The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-12-21
piver Business
on the Increase

o-esent year. During this period
! obout 60 thousand sacks of grain
we're transported to the sea-board
4 by the water lines from points on
the Columbia River between Hover
and Celilo. Of this amount ~
thousand sacks were shipt from
Hover, the balance from points in
Kllckitat County on the North
! hank and Gillian County on the
South bank Of the river. The
Portage road was over-taxed, un-
able to meet the demands of the
two steamers operating. AS soon
as possible this road will be built
the remaining miles between the
present terminus and The Dalles.
When this connection is completed
il will be impossible even with the
Increased number of steamers and
the exceedingly large tonnage that
will develop in the coming season.
10 blockade the road. Hundreds of
tons of merchandi.e have been dis
tributed in Eastern Washington
and Oregon among the consumers
sta saving of from 80 to 50 PEI
cent in freight charges. Territory
that had lain dormant from lack of
shipping facilities has been imbued
With new lease of Life and have
responded to the active pulse beats
Of the river transportation service.
It has caused the surveys Of
many new electric lines from in
erior towns to the river lines that
, will, before the closing of another
mgear, swell the volume of river
traffic and reduce and regulate rates
now in effect by rail lines. Among
them are the Inland Railroad thru
the Palouse country to the Snake
River which is now under the pro-
cess of building. Another road
that will become an important feed
er is the Columbia & Walla Walla
fraction Company electric line.
This road will be eighty miles in
length. Starting from Dayton it
will traverse the rich garden sec
ton of the Walla Walla valley,
passing thru Walla Walla to Wa
lula on the bank of the Columbia
River. Almost every farmer on
this line has donated the right Of
way thru his land. Another line
has been surveyed and most of the
rlght-ofway secured from Blalock
up Rock Creek tnru the long neg
lected Heppner Goa: fields and over
y low pass in the mountains for an
eastean connection At meeting
Of the Third District Development
League at Heppner where Umatilla
and Morrow Counties joined forces
Under the guidance of Walla Wal
lacounty pledging each other their
undivided support in the following
resolution: Resolved: That the
Third District Development Lea
que favor action to subscribe stock
to the amount of $50, 900. 90 i'll the
company known as the Open River
Transportation Co." An amount
equivalent to that already held in
q Portland with the above company,
y y said amonnt to be apportioned to
the different localities of Eastern
Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
Another resolution was as follows
=. Resolved: That the Third Dis
trict Development League, i'll view
Of the unsatisfactory terminal facil-
tiles of the western end of the Por-
tage Railroad, favors the exten s;or
BY the state Of Oregon of the said
toad to TIE Dalles, with the pro
vlso that flee right-of-way ant
free terminals be furnished by the
lOcalitv."
With Oregon extending this road
10 The palles, an appropriation
'rom the State of Washington Of al
4 amount equa, to that expended b,
Oiegon, said amount to be used il
opening and preparing the rapid:
ior navigation By having more
Steamers built by the counties OF