Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-06-27
WILL SPEND
$2O,OOO,OOO
IN OREGON
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPLETES
PLANS FOR ELECTRIFYING $40
MILES OF ROAD-ADMITS OWN.
ERsHIP OF THE WEIGH PROP
ERTIRS.

Having acquired the property of the
Portland Eugene & Eastern, the Sa-
lem, Falls City q Western and the
Canby-Molalla railroads, the South
ern Pacific company, through 3. G.
Calvin, general manager, announced
yesterday that it is prepared to ac-
cept a common user user franchise for
double track on Fourth street, Port
land, and proceed with the electrifi-
cation Of $40 miles Of roads involving
an expenditure OF $S,0OO0OO.
This, together with the work now
being done on the new lines between
Eugene and Coos Bay and between
Natron and Klamath Falls makes the
aggregate authorized expenditure Of
the Southern Pacific in the state for
the next two years more than $2O,0OO,-
900.
Robert 3. Strahorn, who SO sue
cessfully built the North Coast lines
in Washington for the Hartman inter-
ests, will have charge Of the construc-
ton work on the new electric lines
Large forces Of men are already en-
ployed, the money has been apropri-
ated and actul development will be
pushed to early completion.
Confirmation Is Official.
While railroad men in the North
west have understood for long time
that the Southern Pacific interests
have been back of A. Welch and his
associates, who have promoted the
Portland, Eugene & Eastern, Mr.. Cal
WINS authoritative staement on the
subject yesterday was the first ofclal
admission by the Hartman people thai
they really are directing the work o.
the Welch enterprise.
it became generally known a yeai
ago that L. Gerlinger and his part
Ders, who have operated the Salem
Falls City & Western, really were get
ting ready to pass their property In
to the hands of the Southern Pacific
II was not until within the last few
months, however, that the Hartman
system secured possession of suffi
Client amount Of stock to gain absolut,
control OF the road.
The line that is being built betweeI
Candy and Molalla has been conceded
a Hartman enterprise from the stort
but even that was not admitted as sucl
by the Hartman officials until yes
terday.
Network Of Lines in Plans.
Now they are ready, Mr.. Calvll
says, to proceed with the rapid devel
opment Of all these roads, extendini
the Portland, Eugene g Eastern from
Monroe through Alsea to Eugene ant
building numerous branch and con
Meeting lines through the Willamett
valley so that ac omplete networ'
Of electric roads will serve tn
numerous prosperous and growin
communities of the valley, all 0
which are tributary to Portland,
1--WE are now acquiring right O
way for a double-track line with roor
for four tracks eventually, betwee
oswego and Aurora, from latter poin
an electric line will he built parable
I to our present steam line to Salem W
also have under construction a lin
from Candy to Molalla and from saler
to Fir and will build a connection be
tween Molalla and slyerton, provld
ing q through line from Candy via sIl
verton to Salem,
Salem Branch Contemplated.
This development, which has bee
authorized will give us an interur
ban electrical system OF SiO milel
with an addition SO miles OF city line
in Salem, Albany, Eugene and Corval
lis We have under contemplation a
well a branch line southerly from sa
lem to serve 2 rapldly-developIng ter
rltory, and a branch line southeastern
from Lebanon,
False aud Foolish.
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