Salt Lake Telegram | 1910-11-24 | Page 2 | Papers Filed at Salem Solve Railroad Mystery

PAPERS FILED AT SALEM SOLVE RAILROAD MYSTERY I SPOKANE Wash Nov No 24 FilIng Filing late yesterday afternoon at Salem Ore Ore- of the artl arti articles les of incorporation of the newly formed Oregon Washington Railroad Navigation company compan o has revealed the mystery of the real backers of Robert B. B and the North Co Coast sl rail rail- road V V V Tiie provide f for r a a. large larg new corporation with a capitalization of or 50 controlled by the Union Pacific system which will absorb all the present and prospective lines and other property of the Oregon Railroad Navigation the Oregon Washington Railway company and the lines of the North Coast Railroad Railroad Railroad Rail Rail- road company compan also many smaller lines In Inthe Inthe inthe the Pacific northwest It is estimated that the total mileage of ot the consolidation when tho the lines are completed will reach not less tess than miles not including electric lines The Union Pacific through its o ownership owner owner- ner k ship of the North Coast system will V shorten its line from Spokane to Portland over sixt sixty mlle miles Also by the North Coast Walla Walla line it will cut ct down the distance about sixty-five sixty miles V When the Union Pacific line Unc Is completed com corn down down Snake river from Huntington Hunting- Hunting ton to Lewiston Ida and a connection made with the Coast at the last named place it will shorten the Union Pacific route between Spokane and aid the east several hundred miles