Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-07-12
INVEST F..
A LARGE
AMOUNT
willamette Valley Company
Is Buying Property In All
Leading Towns

Leading Towns
The willamette Valley Company, o
which Addison Weleh is president, an'
Rhodes. Sinclair g. Butcher of Pbiia
delphia are Eastern financial hackers
10 making an investment Of mono
amou nting to nearly $l,5OOOcO in th'
Willamette valley in development o.
electric light power, water works, ea'
ana street railway industries The
have purchased properties at Dallas
Eugene. Monmouth, Independence, Al
bany and Corvallis, AMI a~e securing
franchises for street railways al
and Eugene.
Mr.. welch, who has been confined tt
a Portland hospital several weeks fob
lowing a surgical operation, was able
to leave the hospital today, and took
up his quarters at the Oregon hotel.
"The Willamette valley looks good
10 us, /" he said, "and we believe it is
a safe place for investment and sus-
ceptible Of great industrial develop
mcnt. II will have large population
and continue to be a prosperous section
Of Oregon.
Eugene Grants Franchise.
At meeting last evening the Eu-
gene city council, after a disagree
ncnt extending back ove- four months,
granted franchise 10 the Willamette
Valley Company for an electric stneet
,ar system that il to become a city line
md also connect Eugene with Spring.
ield and Fairmount. Work will be
commercial ON the electric line in about
,ix weeks. or as soon as the company
ias completed some of the work II is
row ear-ying on in other cities.
Mr.. Welch said the Willamette VAL
ey Company has just purchased the
Dalles Electric Light and Independence
Electric Light Companies, including
he Monmouth equipment for about
$4,000, and viii exPend 100000 In inn
,roven~uts. The Dallas plant, from
which electric current will be supplied,
viii have boiler capacity of 900 horse
'owcu and dynamo capacity Of 45o kill
watts.
Improvements Under Way.
Electric power pumps anil Roberts
ilb~s with capacity Of $4,000 gallons
'very "a hours will be insalled at
be Independence water works. Large
improvements are also unde- way at
sugcn" water works. The company is
constructing 1900, 900 gallon res
rvcir at Eugene and a 1000, 600. gallon
esc voir at independence. These will
'e hlled BY electric pumps drawing
water from large wells that will be
unk In the sand nslr the Willamette
ivcr from which stream the water will
liter.
"Wc cxpces 30 complete the Eugene
nd SO ingfeh water works in about
* works. Help is scarce and hard TO
1T In the interior towns" said Mr..
Soleh. "As soon as this work is done
Ie viii bcgin construction OF the Eu.
enc Springfield ear line"
Is Building Gas Plant
Tho company is aso building at Eu,
cne a ccal gas plant, which will be
HiSh'si in about two months. The
laut will have capacity OF $4,000
ahle feet daily, hut tho retorts ARE
uilt for double that oWput 70, the
a'ure growth Of the city. At Albany
water power plant is being con
'Nc'od for furnishing light and power
'r Aloang and Corvallis Power is
suhred f1m tho compsny's = limile
Itch eou'xtsng with tho sanalam.
Now whccls aro being put in at Al.
AnS and hne power plant will be
's'ah~i. The Albany water works
Ave e.Sn PurchAsoi by tho Williams, q,
alley Company AMI improvements Il
70 e0iAg mAiA The company. il "a
''@ eapcn.sed sSoO. 600 in purchasing
= plants and . Pusiag nearly ssco
/" into imPToycoienta Tho Earene.
'Fsngnold ol~e,rio rOa1 Will cot Al,
'ooSo aSd has will bring the con. |
'''ys valley investment vp TO asare |
0~e 10 N.Soo,o0o
fsc osaiuAnce grating the H,cs,ne
an"Ais~ last night WIS prepared hv
~iasve~ from the Engcne conmer. |
a Cub AMI McrcAan,s' Pro,cc,ive |
'.'-'ia'ior, and was oarofully dawn
'sw much dchtsru,iOA The eompspv |
'.A' application for the iran,Ai.,
''es f0'T n'00sAs ago, bot b,rau-e Of
. DESCRIPTIONS IN th0 eoanyu the
a''~s fAils'i - aSros. uR'h citizen.
"a 'Ae n@tssv Into thoir own lan5.
d Pr~S'icalis t0rced the eeunen 10
,ioh
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