Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-12-13
WILL MEET W. J. HOTCHUSS N
SOUTHERN CITY.
PAC. INT. RY. PROGRESSES
Outlook for the Immediate Buildino
of the New Railroad to the Sea
is the Best.

DR.. j. F. Reddy, who is now bend.
ing every effort toward the deyelop.
ment of the Pacifc-I Interior railroad
plan, was in Medford Wednesday
night, and returned to Grants Pass
Thursday morning only to receive an
imperative call to San Francisco TO
meet w. j. Hotchkiss, the head of
the redwood lumber interests on the
coast, and left for the California
city on the next train. Matters are
developing rapidly in the railroad sit
uation, and Mr.. Hotchkiss, who has
been keeping in touch with the bus
mess at San Francisco, felt that Mr..
Reddy's presence was necessary.
1t is through Mr.. Hotchkiss that
the 100000 cash subscription is
made by the lumbermen, and also
that the already constructed road at
the coast end is to be turned in to the
company. He has also guaranteed
immense shipments of lumber from
the coast mills to the new road to
cover long period of years.
Sentiment locally remains strong
and unanimous for the voting of the
bonds on the 18th inst, and there is
little reason to fear the result of the
election. Bearing upon this question
T. F. Hanley, who first publicly ad-
vocated the issuance Of 100000
bonds toward the financing Of the
road, has made the following state
ment:
Mr.. Hanley Advocates Bond Issue.
"As the first person in this COM
munity to advocate publicly the bond
issue of 100000 toward the con-
struction of railroad from Grants
Pass to tidewater, please permit me
to make an additional printed con-
tribution in behalf of the plan.
AT the mass meeting in the Grants
Pass opera house November 26, Dr.
Reddy and Mr.. Gilkey dispelled
clearly what might seem the financial
intricacies of the proposal; and May
or Smith spoke plainly, uneQulyocalIy
and convincingly on the constitution
ality of the plan.
Il take it that the immense con-
tinuous and immediate benefits ac-
cruing from the railroad-from the
first days work on its construction be-
gins-are not disputable. Every
one, daresay, is a sharer in that De-
lief
AS for the plan itself-could any
thing imaginable be more equitable
more Just, more feasible, more sale
This community has waited pa
tiently for two decades for the Har-
riman or the Hill interests to Ouilu
such a territorial-deyeloping rail-
road, and neither of these interests
has made a single definite move TO-
ward such a consummation. Nor
are these interests entirely to blame
as any corporate interest has no more
latent foresight than It's executive
head. and these executive heads are
human beings, like you and me- only
in addition, they are very busy nen'
men besieged year after year "
many other communities IN t"eu''
western commonwealths-coInuiun un
tiles some of which are entlreI!
lacking in those great abundances VI
natural wealth lying within a lev"
mile radius of the proposed railroau
to do for those communities "na'
We now propose to do-or u '
doing-for ourselves.
God helps those that help 'nTn
selves. After ALL why should jim
Hill build a railroad for US! NO .e'
'On-except for profits to hlmse'''
"wbv should Mr.. acKinstry' Dr.
Reddy, Mr.. Kinney, or a IL" -
wealthy men-as wealth in a CO.."
nunity of this size is usually 'S'e0
alone have to build for all the psV
pie a railroad? These men anu
many other such public-'plr''ed ~