Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-09-23
OUR VAST RESOURCES WILL BE
DEVELOPED.
TO IRRIGATE $4,000 ACRES
Grants Pass to Become an Indus.
trial Center With Coming
of New Railroad

Grants Pass is coming to its own.
Everything points to the conclusion
that that never before has the city
had as many prospects of rapid
growth as it has now. The world
has discovered what an empire of
wealth lies at the doors of Grants
Pass and is seeking to get a share of
it, if the letters that reach the
Commercial club and the citizens
are any criterion.
The city itself is making many i'm
provements in preparation for the flu
ture. The work of paving the
streets has been commenced in earn
est and by this winter a large por-
tion of Sixth street will have been
paved as well as some of the inter-
secting streets
Many miles of sewers are being
put in and when present plans are
worked out there will be no city in
Oregon better equipped in this re-
spect than Grants Pass.
The crowning achievement Of the
municipality, however was reached
when it was decided to place cluster
lights on the streets. These clusters
will contain three and five lights
each and are arranged in an artis-
tic manner.
Twenty blocks will be adorned
with the clusters this year. and next
year it is probable that many more
will be similarly lighted. There will
be six clusters to each block.
Beautiful Streets.
With streets that are eighty feet
wide and paved with bitulithic and
Illuminated with cluster lights, there
is no other city in the Pacific north
west that will present so pleasing an
appearance as Grants Pass.
There is nothing that appeals so
much to the stranger as wide streets
and good lighting and it is predicted
that this city will derive more ad-
vertising from this than from any
other feature
AS place for the man who loves
hunting and fishing the Grants Pass
country has no rivals. Trout abound
in the streams and the hills are full
of bear and deer
Grants Pass Is also looking ahead
and making provision for the future
and no other point Is so we'll worthy
the attention Of the prospective
home seeker and home builder as
that. If city makes no provision
for future development the results
are confusion and chaos Grants
Pass has one of the best water sys-
tens in any city In the northwest.
but II was thought that the future
would need a larger and better sys-
TEN. so the progressive business
men of the city. through the Com
mercial club, last Monday evening
asked the council to appoint COM
mittee to consider either a source
or n plan to make the present source
adpnuate for the future demands OF
the greater Grants Pass that Is TO be-
Railroads COMING.
For long time Grants Pass ha.
been Of the mercy Of one railroad
the Southern Pacific \ vast FER
ritorv tributary to this city has lall
undeveloped and unnroductiye for y.
other reason than the lack Of trans
portatior facilities
Now however. everything ind'
Gates that one at least. and prohah'
two railroads will tan the conntr
between Grarts Pass and the coas
-rbcro Nov, '-r~ oor~ rumors
railroad huildir~ IN the past
many. IN fact that reon'o ore sFe
tica, whom tho subject 's hroo'N'
trowovor rovo~ hef1~n was tNa
eirilar Situation Grants va
and the riot ta~ritorv h~'wor0
ora ihe oceov ls NOW the hone
..t. l.t-.-.r tho tarrin