Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-11-03
FROM ASHLAND THROUGH CITY
TO PORT oRFoRD.
SUPPOSED HILL MOVEMENT
Grants Pass Will Be Asked for a
Franchise BY Oregon Southern
Railway.

Is 1t fact that that proposed ell
ectric railroad to run between Ash
land and Grants Pass will soon be a
reality? Matters are moving in q
way which would seem to Indicate
that the promoters are sincere as
articles of incorporation were fled
saturday In Spokane for the pro-
posed road, and the line is to be
known as the Oregon Southern ="
promoters Farren and DOYLE, who
were in Grants Pass some ten davs
ago, declared that they represented
principals who were amply able
financially to build the road and
were anxious to do so. The follow
ing special dispatch from Spokane to
the Portland Journal of Sunday
morning lends strength to the pro-
moters' claims. The dispatch reads
Spokane, Wash, Oct. 2S.-Rev-
living a project planned by John r.
Allen of Spokane, two years ago, a
group of northwestern capitalists is
now planning new electric road to
connect the Rogue river valley with
the sea. Articles Of incorporation
with the capitalization set at $2,-
100000 were filed at Olympia today.
j. Arnold Doyle of Spokane, H. M.
Farren of Boise and Charles Rade-
baugh OF Corning, Cal, being the In
corporators The road, to be known
as the Oregon Southern, is to run
from Ashland to Port Oxford, touch
ing Medford, Jacksonville and
Grants Pass en- route.
Many in local railroad circles be-
lieve Hartman interests are back of
the new move. High officials of the
O.-W. r. & N. are said to be inter-
ested in the plans"
A dispatch to the Portland Tele-
gram Is as follows
OLYMPIA, Wash, Oct. 2S.--
With headquarters at Seattle and
$2,000,000 capital, the Oregon
Southern Railroad company has
been organized by j. Arnold Doyle,
of Spokane; H. NJ Farren, of Boise,
and Charles Radebaugh of Corning,
Cal. According to the articles filed
with the secretary OF state here to-
day, the purpose is to construct a
railroad from Ashland, Ore, to
Medford, to Jacksonville, to Grants
Pass, to Eugene, and to Port Oxford,
with branches into California and in
Oregon. The three incorporators,
with George Godfrey and George
E. Boos compose the first board of
trustees"
The Medford Sun grows optimistic
in the matter and says:
"The articles of incorporation
show that the organizers of the com
pany are: ]. Arnold Doyle of Spo-
kane, H. NJ. Farren of Boise, Idaho,
and Charles Radebaugh Of Corning,
Cal. These three, with George B.
Boos, secretary Of the Medford Com
mercial club, and George Godfrey
are named as the trustees OF the
company.
According to the papers hled
with the secretary Of state Of Wash
ington, the purpose is to construct
a line from Ashland to Medford, to
Jacksonville, TO Grants Pass, to Eu'
gene, to Port Oxford, In Curry coun'
~, with feeders into the orchard
districts and mining sections. The
plans call for operation by steam OF
electricity
at is now expected that the rep
resentatives Of the company will ap'
ply for a franchise to operate In the
streets OF Medford from the city
council between now and the FIRST
of the year. Right Of way agents are
expected to be in the valley by Janu
airy 1. II is hinted in Portland rail-
way circles that the line is a link II
the proposed entrance Of the Hi
system into San Francisco
"The interurban system as pro
posed would consist, according to re