Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-08-16
THE BATTLE FOR DEVELOPMENT HAS ONLY BEGUN


The battle for the development Of all Oregon has proceeded
and has been backed by unSefiSh purposes,
Salem as the Capital City has shared in the results in
very substantial manner
The construction of the Falls City and Dallas railroad into
Salem has just been completed,
That railroad will the river here and will be extend
ed east to Slverton and Stayton.
It IS the second spoke in the wheel that evoveS from this
The Oregon electric railroad from Salem to Portland and
to Forest Grove and HiSboro is developing business by
leaps and bounds.
The owners Of that property have made all plans to extend
II this year from Salem to Albany
Salem is big enough to help push the Falls City railroad
on to the coast and Yaquina bay
This city should have direct outlet to the Pacific ocean,
and that is the most direct harbor
In that way Salem can become IObbng center for the
larger produce and fruit trade OF the willamette valley.
Eugene will find an outlet to the ocean at SuSaW harbor
With Hartman building from Natron TO Klamath Falls,
tugene destined to become great commercial center at
But neither Eugene nor Salem afford to wait for what
Hartman will DO for them
Such inland cities have only greater future by reaching
out tor IT,
Neither city has ever done anything to make itself rail-
road or commercial center
If Salem and Eugene will put up 100000 each 10 get an
Independent railroad connection with seaport they will be
doing something besides being mere DapSCkers on the state
OF Oregon.
Hartman will slowly build up the DeschuteS
The 0regonan (Harrlman has hoIered DeSChuteS, DeS
chgteS DeSchutes as i that would transform all Oregon
Building up the DeSChuteS and up the Pengra pass toward
Klamath Falls will afford Oregon as little any two rail-
roads that can possibly be built
Both lines through wild canyons and almost desert
regions.
They will! cost millions and produce almost no business
tor hundreds OF miles,
Half the money expended extending his line from Ontario
east from Detroit across the Cascades into Crook county
would return ten times much for Hartman and Oregon.
believe these extensions and the line from Drain to Coos
Bay will be built before the others are and are logical and
busnesske extensions that should be made and would pay
big returns
have been all over the country that would be served and
know what am talking about
The Corvallis and Eastern should be built through to Prime
vie Burns and Ontario, the east and down to Newport
on the west end
They will be built before the other lines are Mark that
Railroads cannot be kept out OF Coos Bay any more than
water can be kept from running down hl
Three good harborS with manufacturing commerce and
population already In existence awaiting the railroad lie there
Susaw Bay Winchester Bay and Coos Bay three big
cards for railroad to draw to-
predict two railroads will be going into those harbOrS
two railroads into YaQuna Bay and two railroads into IlIa-
nook Bay before another decade has passed,
The development OF Oregon has only begun.
Hartman interests in San FanCSC0 are tremendous and
will seek to drain the whole state into the Golden Gate
The movement 10 buy right OF way up the Oregon coast
from San Francisco is an effort to turn the tide of develop
ment that way.
All western Oregon must fight development away from
We must on hands with Portland to keep from being an
neKed TO California,
The development of Oregon has only begun and must be
kept up on broad lines.
Portland and all western Oregon must ght to open central
Oregon and the Willamette valley TO the deepSea harb0rS on
the west coast
IN few years the Panama canal will be opened and the
tides of EuOpean tavel commerce and capital will be
turned upon our coast
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