East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-05

The building of a railroad up the
Deschutes canyon into central Ore
gon is again up to Mr. Hartman. The
supervising engineers of the United
States reclamation service, d. c. Hen
ny and Il. G. Hopson, have complet-
ed their report and it will be for
the representatives of the reclamation
service will not make any official
statement as to the nature of their
| findings, ii is an open secret that the
report recommends the approval of
the railroads map. with the pro-
vision that unless the road is con-
structed at once the permission to
build up the canvon is to be revoked,
says the Journal.
Through a sudden change in plans,
| Boschke of the O. r. & n. and En-
gineers Henny and Hopson of the rec
lamation service were to have made
up the Deschutes canyon next week
has been abandoned Both Hopson
and Henny We're at The Dalles one
day last week looking up the matter
and through some agreement between
the reclamation service and General
Manager O'Brien of the O. r. & ~.
It was decided that the trip would be
| given up.
Have Completed Investigation.
Supervising Engineer Hopson stat
ed this morning that he and Mr.. Hen
ny had completed their work of eY-
aminng the various features of the
project and had thoroughly gone over
the question of whether The govern.
ment reclamation schemes or the pro.
posed railroad would be the most ne
cessary development work for CEN
tral Oregon.
1T IL del cate matter to make
known tte results of such findings
before they have been acted upon AZ
Washington" stated Mr.. Hopson,
"and for that reason we cannot an
nounce for a day or two the exact
nature of our report. | consider,
however. that the needs Of central
Oregon are very generally understood
here and the Importance Of a railroad
is obvious"
While the report has just been
completed it is said that the reca-
nation engineers decided more than
a week ago that they would not stand
IN the way Of the Deschutes railroad
if Hartman is in earnest in his re-
peated statements that he wants to
built it. This feature of the report
will, it is believed, force the railroad
to show its hand as to its real desires
in the matter Of building the central
Oregon line.
Work Must Begin at Once.
While it is not known how long n
time has been recommended to be Civ
en- the road to complete its canyon
line, it is understood that It places it
in such terms that work must be be-
gun at once to insure the permanent
approval of the maps through gov
| ernment land.
While the supervising engineers of
the reclamation service have to re-
ceive the approval of the head of the
| department at Washington before the
| railroad can go ahead with the con-
struction of the Deschutes line, it is
understood that the decision whether
or not the maps shall be approved
rests almost entirely with Mr.. Henny
and Mr.. Hopson. Mr.. Hopson Is the
supervising engineer for this district
and Mr.. Henry formerly connected
with the Umatilla project, was sent
out especially to work with Hopson
in looking up the Deschutes matter.
The controversy has been between
the railroad or one hand and the gov.
ernment and q private irrigation and
power project on the other. The
! route surveyed by the railroad runs
IN fhe Deschutes canyon for many