Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-04-26
C. Veal, B. F. Jones and }. C. Cooper
made the following report:
Committee On transportation.

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Committee On transportation.
Your committee on transportation
appointed at the meeting held at sa-
lem. March 20 last, at which time the
Willamette Valley Development
League was organized, beg leave to
submit the following to the william
cite Valley Agricultural section of the
Oregon Development League meeting:
Since the meeting at Salem on March
26. the Southern Pacific Railway com
pany has put on an improved dining
ear service through the Willamette
Valley. and his will be Of great con
venienee to the raveling public
We have the following requests to
make Of the Southern Pacific Railway
company and we deem it Of the ut.
most Importance that immediate steps
be taken in the matter:
That the new observation ears re-
Gently put on, and which are now run.
ming from Roseburg south. be extended
so as to run through the Willamette
Valley 10y daylight in order to give
better facilities for the travellers TO see
the country through which tbey pass.
This matter was taken up with Mr..
H.. II. Mccormick at Chicago, and Mr..
.C. :. Fee at San Francisco. and Mr..
Fee telegraphed that the matter had
been arranged as requested. and later
another telegram was received con
frming the arrangement and we con
sidcred the matter settled. The oper
ating department ~ the Southern Pa.
ci6e Railway company at Portland
claim now that owing 10 lack Of faeili-
ties at Portland for turning the ears
1t will be impossible to put the ears on
and that they cannot be run from
Portland south. We would therefore
request that some steps be taken 90
remedy the difficulty at Portland as il
Is Of the greatest Importance that
these ears be run through the valley
on the day trains. There seems 20
be little difference Of opinion between
the local officials OF the Southern Pa.
cifc Railway company and the high
er officials in regard 20 the advisable.
" Of running these ears south, and
your committee feel that with a little
effort arrangements could be made 10
run the ears from Portland 20 Glendale
and return on trains Nos. IL and l.,
and thus enable travellers to get a bet
ter idea Of the richness and fertility
OF western Oregon.
That the train now leaving Portland
at I o'clock p. m. and known as the
Albany local. be extended 20 Eugene
so as to give the patrons Of the rail.
way between Albany and Eugene bet
ter facilities for going TO and from
Portland and thereby enabling them to
90 10 Portland and return the same
day.
That ia view Of the Importance Of
the Lewis and Clark fair 20 western
Oregon an excursion rate Of one fare
for the round trip, with stop-over priv
ileges be made from Potland 70 any
point in western Oregon, good for 20
days on the regular trains, as We feel
that such a rate would induce a mum.
her Of visitors 20 inspect this part OF
the state
That the Southern Pacific Railway
company run daily excursion train
from Portland up the west side 70 Eu-
gene by way Of Corvallis and Albany,
returning TO Portland by way Of the
Springfield -Woodburn branch. Such
an arrangemen, as this would enable
visitors 20 see the best parts OF the
Willamette Valley. ami IL would also
give the inhabitants Of the different
towns through which the train would
pass an excellent opportunity 20 show
the products of their community, greet
ing the visitors, and give them sam
pies Of their fruit. flowers, etc.
Your committee feel that IL is Of
the utmost Importance that everything
possible should be done in the way OF
getting railway facilities during the
fair for the visitors 20 reach this part
OF our great and growing state, which
we consider the best part Of Oregon.
An appropriation Of $4,000 has been
made by congress for the improvement
of the upper Willamette river, and We
therefore request that the governments
engineer at Portland, Major Langftt,
spend as much Of the appropriation as
possible in improving the Willamette
river beween Salem, Albany and Cor
Wallis. 50 as 90 enable the farmers and
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