The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-02

Short Line branches out to the North
west
The general shape Of the Short Line is
that OF a great scrawling Y. with the
center at Pocateilo. Idaho. ara the four
fermiuf at Granger on f;ae southeast,
Frisco. Utah. on the southwest; Silver
Bow. four miles from Butte. Mont, on the
northeast. and Huntington Or. on the
northwest. AT Huntington a continuous
line northwestward is made by taking the
Oregon Railroad and Navigati.s4l which
has its southern terminus there At Pen
dieton, and again on reaching the Column
hia at Cmatilla junction. the Oregon Rail
road and Navigation forks. one branch
turning BoTtBward 10 Spokane. the other
turning almost due west 10 Portland
With this outline and a glance at any map
the reader may easily see how complete
a line would be afforded by merging of
these three properties, the Union Pacific
Oregon short Line AMI Oregon Railroad
and Navigation. AT present the Oregon
Railroad and Navigation Is an important
factor 10 the railroad situation. both the
Great Northern at Spokane and the un!nn
Pacific being absolutely depsndent on /.
for all Portland aud Oregon bsainess
Union Pacific Non-CommittaL
The Union Pacific directors are keeping
their own counsel es To their plans for the
future A, the recent meeting in Salt
Lake city the press reports gave no in
tellig.hle account of the proceedings and
IL was not until a bill came up before the
Utah legislature that the positive am
nouneement could be made that the $2s.-
90 zoe increase IN Inton Pacific common
stock had been voted for the purpose of
taking up the Short Line.
New. 1t is an open secret that the Short
Line owns a big slice of the OREGON Rail
road and Navigation stock II is said
that by paying 81 80 GO in cash the Short
Lite could acquire the property, and that
i has the option OF doing so in ieS. The
Short Line leased :, Oregon Ratgroad ana
Navigation system for a term Of ninety
nine years from January i. 1877 al a
rental eaua3 to interest on bonds s per
ton.
on December 81 1871. the Short rI3e
owned so sss 2s9 az the Oregon ia iroad
and Navigation stock. ftas amount
under q collateral srust n. kisEage. At that
date the Short Line had .s.:>1ged y ian fhe
Union Pacific 81 .ass 80 in Csesan Rail<oad
and Navigation stock. with power vested
IN the Union Pacific to f@-hypothecate or
sell the same
Union Pacific May Com~ North.
In connection with IKE sane ts}k about
the Tnson pacsnc's FlArgs there : some
gossip as 20 its reaching northward from
Portland 10 Seattle There used 80 - y
coed deal more talk - the safne fbtug
5efare the tFni0n Pacific survey haa
Srown az old as II is now. kecens}y the
gossip has been revived by tha plans 81
tho British Columbia. Seattle & paC.ac
Coast road which - yet "a ~ Nuil. but
recently secured TIE % ssag@ of = tt'i so
the nis@d States ReGafe asft hcFs<tT5 fhe
construction @f \ bridge across tsas &c
}urb4a presumably az NancouSfF. a here
the piers which cssst she I'uiesl .a'actaz
s0rB~ys bat mare shan 81 ,x&9@ stjki stand
LEGAL represent Is va az { ~ stsEfs~B Co
iambts Seattle Il IA str coast Geri th@t
the ues ruad - 10 tss in any sense g~ueS
or controlled hy the Union Pacific aud .
clause IN shear franchise ssipalages shaf
the uew Ire beTws@u Seattle agsa port
land - 20 be independent % al oshsF
roads