The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-03-12
TIE Wenatche World gives out the

TUE Wenatche World gives out the
Information that work will begin upon
the croyille- Wenatchee branch of the
Great Northern road this spring, and
! that the first section to be constructed
! will he the gap between Oroville and
Brewster building to be pushed south
! from Oroyille. The World seems to
speak with the freedom of authority.
and As :the wish is father to the
thought, We are willing to accept the
Surml,e of the World with pleasure
That early building is contemplated
Is bourne out by the activity in the
field at this early date, the engineers
being out in force, laying down the
route Tor the grades to follow. While
the appearance Of surveyors do9s not
mean the immediate following of the
construction crew, yet the situation as
IT exists here gives bright promise
that in this instance surveying is the
torerunner of building. Aside from
the growing demands of a NORTH and
south line through the rapid settle
ment of the country. it is plainly an
parent even to the uninitiated that the
railroad powers will not continue for
any great length of time to pull freight
over the Nelson grade in a roundabout
route to tide water when a link from
ofo1lllo to the main line at Wenat-
chee viii lessen the hauling distance
and save the wear and tear that is
lnSoparable from long, heavy grade
pulls. even eliminating the element of
danger that perpetually exists in the
present eastward haul. The building
OF the proposed branch from Oroville
south will mark new era in our
Dung and ambitious city. The phvsi-
cal features attending construction will
draw many workmen here, but that is
hut transitorv benefit to be derived
rs the town. The place has felt the
influence that is a feature of the
presence of large construction crews
and the reaction left bad effect In
this case there will he no reaction that
leaves only memory of good times
that were. The branch to he huilt
Will put Oroville directly in touch with
= large and productive territory. that
IS certain to be denselv populated and
brought up to the highest stage of pro-
ductlon. In the midst of this teeminy
population there must be one larye
and dominating city. and nature itself
has combined with man to make this
the site of that city From its very
position at the junction of the roads if
l. sure to he selected by the railway
company As an important division
headquarters and with its central
location it Is bound to he distrihnt-
ing point Tor a large scope of country.
nus 1t ha, At its very doors one of
the greatest water,powers in the state
and man will not let that energy 90 tn
waste. 1t will be applied in building
ltp industries that will create psyrolls
and payroll, are the factors that build
Up metropolise7. The people of Orc
vile hardly realize the possibilities of
the future of the place. The country i
he" the last undeveloped section of
the west. The land is prodigal in its
productive force. The mountains are
covered with forests and Strained
with rich mineral bearing Lodges. The
hll7 give sustinence to cattle. sheen
an" horses. It Is 4 garden spot beck
"nln2 to the husbandman, and coun- 1
~ OF opportunity calling to those who
are -eeking TO better their conditions
''haho-an Is on the eve of grand
awakening and in the rack and rush
oI the forward march OF progress Orc
Vile IS bound to forge to the front
This lS not hot air. We Who have