The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-11-14

Most Of Ire Aew line MS III four
orancacs The Fargo x Southwestern
orauch fron Edgerley 10 Streeter,
NORTH Dakota. - miles; The Sykeston
Drancn from Denhom to Turtle Lake,
North Dakota, ~ miles; this Penins uldr
branch from Ioqulan 10 Mociips,
WASH, IS miles, ANA the Sunnyside
branch from Toppenisn 10 sunnyslde,
Wash, l. miles. The report deals
with Important new construction un-
der way. The Portland x Seattle, as
has often been described ia the Rail
road Gazette, IS building u low grade
line from Portland, ore, up the north
bank OF the Columbia river ~ Fasco,
Wash, and thence 10 spokane. An
other arm Of this road IS also being
built from Il point miles cast Of
Pasco, where the Spokane line Is 10 dl-
verge, east along tAe snake river 10
Texas Ferry, Wash, where IL con-
meets with a joint line now being
Duilt under the direction Of the Union
Pacinc ana owned by the Northern
Pacific and Union Paeiiic jointly. This
joint line runs from Texas Ferry 10
Lewiston, 1daho, just across the state
line, . miles. 1t IS 70 pe finished n
1901 and have a grade Of feet to the
mile against eastbound traffic. From
Lewiston Il Northern Pacific line runs
10 Culdesac. and from culdesac the
Northern Pacific is building Il line 10
Grlpgeville, ldsho, - miles This Is
Well under way and is 10 he finished
in 1907. Heavy grades are necessary
TO bring it from the snake river val
icy 10 the top of the plateau. the max
imum ascending glade being per
cent to the top Of the plateau and
then / per cent. This line also will
be owned by the Northern Pacific and
Union Pacific Jointly.
More important than these joint
lines in L local territory 50 long in dis
pune between the Hill and Hartman
systems, is the projected through line
Of the Portland x Seattle from Spo-
kane to Portland. The Portland y Sc
attic was Incorporated august - 1905,
and ia owned jointly by the Northern
Pacific ana tn Great Northern. The
Northern Pacific already runs from
Spokane to Pasco, 50 that The Spokane
end Of The line win not BE built until
Pas . portland the route parallels
The I.4e i. tie Oregon Railroad X
Navigation company along the oregon
bank of the river. On its completion,
the Hi roads instead of having a
roundabout route with heavy grades
TO Portland via Puget Sound Will have
a direct and EFFICIENT water grade line.
1t is being built 10 very high stand
ard and involves great deal of ex-
penslve work. From Portland to !
point II miles east of Vancouver.
Wash. and rom kennewick. opposite
Pasco, to a point 20 miles west, the
road Will be double-track, making AZ
miles of double track. in which are in
cluded double-track steel bridges over
the Columbia and Willamette rivers.
II will have maximum grade east
bound of II feet to the mile from Van
couver. on the north bank OF the Co.
lumbia river opposite Portland. east
10 Texas Ferry, on the Snake river.
and will be 10 feet above the high
water level reached in 1894. From q
point "A miles east OF Pasco. where the
road to Spokane DIVORCES. the maxi
mum grade northbound will be % feet
to the mile. The curvature on the
whole line will be low, with few
grades higher than 3 degrees. The to-
tai number of miles which is being
built by the Portland & Seattle is 423.
This line Of low grades and light
curvature viii permit the handling of