East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-24

begin Immediately, says the Oregon
Daily Journal. The route to be fol
lowed, in all probability, is up tn
Deschutes river canyon from the Co
lumbia, leaving the canyon at thu
southern extremity of the Warn
Springs Indian reservation at the
mouth Of Trout creek, thence east t
Madras and southwark to Bend.
julius Kruttschnitt, active head OF
Harriman's coast lines, has been
summoned to Pelican lodge. The re.
suit of the conference between the
railroad king and his associate will
be to definitely determine the route
into the interior and the immediate
construction of the line. All feasible
routes into central Oregon having
been surveyed, work will start prob
ably within the next 60 days. The
Columbia Southern will not be ex-
tended.
Edward II. Hartman has uncork-
ed the bottle within which he has
held the destiny of central oregon
ever since central Oregon's destiny
hinged upon the advancement of rail-
road transportation.
Hartman will build into the CEN
trail portion of the state, without fur
ther delay or parleying. The definite
course OF the route to be followed
will be made known as soon as Julius
Kruttschnitt, who leaves today for
Pelican Lodge in response to a wire
summons from the railroad magnate,
concludes his conference.
Road Extended.
This much. however, Is certain. The
Columbia Southern will not be ex-
tended The route is not feasible
from Shaniko southwark. Hence, It
will be abandoned. In consequence.
Hartman has turned his attention to
the Deschutes canyon line from the
Columbia There is little doubt but
that within the next few weeks dirt
will begin to fly in the ravine lead
ing southwark where the line will be
constructed until the table land Isl
reached at the mouth OF Trout creek
at the southern edge of the Warm
Springs Indian reservation.
An Easy Grade.
Along the entlt route the grade is
easy, but the construction work in the
canyon will consume probably double
the time necessary to complete the
line from Madras to Bend. where. ow-
ing TO the smoothness of the country,
there is little work detailed aside
from laying the ties and rails.
Ten thousand people in Crook
county alone will welcome with unal-
loyed Joy the announcement of i'm
mediate railroad construction into the
interior-the result OF the conference
of several days duration (which has
taken place at Pelican Lodge between
Mr. Hartman, Governor Chamber |
lain, J. p. O'Brien, general manager
OF the o. r. & n. and Fred S, stan
ley, head of the Deschutes Irrigation
& Power company of Crook county
the largest private irrigation project
in the United States.
Vast Benefits.
The vast benefits to accrue both
to central oregon and Portland
particularly the central part of the
state-through the realization of
railroad facilities are so far beyond
computation II is probable that ctl-
zens of the interior will give vent to
some remarkable demonstrations
when the news reaches them.
While Mr.. Hartman has given
definite and conclusive promise that
rail construction will begin imme-
diately into the interior, and has al
ready summoned his aides and taken
steps to fulfill his intentions, he in
tImates that there must be coopera-
tion on the part of the citizens Of
Portland and the interior, or devel-
opment may be retarded.
For instance, during his conference
with the governor, Mr.. Stanley and
Mr.. O'Brien, he referred to the
Southern Paclfics Fourth street line
in this city.
Plea OF Poverty.
Money is tight" declared the rail-
road king. Financial conditions are
far from having recovered from the,
panic of last fall It has taken ex-
treme measures to keep things going.
Personally, I had to pledge securi-
ties worth $5.OOO,O0O to raise money
with which to keep an eastern road
from going into a receivers hands
Hence, expending money on railroad
must be done now and
for some time to come with caution.
1--WE shall probably ask for an ex-
tension of a years time in removing
o,. Iinas From, Fourth atreet IN PORT