn af
he Dailrs and especially the Com
ercial Club.