The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-04-19
Shall 1t Be forward or Backward!

Milwaukee ROAD DullQlnS INTO
the red apple town. II boosting
for it will bring the road to We
natchee it may be called an ac-
complished fact. In respect OF
working for the advancement of
their town the people of Leaven-
worth might well take lesson
from Wenatchee. Leavenworth
has many attractions for the
home-seeker, but what has, what
is, the town doing to bring these
attractions to the notice OF the
thousands Of investors that are
coming into the state Of Wash
ington every week ? Nothing.
Absolutely nothing. Every man
here sits astraddle OF what little
he's got just as tho he was
afraid if he got up and shouted
for the town somebody would
snatch his little wad from under
him and make off to the brush.
If the road up the Icicle is
lost for want Of an effort to show
State Road Supervisor Snow the
practicability OF the route; if the
Chelan Consolidated Copper Co.
builds its road from the mines to
Mason creek and builds a rival
town there; if the Great North
ern railroad company removes
the division to Wenatchee be-
cause the people OF that town
are building up a city and a
traffic for the company that will
influence it, then the people of
this town will wake up, rub their
eyes, and like that fellow who
put the lock on his stable after
the horse was gone, they will
want to do something.
Now, good, sleepy people, do
not hull yourselves into another
nap with the reflection that even
if the town doesn't get better it
will always remain as good as
it is now.
1t is our plain duty to tell you
that inside of twelve months
Leavenworth will either double
in population or the present bus
mess will diminish by at least
one half. This statement is not
made from a fear OF punishment
or hope of reward. 1t is based
on indisputable facts in possess
sion of the writer.
Mr.. Snow, the state road SUI
pervisor, will be here soon to
pass on the practicability OF
state road up the Icicle. 1t is
up to people OF this town to
"show him." If we can't find
time to do that he is almost sure
to recommend that it be not
built.
The directors Of the Chelan
Consolidated Copper Company,
a twelve million dollar corpora
ton, that spent over fifty thous-
and dollars among our mer-
chants and working people last
year, will meet here next June.
Among the matters to be dis
cussed is the building of a rail-
road from the company's mines
to a junction with the Great
Northern. So far the company
has indicated a preference for
junction at Mason creek. Ever
since last fall the editor OF The
Echo has done all he could to
arouse the people of Leaven-
worth to the importance OF max
ing an effort to have the connec-
ton made here. 1t may be
too late now. We have slept
on our opportunities.
II the junction is made at ,
Mason creek, inside of one year
after the road is completed there
will be town half as large as s
Leavenworth to divide the trade
that would otherwise come here. {
With perfect propriety the
people of Wenatchee are offer |
ing inducements to every kind |
If enterprise, public and private, {
come to Wenatchee. She is {
ging ahead by leaps and {
unds. We are doing nothing {