Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-02-20
An Electric Road for Gillian
County.
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1 am firmly convinced. Such road Is
the best for the county, the cheapest. By
far, to construct and would pay greater
dividend on the investment than any
other like enterprise IN Eastern Oregon.
There are parties ut the present time
making u thorough investigation Of this
proposition. which Is 10 build an electric
railroad from Arlington to Condor. The
plan IL abont ~ follows: A trst-class
siuam power plant will be put In at Olex
eonaistlng Of the latest improved conl-
pound CarlIs engine and the latest inn
PROV ed high pressure water tube boiler
which would furnish more I'll An double
the power With the same amonnt Of fuel
that a locomotive would furnish. Rock
creek would furnish plenty Of water for
such plant and the cost Of constructing
such line would not be greater than
the cost Of building a bridge across Rock
creek for steam road.
AZ = matter Of Of con yenience to the
people living along the line an electric
iine Il far superior to steam road be.
eanse man could hail motor at any
point on the line and get board without
taking the trouble 20 20 mile or 80
10 q station.
Condor ls something like 1000 leet
higher than Arlington and the heavy
freight business Of this line would be
practically all down hill. What is bet.
ter than "a down bill pull2" Such
line could be easily and cheaply construct
ed all along the route. A good motor car
would pull Is tons ofireIgbt upany grade
on the line. A 500 horse power plant
would be sufficient to handle all the bus
Iness Of the line aud 10 addition would
supply lights where wanted along the
line.
! have secured prices on complete
plant Of this kind from George Martin 4
Go Of Seattle, and have given the infor-
nation 10 parties who ara now figuring
on building the road, but II these parties
do not 60 ahead soon, ain ready to
affirm that the people Of Gillian county
can build this road themselves aud ne
ieve they will do so in the near future II
outside capital does not take hold OF 1t,
There are $3.50. 900 acres OF tilable land
that would be tributary to this road,
less than one third Of which IL under
cultivation, not because the land is not
good but 1t Is too far from market to
be possible TO get the wheat out but with
q road OF this kind TO connect us with
the Columbip river, which must be
opened to navigation In the near future
every foot Of this land would soon he
farmed. The electric line Is the coming
railroad Tor the Pacific No rthwest. Such
lines are are now IN successful operation
In the East where there Is all kinds Of
competition and We don't want 10 lag b.
hind the East. Thereis now n consolida-
tion OF electric lines In the East 1883
miles long operated by single syndicate
with headquarters at Cleaveland, Ohio,
and IL will soon be possible 10 travel by
an electric rond, dining and
sleeping cars. from New York to st.
Louis and Chicago. Cars Of that line
will make 45 miles an hour outside OF
the cities the entire distance and at this
time go miles an hour is being made dai.
y over short distances That should be
swift enough for Eastern Oregon.
With road Of this kind Gillian conn.
W would in less than one year more than
double in population and taxable prop
erty. We would have more and better
schools more happy prosperous homes
and more pleasant country to live in in
many ways.
II such roads pay In the East where
there is competition on every hand one
would certainly pay here where 1t would
handle all the freight and passenger
traffic and all the mail and express bus
mess and II one man can manage 1888
miles in the East or 8 men shonld GER
tainly manage 10 mile line here in Gill
liam county. This proposed road would
pay all the cost of building in addition
to the operating expenses in less than
one year. have had years OF ofexperience
in handling electric machinery and heavy
power plants. Have had 10 years expe-
rience as manager Of a large electric
railway power system and know that
this is the railway for this country.
desire to state that l am resident Of
Gillian County and consequently am in
terested in the development OF the opun-
ty and in the welfare of every law abid-
ing citizen in the county, and will ever