Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-14
construction Of whatever railways are
necessary.
paor1A Enfhusia affe

People Enthusiastic.
This announcement was greeted with
enthusiasm by the people OF Oregon. and
through the newspapers. the boards OF
trade. commercial clubs and other organi-
cations. The Hartman people began to
push the work Of construction in the Des
Chutes canyon with more energy than
ever until the attorneys for the Oregon
Trunk railroad applied to the United
States courts for mandamus to en1oin
them from occupying the disputed strip
Of right Of way. The case was argued by
the ablest attorneys Of Portland. and
Justice Robert g. Bean of the United
States court decided in favor Of the Hill
interests. forbidding the Hartman forces
to occupy the canyon between Madras
and the mouth Of White creek.
The main object OF Mr.. Hill in securing
this right of way Is not to develop GEN.
trail Oregon. but to reach San Francisco
by crossing Oregon north and south and
building through the unoccupied territory
in northwestern California.
Mr.. OBrien. general manager OF the
Hartman lines in this part of the coun-
try. takes the decision Of the court good
naturedly, and says:
There is plenty of room in the Des
Chutes canyon for two railroads and I
do not see who is going to stop us from
occupying 1t. We have q very definite
opinion Of what our rights are and we
propose to maintain and protect them
We have promised to build a railroad into
central Oregon. We have the money to
struction work until the courts inter-
fered. We are ready to proceed as soon
as we receive permission. and when our
rights are established we will resume"
The people of the state do not care who
wins in this fight so long as railroad
is built. and II they could get two roads
instead Of one out Of the scrap it will
be so much the better.
Work in Next Few Years.
construction in the Pacific northwest dur
Ing the next two or three years. Prof.
ects involving the expenditure Of 3OOO0.-
600 are decided upon. and many of them
are already In progress. The Hartman
interests alone will spend $14 100000 in
extending their lines. They are doing
some very important work for the devel-
opment of the timber industry that
has hitherto been untouched. In con-
nection with the Milwaukee and st. Paul
Gray's harbor on the Pacific. and from
there will build northward parallel with
the coast toward Puget sound to open
up one Of the finest bodies of primeval
forest in the world. 1t covers about
5000 square miles between Gray's har-
Dor and the Strait Of Joan de Fuca. and
between Puget sound and the Pacific
ocean, including part of C1allam. JEFF
ferson. Chehalis and Mason counties.
A tract Of about 1900 square miles be-
reserve. but on the coast Is belt 100
miles long and Is miles wide, owned
by private individuals and corporations,
where the sound of the ak has never
reach OF the market will require about
200 miles of new track, OF which %
miles are now under construction.
The Hartman people are also build
ing line from the city Of Tacoma about
100 miles to Black River junction, which
Portland, and they will begin running
through trains from Seattle to Chicago
and San Francisco In a few weeks. In
order to shorten the distance and
tunnel 5000 feet long under the city
Of Tacoma. At this date they have 1,4OO
feet completed and are proceeding at the
rate Of q feet a day. using air pres
sure for boring and hauling out tho
earth to fill the hollows in the streets
Of Tacoma.
To get more convenient access to the
city Of Portland the Hartman people are
running tunnel $500 feet long under the
peninsula between the Columbia and Will
couver. Wash. where the tracks cross
the Columbia river over a steel bridge.
They are also building new five-hun-
dred-thousand-dollar railway station at
Seattle. which promises to be the finest
on the Pacific coast. 1t will stand op-
posite the new station Of the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific. which
was opened last year. A new station is
also being built at Tacoma, where sew
eral million dollars is being spent in
freight terminals, shops and warehouses.
New Line to Seattle.
The Milwaukee and st. Paul company
has completed its lire to Seattle and
is now running freight and local pas
senger trains over it. The track is not
yet At for fast express trains. but will
be ready for them next year. The MIL
waukee people are also going into Port
land over what is known as the Tacoma
and Eastern road. sixty-two miles long.
which the company has recently acquired.
It is expected that the Milwaukee and St.
Paul company will also build northward
to Vancouver, the terminus Of the Ca
madam Pacific, which is said to be grow
ing more rapidly than any other town on
the Pacific coast. Several surveys have
been made.
It Is also expected that the Canadian
Pacific, which now comes into Seattle
over the Northern Pacific track, will build
an independent line from Mission juno
Sumas and then southwark. The Grand
Trunk Pacific Is also expected to come
down to Seattle sooner or later, and then
the principal cities Of the coast will be as
we'll supplied with transportation facil-
tiles as those of the Atlantic.
AUToIsT CATCHES ROPE.