Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-17
Entry Of Gould Line Into HarrI'
man Territory in North
west is Indicated.
RELIEVED TO Be BACK OF IT.
hammond Road TO BE Extended More
IMAM $50 Miles-Nhat New
York Paper says

The following interesting summing up
u m, oregon-ldaho railroad situation
A.. rfmted In the New York CONNER
eal OF August 10.
A. b. Hammond, president Of the
corvallis g. Eastern and Astoria a
columbia not only d!sclaims any inten-
lion Of selling those properties. but
Ny, without reserve that the hrst
pr.l road will b. extended from the
terminus al ldanha. Linn county.
across central oregon 90 some point on
he snake River probably ontario.
The Astoria q Columbia River viii be
pushed south along the coast, from
seaside TO the Nchalcm q Tnlamook
country These protects will aggregate
more than $50 miles Of new construc-
uon by the Hammond lines within the
next few years.
Work cannot begin this year Mr..
Hammond says. owing ~ the scarcity
o., labor. which makes railroad build
ms unusually expensive By next sea-
s5l % is expected work will begin on
i. line east from llauha, Wh,n val
Il $50 miles long
H. extension Of the Astoria q Co.
lgmbia River viii reach the Nehalem
TIllamook sections. WHERE Mr. Ham
mond has large timber holdings. The
Ane Will be built ny the Neclnicum
river from Seaside. and across the d.
vide from that stream 10 tributary
0f the Nehalem, u viii then follow the
Nahalem valley for some distance,
when IL viii turn south To- the Tiuamook
country, reaching a terminus al Tilla-
nook bay The extension viii be So
niles long.
The building Of these lines is believed
10 mean more than the extension OF the
Hammond lines into new territory.
Many believe this move assures the en-
,ry Of the Gould lines into Oregon. Il
3 said that the destination Of the Cor
wallis q Eastern extension may not be
Ontario but point In the klamath
country, where q junction will be e.
iectci with the California. Nevada &
oregon, an alleged Gould line intended
70 be pushed north from the main line
Of The Western Pacific az Reno. New,
20 Lakeyiew, and the klamath country
he road has already been completed TO
Madeline Plains. Cal
HUBBARD AND HAWLEY.
Associated with Mr. Hammond In the
ownership OF the Corvallis g. Eastern
and the Astoria a Columbia River. are
General Hubbard, formerly vice.
president OF the Iowa Central and the
Minneapolis g. St Louis. Mr.. Hawley
Is also a director OF the Western Pa
eiAc the coast end Of the transcon-
unental road that Gould is building
across America which viii be the only
tiansc0ltineDtal system IN the United
states IN which all units win be under
one ownership. lie is also deeply inter-
tsttd with other capitalists including
b T.. loakum. IN the Colorado &
southern, for which most ambitious
and important developments are I'M
Der way. in connection with the 81.
Louis & San Francisco end Of the Rock
Island system.
The main line Of the Western Paci-
dc now building. = to run from salt
Lake through Reno, New. 70 San Fran
cisco. Another theory OF the extension
across oregon Of the Corvallis & East
ON is that the new construction will be
built southeast 70 a point IN southern
One gon or northern Nevada, where a
tIrect connection viii b. made with
no Western Poetic.
That Gould Is back Of the reported
ricnsiou into interior oregon of the
hammond line would not surprise rail-
uad men who have been looking for
somc such development The building
N the Corvallis & Eastern 90 iunc-
ture with the Western Pacific or the
California. Nevada q Oregon. and the
closing up OF the gap between Al
hany and Portland or Yaquina and
rillsmook. would give The Gould In
terests access 10 all the harbors Of the
oregon coast Of any account outside Of
Zoos bay. AZ 10 terminals and other
requirements, provision would already
have been largely made for the en-
Try 81 the Gould road without a long
and hard fight with the Hartman In
,trtsts 90 gain a foo,hold In the state.
This means Of reaching Portland and
tapping the oregon country would COM
mend itself 10 the hackers OF the new
Gould lines.
RIVAL PROJECT DEFEATED.
With the announcement by President
hammond Of the construction Of the
central Oregon road. the hopes Of the
tristan Cooperative Federation TO
hlid line along this same route from
IDAHO go glimmering. Representatives
H The organization decline 10 give
out any statement In regard 90 the
iaIlrr Of their plans 10 carry out this
project, although u has been formerly
announced that an option was held on
lae D0rnWallis & Eastern. and the
building OF this line was only a matter
a a hort time.
me Central oregon country Is prob
ably me largest territory Of the Unit
"a states outside OF Alaska without
abroad facilities. The setting aside
'I sil6o,o00 by the Hartman system
vas announced late last year for the
obstruction Of the first $50 miles Of
m" oregon Eastern from Weed, az the
'sse n Mount Shasta, 90 a point north
N The Klamath marshes Ia oregon.
! MS was the first link IN the projected
lne, which would connect with the Ma
Ion extension, making a detour from
lle main line Of the Southern Pacific
Wklng In the klamath country
The ascent along the Willamette
.lNer and crossing the Cascades 20 the
eastern oregon plateau can be made
10y the Natron extension, Il Is stated,
on gradients not exceeding ! per cent.
although the first line built win have
maximum grade of per cent until
ruoh time as more costly permanent
VIII b. authorized This
grade VIII be encountered from Natron
IN The summit Of the Cascades. where
me divide will be crossed. ~ an alti-
Jude Of 300 feet, at a point near Cres-
cent Lake, The line VIII then run
-oulheasterly out upon the great plain
~ eastern Oregon south OF Walkers
Range.
10 tie Hartman system would safe
slafd the advantageous position u now
h'lds IN this STATE the Central oregon
iuntry must be tapped BY these con-
-cting lines with The Southern Pacific
le advent Of other powerful interests
makes II imperative that these lines
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