Central Oregon the Empire of Wealth Explored
Leigh D. Bruckart of Seattle extols central Oregon as a vast land of undeveloped wealth. He claims millions of acres suitable for dry farming and irrigation, foresees a future population and railroad boom, and envisions Bend as a timber and industrial hub with powerful water resources and mills.
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Leigh D. Bruckart
Seattle
Oregon
Seattle News
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Crooked
Deschutes
Washington
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Nevada
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Minnesota
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Italy
Great
Inland Empire
Electrifying the Southern Pacific Trans Bay Lines
The Southern Pacific moves to electrify its trans bay lines east of San Francisco with a central power house at Fruitvale and substations, spending toward 2 million, while contracts totaling about 890 thousand to 900 thousand fund boilers condensers turbines and motors. Alameda lines will be first, then Oklahoma Berkeley and Fruitvale. Elevated tracks and electric trains aim for high speed, with ferries handling growing traffic and a broad Bay area expansion plan. A Crook county fair in Prineville runs October 17 to 22 with racing horses from Burne.
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Bend
Crook County
Spokane Falls
Minneapolis
Southern Pacific
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Fruitvale
Oakland
Berkeley
Alameda
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A. H. Babcock
Southern Pacific Company
Parker Boiler Company
Philadelphia
H. R. Worthington
Westinghoue Machine Company
General Electric Company
Oakland Mole
Alameda Mole
Ockland
San Frisco Bay
Bay
Southern Pacific Ferries
San Francisco Bay
Prineville
Burne
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