Show HILL HARRIMAN FIGHT IS UNIQUE Tunnel Gangs Started and May Meet for Underground Battle ON COLUMBIA VALLEY ROAD Iloth ructions ClaIm Each His hits Has Proof Pi ooK and amid Courts Refute S to fl Jitter Interfere eIn e In Iii the lie fight for 01 a right i of a way along the lie north h bank nl of the Columbia river ri Jill Jil anti ami all forces force arc arcin urcin where of the unique in Iii a position one I battles of railroad warfare is Is imminent ent tiit as the differences will wili 1 probably b be hI settled or compromised some somo 2500 tOO feet feel under lIeI ground been started IJ by bytho Two fw tunnels have time the Harriman forces one olle to lo be lie lIt about 3 ODD feet long Ions through Capo Cape Horn about 10 1 0 miles mies east cast of Portland and andI I he the other othel feet in iii length near Collin Col Col- lins uris Forces lOces of ur men such are mOl at work wurl grading and amid blasting on un both sides Ides of or orthe the tunnel sites and actual boring has been started this week Harriman contractors con con- tractors s in that lint district have about m men n on their lJ pay rolls rols The rho Hill Ill forces num number C about 2000 men and amid they arc making rapid progress pro 0 gress toward Cape Capo Horn from the thc east The surveys o of it the lie rival rhul companies along the lie bank banle of or the lie river ri cross an and at many points and run inn on different dif ferent grades cs varying from 5 to 16 1 I feet feel Although Jr both bolh claim legal le al title tithe tte to tu the time ground and amid each has evidence e to support Its Us con contention ten lon time the 1 Hill li In Interests iti- iti for the distance crests have possessIon po east o of Cape Horn lorn and amI the lie people have haYe possession pOc jon west vest of that point Go GO eminent Surveys Sur s 's Inaccurate Owing to the complications arising from an Imperfect government go survey surveyor sur ey of the lie rivet river batik bank bankIt 01 or 0 from flom the shifting shifting- It has been Impossible to find the corners COIners of f the lie legal subdivisions of land The Harriman Ilni people have ha e a sUre survey surey amid ond say they will vill wJ be lie beable heable able matl to show that lint the lie Hill Hi SU e survey at the point of contention runs directly into the lie Columbia Colum la river The rho Hill IJ enl engi engineers say ay from their survey thick their line hue hueI I 1 tuns UtIS straight through h Cape Horn and amid aul emerges cs on iii the lie property now flOw held O by bythe the man forces Should tho ho Hill Hi contractors bc begin ln thrilling drilling as ns they sjay y the they will Ill the thc forces would met meet near th the middle on the level le el of if the tho Harriman tunnel The courts have been bren appealed to anti and they the have ha said sal In Itt substance that the corporations mus t fight it i out unaided Unless Ulless the thc matter maler Is compromised a battle with dynamite is sure to tu come when the lie two forces meet and there arc are many other places where actual conflicts are arc seemingly unavoidable ahle I History listor of uC Road Head Honl Interesting Interesting- The history of the Columbia Vale Valley railroad now a Harriman line lne Is of dramatic interest In tho the beginning years J was wasa waa a a company 1 c t S nm m to tu build a road from to Vancouver VanCOl The plan idan was wa to construct the own the lie road on equal terms and operate trains of o the thc Great Northern and the Union Pacific systems over o It I to Portland Hill 11 was fighting the he Northern North rn Pacific an and Harriman Hariman way wan helping him Th Then n came canic the merger of or the Great Gret Northern Northern Pacific Pa Pa- and the Burlington Bui and with wih this his accomplished II withdrew from rota the lii- Colum Columbia la Valley Valey project When h n the the lie fight fht was started h by the lie state of Minnesota Min Mm- of dissolve lol e the he Northern Securities ties tes company and amid while the case was in lii the Supreme court lull Hill lUl again re reverted reverted tC re- to the lie Columbia Columbia Valley Valey project and amid started a small smal parly u of engineers over ovel o th the route mal making n a walking survey stir sur e vey and immediately started construction con con- work by b small grading gr par liar ar- ar tIes tics with the intention of holding the lie ground The foremen were simply ordered or or- 01 dered to begin work at an any old place fLu amI they followed instructions At Atone Atone Atone one point was spent constructing construct construct- lug ing a roadbed that later was tas found to h be he 26 G feet feel below the lie grade desired S Superior Construction n Ion Em Employed JI When rhemi Harriman decided to lo fight the Hill companies came caine into the open and amid the lie tl announcement nl was made that hint the north bank hanl line hue lne would be he built buit It I has haM sInce become the project that hint ranks with the great of or railroad The road construction in the he country that tha is being built hul by by- bythe the lie Hill Hi companies companies com corn lanIes on omi the lie north hall hank of oC the Columbia Columbia Co Co- lumbia is to be bc the he best that hat money mone can make The slightest possible curves and the lie mn most t level Jc el roadbed that can be made are arc being constructed re regardless le- le ie of or expense e. e |