The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-05-28
The COOS BAY ROAD
ENGINEERS TO BE PUT ON THE
LINE AT ONCE.

ENGINEERS TO BE PUT ON THE
LINE AT ONCE.
The Construction Company Will
Build Dock and Prepare for
Work-D ecision in August
The Schulknowskie
Murder Trial.
Portland Ofegonian: The Grand
Central Railroad Company, which
was recently Incorporated in Port.
land to build a line between Coos
Bay and Salt Lake City, and of
which J. Thorbnrn Ross, of the Tt
tie Guaranty & Trust Company, is
president, will start six engineers
with a crew of 81 men and full out
fit for Coos Bay on the steamer Al
lance tomorrow, with instructions
to begin survey for a railroad
from the bay eastward. Next week
another surveying party will be put
in the field at Roseburg to work to-
ard the coast. Others will be put
in the country to the eastward la
ter. The plans contemplate the
completion of a reconnaissance of
the county SO that report en- tbs
enterprise can be made by August
Is Upon that report it is expect
ed definite orders for further pro-
gress will be based.
So great is the confidence in the
serious intent and substantial back.
ing of this railroad move that the
mpire Construction Company,
W hich is presumed to have close re-
slation to the railroad, will in few
weeks send large force of work
men, with piledrivers, scrapers and
other necessary apparatus, to build
large dock and other preparations
for the active work of railroad con-
struction. The company is partic.
uIarly desirous of getting before
the public the fact that this does
not necessarily mean that the rail-
road will positively be built imme-
diately. It merely goes to show
that the construction company is
willing to put come money into
parations, $50 as t1 be on the
ground and ready for business when
tie proper time shall come. IF it
should turn out that the enterprise
should be dropped, of course that
money would be lost. The eonstruc-
ton company is willing to take the
chances at this time for the possi-
BILE advantage it may thus get.
L. D. Kinney is the chief engin-
eer of the Great Central Railroad
Company, and he is authority for
the foregoing statement. Since
February 4 he Gays he has been in
Oregon, much of the time in Port
land, and he is quite proud of the
rapidity and secrecy with which
the work has been conducted up to
this time.
II cannot-s say who the principals
are in this railroad enterprise" said
he last night; '.bnt I can say that
my own private opinionis that they
have taken hold in such way that
they can't let GO. I am confident,
too, that they are men who will not
be broken by spending what some
of US would regard as torture to
get accurate preliminary informa-
tion.
cit is also my conviction that the
project means a road to Portland
as we'll as one to Coos Bay. It is
certainly supported by powerful
Eastern railroad interests, and /
surmise that they have special rea-
sons for desiling to get into
this feld.''
Mr.. Kinney says that Oregon is
so years behind the times in the
way of industrial development.
From his examination of the Coos
bay country he says he knows it is
very rich region, and one that
will we'll pay working. Mr.. Kin
ney does not exspeet to remain in
charge of construction when that
stage shall be reached. He has to
do rather with the preliminary
work, much of which, 10 this case
has been done.
St. Helens, Or, May 23.-An af-
#fdavit of Eva Jeller, sister of Au-
gust schevie, in the ySchulkowskie
murder trial was introduced in ev-5
idence for the purpose of impeach-
ing her testimony in court. The
statements in the affidavit were
correboratiye evidence as to the
time August Shevie was away from
the house on the day after Christ
mas, the day OF the murder. In
rebuttal, Mrs. Zeller testified that
she had been piled WITH liquor be-
fore making the affidavit; that she
MIGHT have hean forced fa make