The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
RAILROAD VAR IN OREGON
Harriman-Gould Fight Growing
Hotter at Lakeview.
Head of Union Pacific Gathers His
Lfeutenants in Conference at
Klamath Fails.

New YORK. Aug 15--It IS generally be-
Iieved here that the traf5c men ot the
Hartman lines IN the Northwest who are
reported 70 have gone On a fishing ex-
peditIo1 IN Oregon VIII meet z. H. Harri-
man al klamath Fails and make iDpor-
tsat reports 70 him there The party was
n charge OF r B. Miller. general -e-ghr
agent OF the allied lines IN oregon. and
included Charles 8IaI5oeut. district freight
. agent Of the Southern Pacific. TWO very
asrUJs traf.c men. 10 whom this sort Of
an expedition is not new. The fishing
trip Is thought by many 10 cover an in
spection Of the territory north OF the CAL
fornia lire.
The mysterious Journey OF p B. Miller
and his associates Il taken as another in
dicatiOn OF the determination Of TIE Ear-
riman forces 10 beat the Gould CCnsruc-
[ ton forces into Lakeview. and thence
/ into the wide prair.es north 10 get the
/ enormous trafsc that viii be developed
there within a short time after railroad
I facilities are offered
Just now there Is a struggle between
/ railroad uagla-es over strategic points
near the California State line, in South
D
I 10 both Hartman and Gould forces IS
I the Goose Lake Valley. where there are
I narrow passes along the east side~of the
z valley. between the lake and the noun
I tains. the possession OF which would mean
much n controlling the traffic that Is GER
I tain TO be hauled out Of Central and
/ Southern Oregon as soon as railroads are
/ pushed into the State from that direction.
/ It IS agreed that the Hartman Interests
Q
I that district during the present season.
( Work preparatory 70 grading or the sur-
vey from the Oregon Eastern survey
south into California is now being done.
] Advices from Lakeview state there IS
every indication that grading VIII be com
| menced on the line already surveyed
| through the east side Of the Goose Creek
| Valley before early autumn
/ The most desirable grades into the Cen
( tral region from the south are the prizes
/ to be fought for BY the rival railroad
I magnates- Upon the completion Of the
1 Western Pacific into san Francisco, It IS
/ believed that q lateral line VIII be pushed
| up into Oregon. and many think that the
/ Nevada, California and Oregon. now be-
I ing built north from Reno. New. IS a
/ Gould project. This lire has been finished
/ to Likely, a distance Of 154 miles from
Reno. and is in operation It Is expected
/ the road viii reach AltCraS before fall
/ II viii run 10 Lakeview-
| The Hartman Incorporation OF q road
from the vicinity Of Redding. OF the
main line Of the South Pacific, north into
/ Lakeview, via the Pitt River Pass and
/ the Goose Lake Valley. Is interpreted as
| showing the rivalry Of the two systems
to reach the same point by the most IA
vored routes, and warm contest 10 seize
/ the best passes and easiest points for
railroad construction IS expected
| Recent events have indicated Hartman
| activity IN Southern Oregon Aside from
| the unusual number Of surveying crews
/ IN the field. land agents Of the Hartman
/ lines are said TO be at Lakeview looking
| up the titles TO lands from the land Office
| records, and everything points toward an
early beginning on the construction OF
| the railroads already mapped out IN that
| territory.