East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-13

Portland-Results in construction,
in progress, and in harmonizing the
relations of the people of the Pacific
northwest with Hartman will follow
the tour Of j. c. Stubbs, traffic man
ager and second in influence in the
Hartman railroad system, says the
journal. This became evident when
Mr.. Stubbs returned this morning
from a tour of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho.
Seeking realization of true north
west traffic possibilities the Stubbs
party penetrated country before un-
touched The south Idaho country
became the subject of close attention.
A day was spent in the Hood River
country.
Strding nervously up and down
the spacious private office of X. H..
Miller, general freight agent Of the
Hartman lines in the northwest, Mr..
Stubbs spent an hour this morning
pouring out opinions as to the local
situation and int6rsperslng his state
ments with a quaint philosophy which
he declares a railroad career always
incepts.
Stubbs Is Much Impressed.
1T would take volume in writing
and days of your time for me to tell
all my impressions of this northwest
country" said Mr.. Stubbs to his in
tervewer. what ! feel Is cumula-
tive, the result of several visits to this
country, yet now | understand as
never before that this country is in
exhaustible. The crops this year are
as good as ] ever saw. Nowhere did
l see the least appearance of barren
ness. OF course, the rains may have
done some harm, but not so far as l
saw. | noted, however, the luXuriant
growth of stem on the wheat, and
wondered IL all the strength wasn't
going that way rather than to the
grain, but | was informed that the
wheat was not to suffer in productive
ness for such reason, because the
soil is so rich that development is
great in every part of the plant"
Mr.. Stubbs said he visited the ex-
position and thought its floral dis
play the best he had ever seen at any
exposition.
Talks of Railroad situation.
AZ failed to see the exhibits, how
ever" he said, because | was sc
busy attending to business matters
Then without stopping his stride W
and down the office for a moment
he plunged into description of the
transportation situation as he fount
II.
Terminal facilities in Seattle are
better than in Tacoma. Much work ir
the way of building depots and build
ing tracks must be done before trains
actually begin running into Seattle
The contract with the Northern Pa
cific provides for use of the tracks
north of Portland only as far al
North Tacoma but until the Harri
man Interests lay their OWE tracks
use OF the Northern Pacific line be
tween the Puget sound cities will b'
granted as a matter of courtesy. A
that il will be September l or late
before trains are operated through
the Portland gateway. Double track
are a necessity and must be laid a
once. In fact the work has alread,
been commenced on a part of tn
way.
That, in a paragraph, is a sum
ming up OF conditions as Mr.. Stubb
found them. The party went on from
Tacoma to Seattle, then over to spo
kane. then Lewiston and Grangevill
in Idaho a section Of the countr
Mr. Stubbs had never before seer
but where he was tremendously i'm
pressed with the possibilities.
The running description brough
the account of the Deschutes canyol
and here where local interest is tn