Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-29
Eugene Reading Out.

Eugene is certainly a little bit re-
merkable when it comes to local en-
terprise. That she is determined to
be first in the line of progressive
greater evidence of her commercial
spirit is seen than in her active work
raising money necessary for railroad
facilities. Eugene realizes that in
the railroad lies her open door to
the markets of the world. The
rather questionable project of reach
ing deep water at Florence by cleo
trio rail is meeting with encourage
ment from Eugene people and many
along the proposed route, while at
Florence the sentiment is backed by
the money of the people of that iso-
lated section. The possibility that
this projected Siuslaw road will
eventually reach forty miles further
south to Coos bay also offers addi-
tional encouragement to the present
promoters The Siuslaw project and
the interurban line of the Portland,
Eugene & Eastern from Portland
through Salem and Albany to Eu-
gene, offer the only outside rail
roads to this bottled up metropolitan
city. But Eugene does not put all
her eggs in one basket. She is now
raising some $4,000 for two mile
loop covering a thickly settled por-
tion of the city known as West Eu-
gene. She has just completed cam
paign of raising $4,000 for the Col
lege hill loop. With the building
now contemplated by the local car
line company, the amount expended
for railroad purposes during the
present year will easily run into
several hundred thousand dollars.
The Portland, Eugene & Eastern
railway company will commence con-
struction of a heavy Howe truss
bridge across the Willamette river
to Springfield within ten days. This
bridge will cost something like $780,
600 and will consist of three spans
mounted upon concrete piers. A
false work will be installed at once
to carry a foot passenger bridge for
the benefit of the car patrons be-
tween the two towns. Under the
present system passengers must walk
nearly a mile from the end of the
trestle work OF the Springfield line.
The new lines will be under con-
struction within a short time and
will give large number of men en-
ployment. The College hill loop will
require at least two cars it being
nearly six miles in length. The
West Eugene line is about two
miles in length and will require two
cars.
Ed Rostein, Salem man, is lay
ing out fine addition between this
city and Springfield on the car line
The addition will be as up-to-date
as possible, all contracts being under
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streets will be well parked, orna-
mented with electric light cluster
po is and all electric and telephone
wires will he Underground. Mr..
Rostein expects to spend over
$4,000 in improvements before
opening this tract to buyers. It will
be the exclusive residence district of
Eugene when built up under the re-
strictions imposed by Mr. Rostein.
Considerable talk Is INDUCED in
as to the probable main line of the
Southern Pacific once the Natron cut
off to klamath Falls Is built. South
ern Pacific activity at Lebanon gives
rise TO the conjecture that the
through aud limited trains will
leave the present main line at
Albany passing through Lebanon
and on to Springfield and thence via