| Show J idaho and northwest are center ot abdom portland ore oct 31 that oregon washington and idaho Is the center of a railroad construction movement not known for a decade past in any one part of the country Is evidenced by the fact that in the three states there is projected 1060 emilei of railroad raili oad A great part ot these roads are now in process of construction consi ruction and another larger part have surveys completed or nearing completion and tho ciders for material placed in this development oregon takes a slight lead over washington and idaho the program of the harriman system on which work Is actually in progress are the elgin joseph branch 63 miles in length lewiston riparia line owned jointly with northern pacific 71 miles arlington condon line 30 miles and several cutoffs cut offs in the willamette Willame tle valley which are being built for facilitating the handling of traffic lines on which the surveys have been made and which will be well toward completion within the year are drahn coos bay line 81 miles columbia southern probably 50 miles besides these is the hunt ington eugene through central oregon with a branch 10 klamath falls to connect with the california northwestern from weed cal making a through southam pacifica line around the this latter has not yet been officially confirmed the plans of the hill system are the kennewick portland line miles which is now in course of construction and on which tho grading contracts call for completion within one year the lewiston line through incz perces county 7 allea to be op crated jointly with the harriman lines and other branches approximating a total of 60 or more miles beside tho two great si stems ahe great southern is extending its line south from dufur ore 23 miles the pacific coast railway navigation company now building from hillsboro Hlll ore to tillamook and which contemplates entering portland the spokane international from spokane north to the canadian pacific several electrical railroads south irom spokane into ohp levigton Le wigton country an electric railroad from walla walla to pasco and easterly from walla wall to lewiston an electrics railroad to connect portland and eugene ore sled ford and chater lake road pi ejected to fort klamath and eventually to salem and the klamath lake railroad which has 31 miles projected from pokegama Poke gama to falls basing the coa oj these 1060 miles on the estimated cost of tho hill line down the north baar of the columbia the total expenditure necessary to complete those railroads will involve something like |
