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Show PCriuav.SEATTLE: -.BIG DHIAND; SMS HILL light curvature, and It will be com-. com-. pleted ready 'for trains to center Portland Port-land by a year from next Christmas. It Is finishing the work that we started start-ed out to do and that we must carry to completion. - "We do not know what may be the plans of others, but we are coming to Portland with the new line of railroad, we hope that nothing unnelgnborly will be done, but nobody can stop the building of the road. Obstacles' might slightly delay the road but the road will be built according to programme." Asked If branch lines will be built south from the Columbia river Into central Oregon, Mr. Hill replied: "Nothing has been done in regard to that Branch lines always" follow where main lines Are built, as a matter of course." PORTLAND, Or Oct L-Presldent James J. Hill of the Great Northern railroad arrived In Portland yesterday, accompanied by a distinguished, party consisting of Howard Elliott, Darius MillerpGeorge F. Baker. Louis W. Hill. J. M. Hannaford, Benjamin Campbell, Charles M. Levey. Joseph McCabe and Henry Blakely. xrm th. cour8e of an interview Mr. Hill said : "The Portland & Seattle railroad is ' being built In compliance with the demand de-mand for traffic and because' df the de-trafflcf de-trafflcf ' sloix wia flwnlsh "It .will bring Into Portland the trains or . three great systems, the Northern Pacific, Great Northern and Burltog-ton, Burltog-ton, of which the Northern Pacific is the only line now coming into this city over its own rails. We will build a. road of such character of construction as has not before been built west of the Rocky mountains, of low gradients and MINER'S EXCURSION . RATES Ho! for the mining center of the West via the "Salt Lake Route." Commencing' October 1 dally excursions excur-sions wlU be run from Salt Lake to Nevada's Ne-vada's great mineral belt at following rates: Caliente and return .....$18.90 Moapa and return 24.80 Las Vegas and return 28.80 Good Springs and return 81. SS Klppeno and return 83.30 Final limit, 30 days from date of sale. City Ticket Office, 17 W. 2nd South. J. I MOORE. District Pass. Agt |