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Show CANADIAN PACIFIC TO ; BE ADMITTED SOON INTO J., THE COLUMBIA BASIN . . . . . i ' ' . PORTLAND, 6r,:"Sept, 2.TTh!i morning's Oregonlan'wlll say: Jtetall-atlon Jtetall-atlon upon the Hill line for building the Portland & Seattle railroad to reach Portland by the water level route along the Columbia river will come In the form of new traffic agreements ' by which the Oregon Railway & Navigation Naviga-tion company will admit the Canadian Pacific into the : Columbia basin, through'' the Spokane gateway, it is , -. ', v - . said, and through such an arrangement arrange-ment use as a weapon to combat the Northern Pacific and . Great . Northern, their most aggressive competitors for Northern trade. By such as adjustment the -present traffic agreement with the Great Northern North-ern will be abrogated and the Harrl-man Harrl-man lines will be in the advantageous position to offer Northern routing where desired, either for freight or passenger traffic, and prevent either of the rival competing roads sharing in earnings j derived by such service. The Canadian Pacific, with benefits derived from favorable regulations from the Dominion Government is in a particularly strong position' to injure the Hill roads, and has been their strongest rival. In fact, the Canadian Pacific has been regarded generally by railroad men Identified with the Northern North-ern lines as a rank foreigner that should be treated as an enemy of all. Notwithstanding this view generally entertained, it is claimed that Harri-man Harri-man Interests have found it possible to enter into a sort of offensive and defensive de-fensive alliance with the line across the boundary and will make the connection con-nection by means of the link now building build-ing and known as (he Spokane International. Interna-tional. D. C. Corbln. the Spokane man who built the Spokane Falls & Northern railroad, afterwards acquired by Hill interests, is the man who is now building build-ing the Spokane International to a connection with the Canadian Pacific at the boundary of the two countries. Spokane shippers are placing their faith in this project as their salvation against future discriminative rates. At the same time the line Is to become a valuable traffic connection of the Harriman system that Will receive Pacific Pa-cific coast traffic from the East and exchange Eastern shipments that may by this means and no other be diverted from rival Hill roads. |