Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-01-12
NEW RAILROAD ASSURED,
SHORTEST COAST ROUTE
franchises

IInc W roItland. Rights Of way
Depot and Terminal sitea have
also been secured and are q mat.
ter OF record for the greater par
OF the line. At Newport, the
southern terminus of the road 2
large waterfrontage for doct
purposes has been secured. wifi
q water depth Of 81 feet at thf
present time.
Route of the Railroad
The proposed route, according
TO the survey from Newport. on
the Yaquina Bay, follows the
coast north past Agate Beach,
Otter Rock and Depot Bay;
thence to the mouth of the Siletz
River on Siletz Bay, and on
north to the mouth of Salmon
River via Forreston; across the
divide Of the Coast Range, which
is the Gateway to the Pacific
ocean, to 'Grande Ronde. Then
via Willamina, Sheridan, Nc
Mlnnviile, Dayton, Newberg and
Whitford into Portland.
Shortest Coast Line
out of Portland
The milage of the main line
OF the Portland & West Coast
Railroad and Navigation Com
pany, as now surveyed, proposed.
and planned into Portland from
Newport, is 112H miles. The
maximum grade does not ex-
ceed 1.5, while the maximum
Curvature is 6 degrees and des-
tined for a Is mile track. The
line from Portland to Newport
In connection with Steamship
line to California points, will
shorten the distance log miles
or 212 miles on each return trip,
as the Hill line from Portland
via Flavel or the mouth of the
Columbia River, to Yaquina Bay
is 21S miles or 436 miles each
return trip against the Portland
d West Coast Railroad and Nav
lgation Company's line, a dis
tance of 112H miles or 2241b
miles return trip. Certainly a
wonderful advantage over all
lines now operating out of Port
land to California points, and es-
pecially San Francisco.
Opportunities for Success
The Portland & West. Coast
Railroad has wonderful oppor-
tunities for success-even more
than the Oregon Electric, by rea-
son of the fact that it goes
through a rich farming and
dairying country with heavy
commodity tonnage; passes
through one of the heaviest bod
les Of timber in Oregon; and con-
meets up number of lively prog
gressive towns between Portland
and Newport with the many
coast summer resorts, by a
much shorter route. It is 5315
miles shorter than the Southern
Pacific line from Portland to
Newport via Albany, and so far
as Passenger and Freight traffic
from Portland is conserved, this
line could not be considered as
competitor. The population of
the cities and towns on the
lines of the Portland & West
Coast Railroad is 275,S70 from
the latest census statistics, and
Is increasing every year.
Scenic Route
AS a scenic route, this is con-
sidered the finest on the Pacific
Coast, and when completed, be-
ing the shortest route, thousands
of people will travel over it in
preference to any other line in
Oregon.
Fish Industry
The fish industry on Yaquina
Bay is very valuable and sup
ports many hundred people. The
oyster beds, crab and clam fish
cries and the salmon canneries
have a large yearly output, but
the leading industry is the hall
but fishing Of the Halibut Banks,
which are located only from 7
to Is miles out from Yaquina
Harbor. Tables show that the
total number Of fish caught in
1915 was 1,115,000 pounds.
These figures will be largely in
creased when the railroad and
harbor improvements are COM
pleted.
Stone Industry
The best building stone n
Oregon, by competitor test, is
located on Yaquina Bay. The
same stone was selected by the
United States Government for
the U. S. Post Offices at Rose
burg and The Dalles. It has al
ready been used in the United
States Custom House and the
Call Building at San Francisco,
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