Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-06-18

The Willamette valley and all ives.
erp Oregon are the center Of unpreee
dsnted railway activity.
In the way Of electric proposition
there are three of considerable impor
tanee-the lines Of the Willamette Val
ley Traction company and United Rail
ways company, Though the city an'
down the valley as far as Salem, ant
probably to Eugene and ROseburt
later, and the line of the Central Rail
way of Oregon from La Grande Il
Union, circling the Grand Ronde val
Icy and making double connection with
the o. r. & n. In prospect is the
proposed system of the Christian Co
Operative Federation for a line from
Portland down the Willamette valley
and thence into central Oregon either
by a new route or from the valley over
the Cascades by way Of the Corvallis
& Eastern, for which property negotia.
tions have been on fo- some time.
To the west is building the line Of
the Pacific Railway g. Navigation com
pany, 200 miles Of road which will cost
close to $5,000,000. Construction is
well along from Hillsboro toward Bux.
ton, and over ten miles of track has
been laid. The road will swing slight.
ly to the north from Buxton and circle
90. uts,tnarinar No.
halem and entering Tillamook. From
the main line a shat distance from
Buxton will be diverted another line
TO Astoria, along the Lewis and Clark
river, while still another branch is 10
be run eastward so as 10 connect with
the Northern Pacific at Scappoose
Later the terminus of the road will be
removed from Hillsboro to Portland
the line heading southeast from the
Washington county metropolis and
striking the Willamette river in the
vicinity Of Oswego, and then skirting
thu bank TO the city, probably entering
the terminals over the Front street belt
line.
On the south are innumerable pro
jecis. Beginning at the southernmost
end Of tha state are three roads head,
ing for Klamath Falls. Grading is to
start by July ! on the line of the
California & Northeastern from Weed,
Cal. Trains are being operated to
Grass Lake over the Cascades, and
contract has been awarded for twenty.
four miles Of additional track, which
will carry the line 10 Mount Hebron.
with prospects Of the road being into
Klsmath Falls by September. The
klamath Canal company is building a
motor line from Upper klamath lake
70 Ewauna lake. The MeCloud River
road is being pushed from Upton, Cal,
90 klamath Falls and has been com.
pleted about sixty miles From the
north will soon be commenced the
Oregon Eastern. the southern Pacific
braneh. which will head from Natron
eoutheasterly 10 Klamath Falls. For
that line $4.l60, 900 has been apPrOpri-
ated. Later the road is 20 be continued
across Oregon TO provide the famous
east-and. west line which has been
tallood Of since the earliest date Of rail
road history in the state. Surveys are
being nun on the west end, and a start
has been made from Ontario with the
complerion Of work on tho Vale 4 NAL
ksur Valley railroad, connccting Vale
and Ontario. which may be later used
as the connecting link. The Inst spike
was driven Sunday.
RAilroAd 10 Coos Bay.
On the coast the next important stop
win be the turning of the first shovel
full Of earth on the Drain -Marshfeld
line. Bids have bee2 asked for and
have probably been submitted ere this
on the line, which will be eightyone
miles in length and cost $4,000. 900. At
Marshaeld il viii connect with the
Coos Bay, Roseburg 4 Eastern. that is
at present operating from there 10
Myrtle Point.
Contracts have been awandci the
Oregon a Paeihe Railroad Construction
company for the building Of the
0rant's Pass Takilma line. which Is
being fosiesed by the California 4
Oregon Coast Railroad company. That
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