The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-08-14

E. will be extended to Newport by
another season. Perhaps it is the
general fitness of the thing that has
most to do with the opinion. That
IS where the railroad should have
gone in the beginning, and where
it doubtless would have gone but
for the visionary plans of Col.
Hogg, to build city at Yaquina
and grow wealthy by sale of hill
side lots. One authority says the
line can be built through for $25,-
900, though that seems a low es-
innate. Guy Talbot, the new gen.
eral manager of the road, accom-
panied by Jack Mayo and some of
the other officials, went over the
proposed line recently. It is known
that Mr.. Talbot said afterward that
"The plan presents no engineering
difficulties 1t is known that the
late Con Sullivan pleaded hard with
the authorities of the road to make
the extension long ago. 1t is said
that he offered to take the usual
operating force of the road, using
no extra expense for extra men.
within two years TO pu' the extern
sion through without cent of cost
to the owner, except frr snch ma
terial as would be requiredo, His
offer was ! ever accepted"
The manifold advantages to re-
suit from the extension to thrust
themselves into the minds of ev-
cry man, woman and child that Wis
its the locality. The tiresome.
dangerous, tedious transfer from
the train to the boat, even with a
small crowd is an awful drawback.
Many and many a time in the out
| ing season. the train could be in
Newport before the transfer boat
leaves its dock at Yaquina. The
little launches that leave the dock
after the arrival of the train reach
Newport so far ahead of the big
boat that passengers have TIME to
eat supper and get settled for the
evening before the big boat arrives.
| When the business men in Portland
and elsewhere louk over the hor.
izon to see what place to go for an
outing, the varied and manifold
attractions at Newport appeal to
him; but it is doubtless true that
many time he thinks of the bun.
glesome and tedious transfer at the
other end of the line, and selects
some other spot. The managers Of
the transfer boat do everything pos
sible for the comfort of passengers.
| Every courtesy is shown the travel.
er, but the traffic in the summer
time is simply enormous and such
, facilities as can be afforded are en-
tirely inadequate for the rapid trans
it requirements of these days oi
swift going and coming.
The claim is that there are 5000
people at Newport. No crowd so
great has ever been there before.
Every motel, every lodging mouse
every cottage is full. and there are
hundreds of tents and campers.
The tent city extends as far to the
northward as Jump-off-Joe. Seven
coach loads or nearly 400 people
went in on Saturdays train. Eight
coaches carrying e55 Epeople wen,
in on Sundays excursion. Four
coaches jammed to the doors went
in yesterday, and today's train was
equally as we'll patronized. Sundays
excursion train out consisted of a
double header and there were ten
coaches all filled, and many per-
sons standing. 1t was the banner
excursion of this season of banner
crowds. The day however, was
one lily suited to the occasion.
There was a heavy fog throughout
the morning which at noon broke
i<1fo a drszzlir,or ros,, o@,1 r. nro.