The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-05-21
II IS ALMOST TOO GOOD
One on the Inside Gives Out
Some Very Important
\ Railroad News.
me SOUTH BRANCH A SURE GO
Such is the Information Picked Up
BY a Gazette Reportei in
His Daily Rounds.

Il D. M. Stewart, of Spokane, was in
|Droville Monday, and Tuesday morn
Ing took the west bound train for the
Iront. Mr.. Stewart is not a stranger
Ia these parts, and his presence here
lave the impression that something is
bout to happen in the way of railroad
Construction. Indeed Mr.. Stewart did
lot withhold information when he was
relative to his business in
he country. Mr.. Stewart is "A railroad
Contractor. His occupation, if it may
e so called, is that of taking contracts
pr railroad building, and he has had a
krge experience in that line. He does
is work satisfactorily, as he continues
ecuring contracts, and he would seek
Eher avenues of bread winning if he
ad previously failed along the line he
llows, for those who put up the sin
Es for railroad building are exacting
hd require the work done right. lie
as formerly with Porter Bros, the
idely known railroad contractors, and
hd hand with that firm in building
Is present railroad that has an objec-
Ne point somewhere on tide water,
Ten If it is slow getting there. The
I'm that he is now connected with is
hown as Stewart & Welsh.
# It is hardly an abuse of confidence to
ike public the few morsels of infor
ation that Mr.. Stewart let drop, as
did not insist upon silence and con-
rsed freely upon subject close to
hearts of the people of Oroville,
d in which the entire country is
eply interested. He did not hesitate
say that his going to the front was
mulated by the prospect of early
kck laying on from Keremeos to
5dley and Princeton, and according
his knowledge the tip is out that the
ID will be speedily pushed on over
Z Hope mountains to Vancouver, or
b sea port as the powers that be
elect to select. His oral hints to
effect were strengthened 10y the
4 |racter of the material that was part
Z the load that the Keremeos limited
Gried out Tuesday morning. Two
Light cars were loaded with the
oviest bridge timbers that have so
|N been used to the west, evidence that
TX on extension is sure promise of
( immediate coming.
Probably the best news that Mr..
owart let out was that construction
~ the road from this point 70 Brews-
l would surely commence this sum-
mor. He did not pretend to give dates,
- go into particulars, but simply stat
~ that work on construction was a
l1etainty for this year. This was
0pugh, and coming from such source
FRIES the hall marks of authenticity.
kU6sibly the wish for the performance
Uey encourage promise of beginning,
- this paper feels that information
Dm such quarter is worth pinning
He in intimations that early building
1pthward would certainly develop into
0teality, and the statement of Mr..
ewart in casual conversation stength-
- the hope that rumor developed.
\ is realized by all that nothing could
lp out OrOville at the present time
ore than the construction of this val
- road. 1t would not only derive i'm
lediate benefit from actual construc-
On, but the opening up of the rich
lley through which the road is to be
tilt, and which has been deprived of
transportation facilities for SO many
ars, would work to its permanent
4 vantage. Not only would the com
etion of this branch open up vast
ea that has heretofore been neglect
|& on account of the difficulty of reach
q market, but it will eventually
We Oroville two outlets to the coast
ID practically double service to the
1stward. The products of the land
Nld be thrown into the best markets
here a demand exists for such pro-
1cts, which is especially important as
%e products of the Okanogan valley
04e the best the earth produces and
m, and will, be made the source Of
Mnch wealth.
sf< lt was pleasant to meet Mr.. Stewart,
I'd his information added still greater
Eeasure to that meeting.