The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-19
NORTH COAST
STARTS WORK
IN SPRING
PRESIDENT STRAHORN STATED
CONSTRUCTION WORK UP THE
COLUMBIA WOULD BE START.
ED BY FEBRUARY.

There never has been a time in the
history of this valley when the peO-
pie were so optimistic as to the pros
poets of additional transportation AS
at this time. There are all kinds of
rumors connecting both the North
Coast and the Great Northern.
During the past two days the North
Coast surveyors camp has been
moved from below the bridge on the
east side of the river to place about
six miles up the river and lines are
being run north from that place. AS
in the survey work done down the
river the lines are still being run
very carefully and from all appear
ances the survey is a permanent one
and a building line.
There are other indications that
the~North Coast is going to build at
once. Capt. G. l. Evans, who during
Lake Pend d'Oreille in charge of the
steamer Ruth, arrived in the city this
week. The steamer Ruth, of about
$50 tons capacity, is to be taken
apart and shipped from Pend dor
ellie to Pasco This Is to be done on
the suggestion of Robert Strahorn,
the head of the North Coast Mr..
Strahorn stated that commencing in
the middle of February active con-
struction work will be started up the
Columbia river. The steamer Ruth
belongs to the Ruth Navigation COM
pany. its principal owner being c. A.
Woldson, a well known railway con-
tractor It is the impression of rail
way men that the North Coast will.
build from Pasco on the west side
of the river to Priest Falls. The
line run up the east side of the river
through East Wenatchee to Bridge
port and the Columbia river will be
crossed at that place and the road
extended up through the Okanogan
country Capt Evans states that in
Spokane it is the general impression
OF railway men that the North Coast
is a Canadian Pacific line and that
being the case the road which will be
run up the river will connect with the
Canadian Pacific at Vernon or some
point up the Okanogan river Mr.
Strahorn gave the owners of the
steamer Ruth the positive informa-
tion that active construction work
would be commenced about the mid
die of February and this means that
work will be started all along the
line and the road built in time to
handle the big wheat crop of the Big
Bend
Undoubtedly the fear of the inva-
sion of the North Coast road into the
, Hill territory is hurrying construction
on the Great Northern line up the
river. The first announcement of rho
letting of the contract on the Okano-
gan branch of the road was that the
line would be built from Oroville 20
Brewster. Now it is definitely known
that the contract has been let from
Oroville to Pateros. Major Anderson,
right of way agent for the Great
Northern railway. is in the CITY tOdav
and stated to the Daily World when
asked about the probable building Of
the Great Northern that he knew
absolutely nothing as to the plans Of
his company but said that he dii not
anticipate that it would be any great
length of time before the construction
work would be commenced on the line
from Pateros to Wenatchee and that
the Great Northern would naturally
want to cover the territory between
Pateros and Wenatchee. AS 1t was
that the road would have no perma-
nent terminal. There are a great
n any indications that the Great
Northern has not abandoned the
building of the line from Wenatchee
north and those conversant with the
: tuation seem 70 think that active
work will be starred by spring.
New Drug Store to Open Nov. 4.