Show I SHASTA ROUTE RIVAL I I Santa Fe to Invado Northern California Cali-fornia and Oregon There Is i every reason to believe that the Santa Fe Is I behind l > a scheme lo gain access to Crescent City a Pacific coast port about 100 miles north of San Francisco and Just below the Oregon line Already the big rival of the Southein Pacific has secured a friendly friend-ly I alliance with the California Northwestern North-western Donahue road which extends to Ukluh and which Is being built to Eureka Tho little Eureka Klamath and Eel J River Eureka roads are in Ino deal A railroad official stated to The Tribune Trib-une yesterday that the Santa Fe Is cvl dcnily trying to form a new line Inlc norlhern California which will evenlu ally load to Portland Or and will piove a great rival to the Shasta route of thc Southern Paclllc In addition tc this the Santa Fe would become possessed pos-sessed of the terminals of the Donahue road at San Francisco and l also on the Mann county shore of the bay at Point Tlburon The Donahue road already penetrates a valuable region and Is headed for the greatest redwood section sec-tion of the Slate The Santa Fe Is already at San Diego Los Angeles and San Francloco and with a northern port at Eureka or Crescent City It would prove of great benefit to the road In its competlllon with the Southern Pacific With a Und to Portland It would have a better Pacific Pa-cific frontage than the pioneer road For some time San Francisco papers have been talking of the fight for the redwood section between the big lumber lum-ber kings but as yel the Santa PCS hand In the deal has not boon detected de-tected probably because of the lime required in roastIng President Huntington Hunt-Ington dally Thero are several blj moves on In California that the coasf papers have not as yet detected says The Tribunes Informant and foremost fore-most In the pending negotiations Is the Santa Fe |