The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-04-23
The Need Of The County.

The isolated condition OF the walowa county is
gwen up to be its great Its diversified climate its
al record its adaptaty raising dispued
What we want is railroad An electric would just what we
desire, and it would get traffic oo.--Flora Journal @
That is what this has needed many yeaa rail-
road 1t certainly looks this partially sats
fled this summer by the completion Of the extension Of
the O. r. In interview Portland Friday General Mana
ger oBren who had returned from trip the nes
had been resumed all construction
and he expecting orders within days to begin that
The completion of the R. N Joseph will emphasize
the need the north end for railroad Journal
And not stretching the truth that will satisfied
WITHIN very few years at least present situation
gives of that.
In the first place there the electric lines from Waa
Waa or Lewiston both The Oregon Washington Traction
company at the former % oue whose announced purposes
build i"e into Waowa has recently merged with the Col
umo Wah Waa which has valuable rights aud fanchises
proposes to build from Dayton Wana The merger makes
strong and while IFS real plans secret is known
tina" surveys have been made presumably by this company the
Blue Mountains down Wenaha and down the rand
Ronde to Lewiston.
These also alleged made in the interest of
the Pacific extension of the Chicago Northwestern the
ous North Coast Surveyors for have recently
down the Clearwater lewiston and it stated the route from Lewis
ton to Wala Waa and with Coast is up the
Snake, Grande londe and Wenaha
third possibility an the Spokane Inland or
Northern Pacific Aso,in county
fourth is McKeans electric propositon nlannsd 10
connect the interior Ason and
with Pomeoy the northwest Lewiston on the northeast Nc
kean has already m@e overtue residents the Country
people OF THIS county or at least those sections directly
build road from Enterprise the Gande the north
end as feeder to the n At thought this seems bio
undertaking, but that is principally unfamiarity
Communities no more thicky populated near the
natural resources OF this have built such the story
how Dufur and Condor their railroads. Illinois today there ia
an electric road rs miles long being built principally by tho farmers
who live within 10 miles the They argued the road would
the value OF their land from $40 acre. besides the
value OF their There only town en- the line
larger than Enterprise and has population EVERY
body took stock from 500 $4,000 WORTH just they were able
Those who had paid with Over 100000
worth OF stock sold in this and expected complete the
road without selling dollars worth bonds writer familiar
with the route and knows difficult and costly than t
ono from Enterprise to Flora fills more costly
bridges to build creeks besides grade through the
Mississippi river bluffs
There little dNeh the r. e. NJ would give assistance to such
ieea Just as dd I" the Condor and Daiur projects The
wants the tonnage from the North Country the haul Of
the timber and grain and livestock
Inc people living within 10 miles OF the limo the road
they wall laey know how much il would eneft Some saw
~ VIII increase the value OF table s25 One
on who has lot Of timber his says he
WI" snnche Tor $1,000 worth of stock payable in average Of
tha subscription from benefited build the
road There Is no, the slightest doubt Enterprise to its M
spare collar Who will take the lead movement that
VIII make the dream OF score Of years reality?