Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-03-09 | Page 5 | Harriman and Hill may have Competitor

HARRIMAN AND HILL MAY HAVE COMPETITOR CANADIAN PACIFIC-SOO RAILROAD TO RUN INTO PORTLAND. This Combination Will Use Oregon Railroad and Navigation Tracks From Spokane. SL Paul, March 9 That the Canadian Ca-nadian Paclflc-Soo Railroad Combination Combina-tion will soon be running Its trains j into Portland, Oregon, and thus will be able to compete with the Hill and Harriman lines for business to that point, is the report current among railroad rail-road officials, based on a statement I made recently by a high official of tho Soo railroad. This plan. It is understood, under-stood, will be made possible with an arrangement with the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company, by which tho Canadian Pacific will use tho Oregon Railroad & Navigation tracks from Spokane to Portland. The Soo already al-ready has a line Into Spokane. Should the plan be carried out, and tho line which the Canadian Pacific is contemplating be built from Vancouver Vancou-ver southward to Seattle and. Tacoma, I tho Canadian Pacific will reach all points on the coast touched by the Hill lines, and will be able to compete with them for north coast business on an equal basis.