The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-09-14
ROAD DOWN
NORTH BANK
n. P. Begins Active
Operations
GRADERS IN FIELD
Start to Work at Carson
Landing
SECRET MOVES BECOME KNOWN
Early Predictions Of the Glacier are
Being Confirmed by Recent
Events Along the Col
umbia River.
SECRET MOVES BECOME KNOWN

With surveying parties and consruc
tion gangs in he field and right of way
agents closing deals with the land
owners, the very air is charged with
railroad operations on the north
bank of the Columbia. The Glacier
was the first paper in the Northwest
to give the news of railroad opera
tions down the north bank of the Co
lumbia, and its early predictions that
the Northern Pacific is behind the
movements have received almost daily
combinations within the past week.
: The renewed activity in different
quarters now makes very reasonable
the supposition that the work is to be
commenced at once. Engineering
offices have been opened in Vancou-
yer, men and horses and tools have
been shipped to the front. Late Sat
urday night train of IL cars loaded
with wheel scrapers, teams and equip
ment for grade work, including large
quantity of giant powder, was hurried
tn Vancouver. The steamer Dalles
City of the Regulator line, now owned
by the Northern Pacific, was rushed
to that point, and spent all night
loading from the cars. Early Sunday
morning the steamer, containing four
carloads of equipment, left for up
river points. The cargo was distribut-
cd along the Norhern bank from
Washougal to Cascade Locks.
Will Isenberg of this city, who was
at Collins hot springs Sunday, says
the steamer Dalles City stopped at
that place in the afternoon and un-
loaded there a gang Of men with steel
drills and camping outfit. Perma-
nent camp was established at Collins,
and designated as camp No. s. The
man in charge of the party maintained
strict silence as to whom he was
working for, but when Mr.. lsenberg
conVersed with him regarding the
general conjecture that the operations
we're being conducted by the Nor h
ern Pacific he had nothing to deny.
Mr.. Isenberg says men with tools
and camp outfits we're also landed at
Stevenson, Carson landing, Cooks
landing and as far up the river as
Drano.
Portland papers stated Monday that
the Steamer Defender had been char
tered for conveying a party Of sur
veyors to White Salmon, but up to
Tuesday morning the boat had not
reached its destination. However,
gang Of railroad men is daily expected
to begin grading operations on the
Lauterbaugh property just west of
the White Salmon landing. Several
OF the land owners there hold signed
agreements with Northern Pacific
right of way agents that when they
give a quit.claim deed to any proper
ty, it shall be used for right Of way
for a railroad.
People of White Salmon have every
assurance that active operations will
begin there within few weeks. A
few of the farmers in the berry belt
have not yet granted rights Of way.
At Underwood, nothing definite has
been accomplished, but it is under
stood that Captain Harry Olsen has
granted right of way for $1,000,
There is an understanding between
Right of Way Agent Upright and the
Menominee Lumber Co. concerning
the crossing of the mill ccmpany's
land, as there is also with the govern
ment lands where the fish hatchery is
situated at the mouth of the White
Salmon river.
Efforts have been made all summer
to keep secret the activities of the
Northern Pacific, and as soon as the
0. r. & N. realized that something
was doing, a force of men was thrown
into the field below Cascade Locks
with an effort to block the work of
their northern competitor. The o.
r. & N. owns a short piece of track at
the Cascade Locks, which in early
days was operated as a portage road.
Efforts will be made now to prevent
the Northern Pacific from paralleling