Show OrNN OF TH S L TpiN i f feute J t i the Nrtit 0 we1sl I wet i A THRUST AT Ij THE N P AV P I R 1 The latest Manifesto from Omaha A Through Route tote S to-te Sea The opening of the Oregon Short Line railway on Monday next by which the U P become the more formidable than ever opponefa of the Northern Pacific has been celebrated in Omaha by the issuance of CircuUr No 3 addressed to the Union Pacifis general traveling agents We reprodu the greater pare of it for the information informa-tion it will be found to contain to the traveling and shipping public and t show something of the polite enmity which the U P feels for ia northern competitor comptor S comptorOXU November 2218S4 On and after December 1st allof our passenger business to and from point in Oregon and Washington on the Oregon Railway Navigation Com panys lines and points north and south of Portland on connecting railways will be carried via Huntington terminus termi-nus of the Oregon Short Linaand junction junc-tion with the Oregon Railway Navigation Naviga-tion Companys railway So far a th business is concerned the Garrison route will be entirely abandoned on that date Distance and time are saved tat by the new route which is direct broad gauge throughout and thoroughly equipped for passenger business The new route is made up as follows The Original Union Pacific from Orignal Omaha to Granger Wyoming 876 aa 7 Y I 7T miles the Oregon Short Line division from Granger to Huntington Oregon 540 miles the Oregon Railway Navigation Navi-gation Company from Huntington t Portland 401 miles Total distance from Omaha to Portland 1820 miles The following comparative table of distances dis-tances will show our line to be the shortest route from all travel centres of the east to Portland Omaha to Portland Union Pacific 1820 mile St Paul to Portland via Northern Pacific 1012 mile Kansas city to Portland via Union Pi cHic 2049 Jules via Northern Kansas City to Portland Norter Pacific 2475 Ptcfc Chicago to Portland via Union Pacific Pa-cific 2310 miles Chicago to Portland via Northern Pacific miles cific 2321 mie ciic Louis to Portland via Union PT cilIa 2223 cHc Louis to Portland via Northern Pacific 24S1 Agents are reminded that we hate done a fair business to the Northwest in the face of certain disadvantages and ezten which were persistently eten sivelv advertised by our generous and considerate competitor and we rOW hope to do a good business by reason c the advantages secured to us by the completion of the Oregon Short Line Wefhave the shortest and quickest line from all principal travel centres of the east to Portland Our line rs e < through the great business and scenic belt ot the continent It carries passengers passen-gers throqgh that portion of the moun tuinous regions where the climate is comparatively mild and uniform The L Oregon ShorELine penetrates the rt plains and follows the valleys which were selected in the early days bv tea northern tribes of Indians for their winter abode and hunting ground Beginning ginning December 1st and rtlnrung every day of the year we shall have through trains with Pullman palace and emigrant sleeping cars between Missouri souri River and Portland All tickets of whatever class are good via Denver and Ogden c passengers desire to visit either of these cities other points ia Colorado or Salt Lake City At slight additional cost trips can be maae from I Pocatello via Beaver Canyon to Yellowstone Yellow-stone Park or from Shoshone to bho I shone Falls and the Wood River region Taking everything into consideration I S we feel safe in affirming that no othe route in the northwest possesses equa advantages To sum up briefly our il route is shorter better quicker Kiope I picturesque more enjoyable winter and summer and is absolutely unsurpassed in the character of its accessible side attractions at-tractions No other line to Portland tractons passes near Denver Salt LakeCity or Shoshone Falls and no other route can offer a trio of similar scenes with wh CJ to offset these We know this line already popular with the public in advance ad-vance of its completion will continue to grow in favor from the day it is opened r through business Yours truly J W MORSE S fienl JlSSengr Agent |