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 OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD 245 Portland hills could be used, as that at the falls of the Willamette, or that by Sucker Lake and Oswego or to go until the Cornelius Pass through the Scappoose Moun- tains was reached and then back to Portland. 2. Cost: The estimates as to cost made by Barry and Elliott vary very little. Barry did not pretend to give the cost of the Califorina portion of the road but merely that part which was in Oregon. He divided the line into seven divisions which were the same as those used by Elliott in his survey. Division one was from the summit of the Siskiyou Mountains where it was proposed the railroad should unite with the California and Oregon Railroad Company, to Ashland; division two from Ashland to Hunter's Ferry; division three from Hunter's Ferry to the head of Canyon; division four from the head of Can- yon to Canyonville; division five from Canyonville to Roseburg; division six from Roseburg to the head of the Willamette Valley; and division seven from the head of the Willamette Valley to the navigable waters of the Columbia. His estimate of the cost is correlated in the following table: Division 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Miles 26 38 38 12 31 50 130 325 Cost per Mile $ 80,000.00 40,000 .00 60,000 .00 80,000.00 40,000.00 40,000.00 35,000.00 Total Cost $ 2,080,000.00 1,520,000 .00 2,280 ,000 .00 960,000.00 1,240,000 .00 2,000 ,000 .00 4,550 ,000 .00 $14,630 ,000 .00 The estimate made by Barry of the cost of the road in Oregon is more than two and a half million dollars less than the estimate made by Elliott. This was due partly to shortening the mileage and partly to simply making the estimates lower. 41
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