Show going westward West waid Ste stealing alink quietly westward from fort Fett fetterman Petter ermas maa the sixth transcontinental line is attracting little attention but although there to Is iso so little flourish of trum trumpets ets the work of grading is going stead steadily ty on the chicago northwest ern railway company which has the enterprise in hand batia has recently contracted tor for tons of steel rails rail the greater portion of which according according to statements of officials is to be used for new mileage work was abandoned on the li line newest of fort fetterman last winter but was again resumed I 1 last t mo there can be little doubt says pays the chicago times although the company has seen fit to deny it that the one object in building westward gli wyoming and idaho is to reach the pacific coast the line hue as newly surveyed will cross the snake river at eagle rock idaho territory there to connect with the oregon pacific in which the northwestern directors are largely interested meanwhile work on the oregon pacific eastward is being quietly but none the less le ss effectively prosecuted contracts have been let for the building of miles of track this year th the extent of completed line will remove the eastern terminus from Cord cornwallis oril wallis oregon to camp polk in the same state it is a big for a company like that of the oregon pacific to build a I 1 line ine over ago miles in length from tile the pacific ocean to a point so far inland as boise city idaho territory but with the new york capital represented represent eq oy by john li Blair and percy pyne ethere there can bo be no ne doubt of its it ability to carry the project through it Is is the confident prediction of those nest posted that the will be running trains to the pacific coast before the end of 1889 it is not yet known what will be done by the southern pacific in the way of the railway construction in eastern oregon the company has re bently bid bad a force forbe of engineers in the field ea examining mining the resources of that teat territory the line is to be built U up th tha klamath river to Kli malli lake it t is stated that the work on the first section of mile swill will be comparatively easy the road is ultimately to con hect with the oregon railroad and navigation companas comp anys line near the northern boundary of oregon it is believed to be the aim of the southern pacific company to wrest the key of the situation in m eastern oregon from the oregon pacific which is haste hastening nine to get possession ot the vast territory east of the cascade range of mountains it will also deal a blow to the oregon short line which I 1 is s at present the only means of rail which northeastern northeaster 4 bregou haq the eastern alues line |