Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-01-07

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before any equipment had been de-
liyered.
About the same time, John Rob-
erts Allen, New York operator,
who Is said to have acted before In
the capacity of Hill scout. appear
ed at Medford, and in July and Aug
ust negotiated and completed the
purchase of the Pacific & Eastern
railway.
Following this purchase graders
were at once put to work, and 1t
was discovered that the contract had
been given to the same Porter Bros.
who were doing the work on the Des-
chutes line.
Allen did not stop with the pur-
chase of the bankrupt road Be-
fore he left for the east he had Sc
cured fifty-year franchise for an
interurban trolley line running
through the Rogue River valley, and
incidentally had picked up an in
terest in several timber holdings
and probable townsite locations.
Among other things, Allen made
careful personal inspection of the
country between Medford and Cres-
cent City, Del Norte county, along
the line of the old Draper survey.
Togther with man by the name
of Towne, he owns the Blue Ledge
copper mine, at the point where the
old survey crosses the California
Oregon line He was also in fire.
quent conferences with representa-
tives of the owners of the redwood
timber lands in Del Norte county,
which would be benefited by a line
from Crescent City to a transcontin-
entail connection and after he left
Medford he had a conference with
Stevens in Portland, at which, 1t is
presumed, the plans of the building
of the line from Bend, the terminus
of the Deschutes road, southwest by
the Crater Lake park, and crossing
the Rogue River valley into the red
wood timber of Del Norte county to
the coast at Crescent City were dis
cussed.
These facts were learned yester-
day from a confidential source They
appear to give a more reliable in
sight into one aspect Of the Hill plans
in Northern California than anything
which has heretofore come to light.
In the meantime Allen has return
ed to New York, where he is selling
the bonds of the Pacific e Eastern.
The road is announced as tapping 81
900 900 900 feet of timber, and open
ing the pathway to the Crater Lake
park.
Contracts have been let for the
construction as far as Butte Falls
thirty-one miles from Medford, and
the line is surveyed as far as the
park From Butte Falls to Bend
the distance Is roughly 200 miles
and those who claim to speak ad
visedly say that this gap will be
filled and the Hill line built into the
Rogue River country and on to the
coast
The redwood holdings in Del Nortt
which would be benefited by the con
struction of a line from Crescent
City to the Columbia river are thost
of the Hobbs, Wall & Company. tn,
! Hotchkiss Lumber company and th'
Del Norte Lumber company.
Obviously the significance of AL
lens operations in this territory de
pends on his relations with Hill, bu
the interest shown by Stevens is TAX
en- as evidence to this point by this
who have been following the develop
ments OF the last summer.
These people do not believe tina
Hill intends to continue buildin
, down the coast from Crescent City
There are other indications in tn
activity OF the Walker interests, /
adding to their holdings in Shast
, county, that are interpreted as near
!, ing that Hill will build south throug
/, the Klamath Lake country and o
through the timber belt where Wall
er and the Terry company are Il
o Gated.
In this connection It Is said this
e Walker and the Terry company ha,
n recently come into better unde
. standing. The Terry company