Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-24
FAVOR CORVALLIS & EASTERN.

FAVOR CORVALLIS & EASTERN
Extension Of this Road wou1d Offer til
Shortest Route to tho Main Line OF
tie o. r. & N. Railroad.
AS a further evidence that tn
| people of Portland are awaken
ing to the fact that the Corvalli
& Eastern railroad is the mos
feasible route for connection DC
tween the Willamette VALLEY
and Central Oregon, the Oregon
ian of Tuesday has this to say
Now that the Columbia River
& Northern is in shape to bring
into Portland the trade of large
and rapidly growing section Of
the Columbia Valley. there will
be a revival of the interest in the
proposed road to Central Oregon.
The Columbia Southern, through
the fact that it will have with
the completion of the portage
railroad an independent route in
to Portland, has strong point
in its favor, but since the recent
ly printed views of Mr.. Nash and
MI. I1amwond on, the Central
Oregon Ii auc aad transportation,
a number of people are inclined
to favor going into the new ccun-
try by the Santiain pass. The
representatives of Mr.. Hartman
have stated that they regarded
the timber resources of Central
Oregon of greater value from
railroad standpoint than anything
else in that part Of the state. A
market for practically all of this
timber must be found in the
East, and the objection raised by
the Hartman people to taking it
out over the proposed extension
Of the Columbia Southern is that
it would be long, roundabout
haul out to Biggs and thence
east over the O. R. & N. They
claim that if the timber belt of
the .5Deschutes is tapped by a
railroad it should be "a line which
would make the shortest possible
haul from Central Oregon 10 the
Eastern markets. 0
An extension of the Corvallis
Eastern railroad from its pres
mt terminus across the state to
Ontario would offer this short
quite to the main line of the o.
r. & NJ, and would land this
umber at Ontario with a haul of
It least 200 miles less than would
oe necessary in taking it out by
way Of Biggs. The Corvallis &
Eastern is already completed to
he edge of the Warm Springs
agency country, which promises
o be remarkably productive
wheat region, and surveys made |
N easy grades extend clear across
he state to- Ontario. rgsffl
The cost Of the line from the5
present terminus Of the Corvallis
( Eastern to the Deschutes would !
,e but little greater than that OF |.
he Columbia Southern, and I
vhen the Deschutes is reached a
efficiently alluring field ahead |.
would be disclosed to warrant the
xtension of the road out through
he Harney and Malheur coun-
ry.
Mr.. Hammond is on record as
aging that he will make track
&c agreement with any COM
any that will connect with the
Corvallis & Eastern, or he will
ell the road outright. The won
erful timber resources which
lready make a big traffic and
ave built up the thriving settle
nents at Mill City, Halstead,
'erry, Detroit and Idahna, i'm
ure nearly as good a revenue for
ne road already completed as is
njoyed by the Columbia South
IN in its present shape. The
'eschutes Echo is authority for
ne statement that the Corvallis
Eastern route is more favored ,
y the timber interests in. the i
than the Columbia Et
outhern. T s7i a
.a A Valuable Bu1letin.
A bulletin on ssLeguminous
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