The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-03
|I[ENS|0N Of
| HARTMAN LINE
|,.,,,, and Eastern to Be Con
l ,tyueted Through Famous
Nalheur Canyon.
|s,yS MUCH TO IDAHO
/ PEOPLE ALONG ROUTE
,ud,nuation Proceedings Be-
an in Oregon to Secure
Right of Way.
Tho TriDune.

ALTO The Tribune
me, Ida. April 2.-The Oregon q:
Hartman road which VIII be
.rytsd through the famous Malheur
la Malhsur county. eastern Ore
q the interior of that state. took
a "a ptep this week 10 secure a right
- through condemnation proceed
l.,,,u,ed In the district court at
ID. .ccodIng 10 reliable reports re-
~ hy prorninent railroad men OF
d .sv They view the move as Sig
~, and a prediction of the early
-e,,.tDon of the east and west road
- Oregon. The objective point in
! !, me west for the first link In
q ,ns is said to be Odell.
~, The Oregon & Eastern holds a
y, VI rom the government through fifty
= n the Malheur canyon, the key
a. Interior" is we'll known TO posted
.;-.s men. This grant IS not per-
-. but expires during April. The
-, Of the governments Intended
|rsiaral of this right Of way is
- 10 be for electrical power sites,
s s,stsrn Idaho and eastern Oregon
n undemna;Ion proceedings is taken
r,an a great deal towards preserv-
|r D. canyon right of way. The right
r-dsmn Hes within the Jurisdiction
|, II district court upon application.
~ & lust a possibility OF interven-
u ., the part Of the government. but
II & aid not 10 be likely.
n. U1,-
h i generally conceded In railroad
- ksrs that 1911 will be the banner
ID ,r southern Idaho and eastern Ore
4 far as railroad construction on
8 ,sft Of the great Hartman system
r-cerned. Posted railroad men de-
La that the, construction OF the first
d Of the Owinza Boise Payette cut
D tpn the main line OF the Oregon
a Line al Owinga, through the Ca
. Prairie country 10 Boise and Pay
> b but a link In the great artery
cznerce OF this system TO connect
q tie Oregon & Eastern at Vale or
|1dp and a direct route into the In
u Of Oregon.
N constriction of the Owinza section
|rlhonzed and contracts are said to
y. heen let. One of the remarka BILE
.-.l< Va AEls lOui 10 Nlldl LIZ IlAc'D
= / will traverse the heart OF the
= camas Prairie country. a distance
tthlteE miles. as straight as an ar
4 itd without e curve. This survey
ben made and accepted The road
F2t one and seven-eighths miles Of
tsn Of Soldier in the prairie coun-
&. The first section of the road to be
EerVted Is ninety miles east OF Rich
Statement Of Bancroft.
y II Bancroft. vice president and
pa manager of the Oregon Short
IL authorized the statement that ac-
Il masttnction work would be taken
he Owinza cutoff this spring and
~ 70 completion. The cutoff is made
4 s niles east OF the Shoshone on the
lre OF the Oregon Short Line in
20 and eastern Idaho. and runs
~ east and slightly north through
-, me Cainas Prairie country. TO
ana on TO Payette. on the Idaho
pa border
~ important construction work 10
ain up bv the Hartman system in
s1iaern portion of this state in
extension of The Minidoka &
sssslern from Bukl across the Twin
|-;osneau country TO Nyssa. Or. Al
l0e plans Of the Hartman people
~ secret. IL Is known that the
S.nt ngnt OF way for this exten-
es been decided upon and that
s-e VII give the Hartman system
s, rlcn section Of country south
ehase river, now without a rail-
slan Of Hartman People.
- SSpparent that the general plan
hartman people. claim railroad
., iN. Is TO focus all Of the pro-
Hensons and cutoffs on the Ida
s,ton border where they will assist
~ feedlnG the main line of ibe
Lne and the Oregon Navipatinn
fFss,ra ~ Won as divert traffic onto
o.. western into the rich CEN
T.. section. destined TO be the
- N nuhareds OF thousands of set
Is reliably reportad tbo ,1o,t
81 uy which the Hartman sys-
J c,Ier yser lhe short line of railroad
= b Tuwell and will this year Law
d eomntal ommotmeoale and into the Jordan
.kt1 n,,r N eastern Oregon. The
esrutrre.' re'n. OF this line is said to be
esn p.om;a m Sevada. 10 join with the
GKs,'nc furnishing an outlet
|nc.co nM rS and q terminal at San
cns5 MI. ,Uhiclal Information as to the
9 ,ssn v,an OF the. Hartman system
|,r4nsrsS Is lacking. but the plan
tdEAu oS posted railroad men 10
Harlow Improving.