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Show I'llltTl.A.MI A.l SALT I. K K Ktll.KOAU. At a ree' nt meet in v in Finland, Oregon, to memorialize fur a grant in aid of the Portland, Dulles and Halt J ike railroad, Co!. Chapman stated the proposed i-'iiU' uf thin tail way as follows: It wuuld travel due ea.-.t on the southern shore of the Columbia for 1 -10 . mile-; then .V-..4 miles to Monument Point on the Central Pacific, or iiH) I miles to Grainuer uo the Juiuiil'acitic , liy ihi- route Portland to Omaha would b: only 1,700 mtlec; to Chicago, . i,'J'.', and to Ht. Fouls, 2,2m7. By. the Northern Pacific then would be 1 ,'UO front Portland lo Fahith, and' 2,!uu miles to Chicago. Chicago would 1 have ;;ui) miles advantage by the Snake , river route. Kungrants at present had , to come to Portland f rom Salt, Lake by a ciruiitou route of J) miles, via San Fianeisco. the direct distance , being about Tuu miles; while some who ! went l.'i'i miles further up the river i would have a correspondingly less I journey by rail from Suit Luke, lie tlioueht the Columbia would secure thu ( 'hina trade ahead of I'uget Sound, for they had the-rich, varied agricultural agricul-tural wealth to export to China, whiclv Piijci. Sound had not. A memorial , was adopted by the muetiiiL.', and a : committee appointed with (Jul. Chap-j Chap-j muii as chairman to urge the question I of u subsidy ii poii Congress. |