Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

WESTERN OREGON.
not long be the Northern terminus-it is situated too
far from the Columbia River. A point for the Oregon Central is naturally on the Columbia, where it
will connect by ferriage with a road down the Cowelitiz Valley from Puget Sound, making an unbroken
line of road through Washington, Oregon and California, to San Francisco.
The direction of the Oregon Central is as yet undecided, whether to take the road over the Calapooga,
Umpaga and Siskiyon Mountainsdirectly southward,
and open up the other two large valleys in Oregon,
or to commence and take it through an easy pass
through the Cascade Mountains, and then south. over
a nearly level country to the head waters of the
Sacramento. This would be the cheapest, and could
be made to connect with the Union Pacific, while the
other could take in its course some of the most desirable country in the State. Efforts are also being made
to get a branch road from the Union Pacific to c,)nnect the upper Columbia at Dalles, Um,atilla or WVallamet.
No part of our territory needs a railroad mole
than Montana and Idaho, which this road would give
them, and they are willing to lend their material aid to
any company to get easier communication with the
outer world.
France, England and Spain had beeni looking tbfor
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