The Columbia River . genitor of therailroads of the upper Columbia. During these first years of the twentieth century,the shores of the River have echoed with the sound ofwhistles on many a new road, but the distinguishingmark has been the construction of electric lower Willamette Valley, centring at Portland,has become fairly swarming with electric roads. Spo-kane has become almost an equal centre of electriclines, while Walla Walla is following close behindher larger sisters in the procession. When lines al-ready constructed from Spokane southward are joinedto a system projected fr
The Columbia River . genitor of therailroads of the upper Columbia. During these first years of the twentieth century,the shores of the River have echoed with the sound ofwhistles on many a new road, but the distinguishingmark has been the construction of electric lower Willamette Valley, centring at Portland,has become fairly swarming with electric roads. Spo-kane has become almost an equal centre of electriclines, while Walla Walla is following close behindher larger sisters in the procession. When lines al-ready constructed from Spokane southward are joinedto a system projected from Walla Walla northwardand westward, there will be a complete system of in-dependent electric lines from all parts of EasternWashington and North-eastern Oregon to steamboatconnections on the River, and thence to significance of this as a commercial fact cannotbe realised as yet. Yakima is also becoming the centreof an extensive trolley system. j/:...^.-^.. S k. ^ / ?». > ^ d P^ d b/3^ r^ CW 5i) bO o hJ .3§t^i^^ CHAPTER XII The Present Age of Expansion and WorldCommerce Population and Productions of the Region on the River and itsTributaries—Extent of its Navigability—Improvements Needed—Kinds of Traffic—Local Traffic—Transcontinental Traffic—World Traffic—Advantages of the River Route for these Kindsof Traffic—The Bar—The Competition of Puget Sound—TheCombination of River Route and Sound Route. WE have traced the successive eras which havebrought the land of the Oregon from a wilder-ness to a group of powerful young Ameri-can States, abounding in resources and filled to thebrim with hope and enthusiasm. We have followedthe River through its eras of canoe, bateau, flat-boat, sail-ship, and steamboat, and we have seen rail-roads built along its banks. It remains only to casta brief final glance at the River in its present age,and to forecast something of what seems its surefuture. I
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