The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-15
FROM PORTLAND
To LOS ANGELES
Confirmation Of Planned North
and South Line Through
Reno, Nevada.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC Is
TO BUILD SYSTEM
Connects All Coast Systems and
Crosses Main Line in
Nevada.

special dispatch from New York TO
several OF the California and oregon pa
pcrs dated August Il. says:
The Oregon Short Line is to have
road to Los Angeles via Reno and to
Portland via Alturas, Cal.
LAS soon as deeds for right OF way
have been filed for record. the Southern
Pacific Will begin the building OF branch
from klamath Falls; Ore. to Aturas,
twenty-five months. II will eventually
he extended from Alturas to Reno, New.
For, sixty miles It will run through
Niodoc county. following the Pitt river
south OF Lookout to Bieber, Lassen coun-
1y, Cal
The Southern Pacific is building line
the aqueduct line, and this Will con,
meet at Reno with the road outlined
above. Th:s will give a continuous line
cast of the Slerras from Los Angeles to
sihle 10 20 from klamath Falls by the
Des Chutes canyon route to Portland"
Il viii be recalled that some weeks ago
THE Tribune called attention TO the fact
that but twelve miles remain to he COM
pIeted between Olencha and Keeler to
make the Short Line from Ogden TO
los Angs,eS rssS ,af about week na;t ago nrss II
dent OF tho system. was in the west that
he would drive by automobile all over
southern Oregon looking out the route
Falls connection and then TO Portland.
Al Portland the other day Mr.. Lovett
confirmed this officially and said that
the. road would be built in Oregon as
II means lust this. The Pacific. and
Oriental traffic Is the great plum Of the
roads leading ZIP to the Southern Pacific
held 1t in their capacious NAV from
which nothing was allowed TO escape
The first rIft in The lutte & gas when when
secondly when the Santa Fe bought the
old Atlantic & Pacific. thus commencing
10 build up ports TO the north and the
south of San Francisco and thus divert
ing the traffic. Following In sequence
can he named the following roads. COM
plcted and under construction. named In
their respective order OF constructions:
Canadian Pacific TO Vancouver. Great
Northern 10 Seattle Salt Lake Route 70
san Pedro, Chicago. Milwaukee & Puget
Sound TO Seattle. Western Pacific to San
1Srancisco. Grand Trunk Pacific to Prince
Gupsrt (above Eancouyer), Kansas City,
Mexico & Orient 10 Topolabampo, Mex.
Thus it Will he seen that in the space
ni forty years or less the ports Of the
Pacific coast have spread out like ~ fan
far as transcontineutal railroads are
concerned and while the traffic has vis-
;hly Increased with the vast development
Of he country the Southern Pacific for-
merly :iNndled 100 per cent OF the total
and now Il, has TO divide its traflic with
seven completed roads 10 the Pacific and
two soon 10 be completed which VIII
make the total nine.
II is easy 10 see. therefore, why tho
Southern Pacific is seeking to strengthen
its position on the Pacific and by build
ing this low grade line from Los An
gelcs To Portland 10 the east OF the
Sierra Nevada range and biscctinG its
main line at or cast of Reno. that it
will accomplish much In the way Of
building for the future traffic as well as
protecting existing lines. Then again It
will have thoroughly covered the Pa
clnc coast from San Pedro To Portland
and Seattle with short cuto(fs between
all The points to get to the main artery
between Omaha and San francisco.