Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-03
NEW COMPANY FORMED IN ORE
CON TAKES OVER sTRA-
HORNS RAILROADS.

They provide for a large new cor
poration, with a capitalization of $780,
100000, controlled by the Union Pa
cifc system, which shall absorb all
the present and prospective lines and
other property of the Oregon Railway
& Navigation company, the Oregon &
Washington Railroad company and the
lines of the North Coast Railroad COM
pany enumerated below; also many
smaller lines in the Pacific northwest
which have been built or acquired in
independently of these three main com
panies.
Besides the numerous new lines pro-
vided for in Oregon and western Wash
ington the following, specifically desig-
mated as North Coast railroad extensions
are of particular moment to the Inland
Empire.
Lines of North Coast.
The constructed, partially construct
ed and projected railroad and telegraph
lines of the North Coast Railroad com
pany, hereinafter mentioned, to-wit:
(a) A line from Alfalfa, a point on
the line of the Snake River Valley Rail
road company in Walla Walla county in
Washington to North Yakima.
(b) A line from Sunnyside junction,
a point on the last-named line in
Yakima county, Wash, to Sunnyside,
Wash.
(c) A line from North Prosser, in
| Noobinr,to - D~occar Noeb
Gay A line from Granger, Wash,
through Toppenish to point near Fort
Simcoe, Wash.
(e) A line from some point here
after to be selected on the line from
Granger-Fort Simcoe in Washington,
thence northerly to Parker siding in
said state, a point on the Alfalfa
Yakima line, south of Yakima City.
(f) A line from Benton through
Hanford, White Bluffs, Beverly and
Wenatchee to the mouth of the Okan.
ogan river, all in Washington.
(g) A line from a point on the
Attalia-North Yakima line, south of
Richlands, thence through Richards tc
Hanford, all in Washington.
| (h) A line from Spokane through
Cheney, Cow Creek junction and
Hooper to connection with the line
of the Snake River Valley Railroad
company, near Aver, all in Washing
ton.
| (D A line from a point on the last
named line near the crossing of the
Snake river southerly to Walla Walla
all in Washington.
G) A line from Cow Creek junction
a point on the line from Spokane Il
Aver, through Council and Ringold Ba,
to Priest Rapids junction, between
Benton and Hanford, all in Washington
(k) A line from a point on the Spo
kane-Ayer line, south of Sprague
thence in a northwesterly direction t.
Davenport, all in Washington.
Mileage Is 1000.
1t is estimated that the total mileag
of the consolidation when the lines ar
, completed will reach not less than 400
miles, not including electric lines
Among the latter are the lines of tn
Yakima Valley Transportation CON
pany, radiating from the City of Mort
Yakima to other points in Yakima an
tributary valleys. These will continu
under separate ownership, but will b
extended and operated under the 81
e Ipervision of Mr.. Strahorn, as hereto
S fore.
4 Some of the important things accom-
' plished by the Union Pacific throug
n its ownership of the North Coast sy
tenn is the shortening of its line frol
Spokane to Portland more than
: miles.
This advantage will become far moi
apparent when the Union Pacific lir
;. is completed down Snake river fro
Huntington to Lewiston and a come
: ton made with the North Coast at Il
!, last-named place. This will shorts
= the Union Pacific route between Sp
: kane and the east several hundrt
:. miles and give practically a wat
grade route from Spokane to the UniC
= Pacific main line at Ogden and Sa
Lake and far eastward on the Oregt
Short line toward Green River, Wyo.
l., The Union Pacific will by this gre
il coup also almost Immediately get in
W the richest part of the Big Bend cou
IN try and through the whole length
,h The Yakima valley. Through 9th
ne North Coast lines planned by Mr.. Str
It, horn, and yet to be constructed, t
nd Union Pacific is also to traverse t
d. richest sections of the Columbia riy
de valley for several hundred miles, a
rt as shown by the map the various oti
ly lines are so located as to tap pr;
vn tically every good traffic producing s
in ton in the Inland Empire. BY t
of completion of the North Coast Ii
across the Cascades from Yakima
Olequa on the Oregon & Washingt
nd the Spokane-Puget Sound route will