Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-05
Number 10
Working for Oregon.

At the Oregon Development League
convention held in Portland last week
B. +. Jones of Toledo was one of the
speakers, his theme being The Open
! ing of faqnlna Bay to the Commerce
of the willamette Valley" In addi-
tion to his remarks. Mr.. Jones offered
the following as supplementary report
to that OF the committee on transporta-
! tion, of which he is member:
| Whereas, The coast line OF Oregon is indent
! ed by numerous bays and water ways; and,
Whereas. The Government of the United
States has recognized Naquina Bay as safe
harbor, with present depth of % feet oi
water, and being connected with railroad ia
cilities with the great Willamette Valley, and
one OF the chief gnteways of the Orient; there
/ fore be it
Resolved, by the oregon Development
League, in session assembled, That we ask tho
hearty cooperation OF this league and the cti.
zens of the State of Oregon, and the Oregon
delegation in Congress, that they use all hon
orable means to secure an appropriation for
the completion of the Yaquina Bay harbor, as
presented and outlined by the Presidential
Board of Commissioners, believing that the
ultimate success of this great enterprise win
he a saving to the farmers of the Middle VIII
lamette Valley on transportation of thousands
OF dollars.
The report was unanimously adopted,
as was the report of the committee on
transportation. which follows:
We have the following requests to make OF
81 h Da;I Il
we deem 1t of the utmost importance that i'm
mediate steps be taken in the matter.
That the new observation cars recently put
on, and which are now running from Rose
, burg south, be extended so as to run through
the Willamette Valley by daylight, in order to
give better facilities for the travellers to see
the country through which they pass This
matter was taken mp with .. II. Mccormick AZ
, Chicago, and c. Fee at San Francisco. Mr..
Fee telegraphed that the matter had been ar
ranged as requested, and later another tele-
gram was received confirming the arrange
ment, and we considered the matter settled
, The operating department of the Southern Pa
cifc Railway Company at Portland claims now
that, owing to lack of facilities at Portland
for turning the cars it will DO impossible t0
q put the cars on, and that they cannot be run
4
1 quest that some steps be taken to remedy the
difficulty at Portland, as it of the greatest i'm.
p. portance that these cars be run through the
:, Valley on the day trains. There seems 10 be
little difference of opinion between the local
y officials of the Southern Pacific Railway Com
e pany and the higher officials In regard to the
n advisabiity of running these cars south, and
4 your committee feels that with little effort
= arrangements could be made to run the cars
Q from Portland to Glendale and return on
r trains Nos. IL and l., and thus enable traveller
h to get a better idea of the richness and fertil-
ity of Western Oregon.
That the train now leaving Portland ut
h o'clock p. M, and known as the Albany local
= be extended to Eugene so as to give the pa.
irons of the railway between Albany and
Eugene better facilities for going to and from
u Portland, and thereby enabling them to go
a to Portland and return the same day.
k That in view of the Importance OF the Lewis
. and Clark Fair to Western Oregon, an excur
sion rate of one fare for the round trip, with
i stop-over privileges be made from Portland I,
o any point in Western Oregon, good for 20 day
Y on the regular trains, rs we feel that such
Z rate would induce II number OF visitors to in
spect this part of the state.
lnhJ lnc southern faClIlc hhllWhN IonphlIN
l. run daily excursion train from Portland NJ
, the West Side to Eugene by way Of Corvall
, and Albany, returning to Portland by way u
the Springfield -Woodburn branch. Such Al
arrangement as this would enable visitors Il
= see the best parts of the Willamette valley
q and 1t would also give the inhabitants of tn
-. different towns through which the train woul'
Is pass an excellent opportunity to show th
IS products of their community, greeting th'
n visitors, and give them samples OF their fruit
u flowers, etc,
- This will give the people of Lincoll
-. county an idea as to how the Lewis ant
! Clark Fair will serve as q factor il
,o building up our population and indus
@ @ tries. The transportation committee
!. of the willamette Valley Development
is League will no doubt be entirely sue
,o cessful in its efforts to attract man,
- homescekers and capitalists to Lincoll
county and all parts of western Oregon