The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-22
'SUTOR OPPOSED TO
CHANGE
Says Railroad Company Has
Not Played Fair in the
Past on Roads.

road would be over and through a
bed Of drift sand for three-fourths
of the way from Wenatchee to Dicks
Landing. He states that he return
ed through Waterville and found a
favorable sentiment predominating
in favor of the road on the east side
of the river. Where did he get this
favorable sentiment? Was it from
the settlers on the west side of the
Columbia river or from those on the
east side? The settlers on the west
side are certainly in favor of the
state road remaining where it is now
and where the state spent $4,000
in giving us a road which was long
sought and begged for. Why did the
state spend so much money for
road on the west side when it could
have been built on the east side for
Cle-fourth of the money? 1t was be-
cause of the difficulties (sand and
ferries) that would have to be con-
tended with. No one wishes to cross
the Columbia river on ferries unless
they have to. Ferries on this river
are dangerous, especially in high
water, consume a lot of time and are
inconvenient to get off and on to
with a loaded wagon and will only
cross you at certain hours or while
the sun is up.
No doubt the settlers on the east
side would like to have the road on
their side, and why? Because they
have never in the memory of man
had a road there that was fit to
travel over, either by auto or team,
loaded or empty-too much drift
sand to contend with. Mr.. Bowlby
states that he will on no account per-
nit the changing of the present road
unless the railroad people agree to
build a substitute road at its own
expense and actually begin construc-
ton on it at the same time they be-
gin to tear up the other AS regards
this part of Mr. Bowlby's statement
we know that the railroad people
will agree to build on the east side
at their own expense, but what kind
of building will they do? A cheap
john affair from start to finish.
Burned children dread the fire"
We have one road in this county
built by the railway in lieu of a
county road given them, and Great
Caesar! what kind of a rattletrap
grade is it? 1t is narrow, and dan
gerous in the extreme in the spring
of the year, and when you have
reached it's highest point in coming
from Monitor to Wenatchee you find
it continually up hill and down dale
until you reach Wenatchee avenue
opposite Leroy Wright's old place,
whereas the county road the railway
received in place of this diabolical
imposture upon the public road was
almost level.
If Mr.. Bowlby intends to sacrifice
the interests of the settlers on the
west side of the Columbia river to
the railway he better see that his
east road is built, finished and passed
upon before the railway is allowed
to touch the west road, for the rail-
way people know that If they can
stop travel on the west side, that the
travelling public will be glad to take
any kind of a substitute that may
be handed on the east side.
Mr.. Bowlby also states that the
owners on the west side will not be
cut off from a public road, as the
railway will only monopolize the
road at narrow places. What bosh!
The railway survey almost follows
the state road from the lime kiln
north to due west of Mr.. Wagner's
house and after it passes Mr.. Crum's
it occupies the state road to the En-
tiat nearly the same through to
Dicks Landing.
The people of the Swakane Can
yon travel north on the state road
from the mouth of the Swakane one
fourth of. a mile and they are up
against ia railway on the state
road and no room to build coun-
ty road. They can also travel south
one mile, or better, from the mouth
of the Swakane, ana they are again
I'D against it-a railway on the state
road and no room to build county
or private road-and many other
settlements along this state road No.
10 will be placed in the same predi-
! cament If our state road Is bartered
for a road of sand. Swakane peo-
pie will be shut in from Wenatchee
on the south, Orondo on the north
and If they have no ferry to get to
the east side they must travel by
rail. A poor way for settlers to be
forced to travel to do their trading.
Probably one train in twenty-four
hours will stop at Swakane and per-
haps not even one, for it just depends
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