Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-10-27 | Page 3 | Harriman in Oregon

harraman IN OREGON he has surveyors running many new lines portland ore oct 24 tho ore gonian says engineering corps of the harridan line employed by the oregon bast ern railroad company recently incorporated corp orated are engaged in surveying a routs tor the line the ot the southern pacific springfield branch at natron to the pass ot the cascades just south of crescent lake and thence in a langr sweep of aught cui ture to fort habath Ha math thence to klamath asje from weed on the pa he for deiy known ia the weed making surveys preliminary to completion of that line to klamath lake a distance of about 70 miles 1 13 stated on good authority that the engineers employed in malting the latter survey are also working for the southern pacific company at which the oregon eastern Is auxiliary the object to be attalane if lit constructing the two lines is a route which will supplant the present main line tor through coast trade between aced and eugene evading the heavy adas of the mountains aind equally difficult and expensive of track through cow creek canyon south 0 probably the acost influential reason for hastening construction which seems to be the intention is due to immense tonnage of traffic that willbe furnished during the next 01 three years in construction reclamation works of the falls legion with in estimated expenditure pend iture of by the government that will be more duplicated by private enterprise a larg traffic will be reclaimed reclamation of acres of laud will large freight business for hence justifying doubly abo ment