Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-01-01
SAL6M'S ELECTRIC LINES

THE OEEGON ELECTRTc NTEBURBAN SYSTEM THE MAIN
\ LINZ BEING THE CONNECTING LINN BETWEEN CAPT.
I TAI CITY AND PORTLAND THE GREAT METROPOLIS OF
OEEGON AND THE NOBTHWEsT. DYNAMIC FORCE ~
TBE PORN OF MODERN TRANSPORTATION THAT WILL
/ TRANSFORM ALL WESTERN OREGON
FOR FHT MILES sOUTd or PORTLAND THIS LINZ
FOLLOWS THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE WILLAMETTE IMMORTAL
HED ~ POETRY BY SAM SIMPSON, LEAVING III ONLY At
NIhfNAIs 10 CROSS sTIiirs or RICH GRAIN AND
CHAKD LANDS REGION RICH SCENIC EFFECTS RICHFR
SILL N VARIED PRODUCTIONS, AND RICHEST OF ALL ~
A TRAFFIC PROPOSITION
" BARsTow CO. oP YORK. THE CONTRACT.
NC AND CONSTRUCTION RNGINEERs. HAVE CERTAINLY
'hoskN RICH FIELD FOR DEVELOPMENT N CONSTRUCT.
ING THIS LINE EVERY DETAIL or WHICH HAS BEEN CONF
ONER AND MASTERED FROM CULVERTs TO STATIONS AND
MI - BEING DONE on THE LINES or LATEST SCIENTIFIC
ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES
FINE LINE.
IhE WHOLE or THIS rIFTY-MLE LINE HAS CURVES
AND GRADES REDUCED TO 4 MINIMUM - TWO DEGREE
CURVES AND oNE PER CENT GRADES BEING THF LIMIT
fhhIik i NOT RAILROAD PROTECTED IN THE CoTNrRy
TO-DAY THAT Can BEGIN TO EQUAL THIS AND 1T MEANS
ni.f,lsIAhLk SUCCESS N OPERATION AND MOVING An M
mNsE TRAFFIC. THE TOTAL POPULATION ACCESsIpIr
10 Ihls system WILL BE 100000 OR FULLY 1000
10 IhL NILE TIE FREIGHT TONNAGE THAT WILL RF
I"Bt rARf To THIS LINE WILL BE EASILY FROM aoo ooo
10 Sooooo Tons PER ANNUM AND THE CONSTANT TIN
bENch - To CHANGE PRODUCTION FROM CHFap RTIEv
FREIGHT To HIGH-CIAss PERIsHARIF PRonICTs ~
SMALL fktIrs DAIRY PRODUCTS AND POULTRY
A SUBURBAN REGION.
ON THIS INTERURBAN LINE PROM PoRTI,N r., carr, |
y ROOM FOR SCORE OF SMALL CITIES WTTH rpIIT |
M ahAois AND suBrRBAN HOMES FOR THE woRKFRs Avn |
@ rleli hssloNAL CLASSES or TE LARGE CITIES utNv
NhL~fo-io PEOPLE or PORTLAND ARE PI NXTNc sI,,,,
~ hAA ~hohts, WHERE THEY can HAVE MORE ROOM
% - ~" THEIR HORSES. ROOM To BRFATUF ,Nn
~ ~a,hNfhl ALONG THE RIVER AND WITH THF FyFpcPFrN
nLiS ~ ANp IhE GLffTERlNG BEAUTY OF rHE sNoW pr,,s
~ - y ~ n GROUND To THEIR COUNTRY HONFS ar nm
WI '' t"h fhh MILES WILL BECOME MARKFrAEIF
- GOOD CONSTRUCTION WORK
'oNsiklCfioN WORK IHE Highest cu,p,c, |
- Lp ,ahNiLp On FROM sALIh NORTH TrIs FaII pp,,r |
~" @ ~ @'IppLt ot AUGUST AND HAVING CARS my
NiNs fiaIA rhE SALEM INDIAN SCHOOL To sr,Tr Srp1 ~
sALIL FIVE MILES, BY THE OPENING oF Tpr st,y @ ~
- lH lt'ihlH TO- WORK II BEING PlsHFn yoRTt, a ~, IN
- - NhNIhfh CONDITIONS PERMIT TgIs wINrre insI @
nin'I 'I OF WAY - NOW BEING CIFARrn T,sT,'. ihE
'li-ANp AND sfEAMsHOVFL WORK l. RFINg - ~ ~
- - IN hANitR FILLS AND CtTs Jup IovI,t,' h w
, VI h1hikhN Mills ACROSS kRFNcu pu ,,n,' ~
30 - ~ lhh sthfACE on LAKE AND - ,tN, - " - |
r,',,. Ih LiNk ENTERS THE CITY OF saT pNI o,. "
,,, 49,. nv THENCE TWO MILES SrR,Icur - - oNI- W |
,nsr e,',,' -. ,iih ALONG HIGH STREET oxr op @ E |
r,u,p,, ,, ili,L RESIDENCE STREETS IN mn -, ut
IN, ~. -, mt LIGHT CURVES TI{E Tu,ST ,, "t.i
;rspt,,,s,, W sALth, To WHERE RE ,TTtr,t .
,Nr,-r,, ,,, i'et 'Ahsi'lfs TIE LINE Oyrp nm -,
m ~ r,,, @ ~ iht FIRST CLEAR CROSSING C,,s VIZ
,R ,Ns,, siAit, WITHOUT A DRAW To p,pp,,, .oI-
Nm So, nA1k FORCE Is RUSHING THIS Rpr,| ~ lIlb
N w,IS,,,, - t"h sfhlNG WILL SEE THF IN 49, ~ unh
pt,X ~ rs. ANb MIDSUMMER WILL sFr nm, "oNN
n, ~, ,nc ~ IhAfflc CLEAR THROUGH ihh LINZ |
,,,,'rN ,.oN co. rHE CoNSTRUcTINo ,,,,o /
q Tup ,"eI ihk SUPERIORITY OF rms ~ 1S aItk /
GRaITu ,,,,l. VI WESTERN ORFGoN,s Try,r eE IN /
IGHT To pr,srNE NV HAD IHE FAR-RF. .CtrSC aIIuAL /
rom m nr|,,s,., Ihh tOSsIBnIHFs or -, Iohh- |
rms or wrS,r,a,, @ nh To UNLOCK THE coInx~ ihAf /
IPPEp UIT1I rt,, oLcON' THE MAGIC WAND op MIS- s \
RRATRs wr,.Ta TRIO SPARK or PRoCppSs MrnhL M L
EVERY poTS-r % ~ Lars AND BOUNDS ann ~ M lhAI i
: --.- ruiAf or CONTACT AND BLkSSEs Is
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