The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-21
Ditch and Street Railway Con-
struction Will Employ
Great Many People
MANY NEW RESIDENCES
ARE ALSO TALKED OF
Extensive Acreage Will Come
Under Cultivation and Or
chards, Alfalfa and Potatoes
Will Be the Crops

Conditions regarding the laboring
element In the community are look
| ing up and the prospects are that they
| will be actually good before many
more days have passed. The season
is arriving when work is done on the
| irrigation bitches in connection with
the preparations for the seasons ir-
| rigating. Half a hundred men are
now engaged on the Congdon ditch
and will be kept at work probably
until April LIST and maybe for week
longer. The ditch company itself, on
the portion of the canal which it is
the remaining portion, have their
crews at work.
Street Railway Work
A big crew of men will be engaged
shortly, with teams and machinery In
the construction of the street railway
extension into the Selah. That work
It is probable will be pushed night
and day to completion as the railway
is expected to be in running order by
the time the seasons crop Is har-
vested. Workmen will be started in
at various places along the proposed
route and the work will be pushed
from every available point of work.
Bridging the Naches
An early attack will be made on the
crossing Of the Naches river and in
that connection, on either side of the
river, it will be necessary to construct
a long trestle to cover the low land
on either side Of the bridge approach.
Material removed along the right Of
way will be used for a fill along the
line of this trestle. The rail electric
line grade through the gap will be,
it is understood at it's highest point
thirty or more feet above the grade
of the Northern Pacific railway. But
at that there will be a vast quantity
of material removed, and as stated,
a bridge to be constructed.
Selah- Mckee Ditch
1t is not likely that any work of
any magnitude will be done this
spring by the Central Washington 81
Power company on the ditch of the
Selah & Mckee canal, such work as
was intended in the way of improve
ment being relegated, for this year
until the fall. 1t is now too late to
attempt any eXtensice changes for
this irrigation year. Steps will be
taken at once however to put the cam
al into proper working order for the
season and ultimately it is proposed
to make the canal one of the best IN
the county.
Many New Residences
While there is not much work In
sight this year of constructive
character as compared with some 9TH
err seasons such work, as indicated. is
not altogether lacking and there are
numerous evidences that in residenc-
es at least there will be considerable
activity Residents for the most part,
while thye do not care for reasons
which are generally understood to
own their own homes prefer that to
the renting proposition under such
conditions as prevail in a community
which has been growing as rapidly as
has this. Many people have signi-
fed their intention of building ION
the hill' west of the city and it is
generally conceded that last season s
activity in home making will be re-
peated this year.
Plant New Acreage
In addition it might be mentioned
that as much or more land will come
under cultivation this season as ever
before and while the planting of orch
ards may fall short of the proportion,
with reference to the new acreage of
other seasons there will still remain
much TO be done in the making of
new alfalfa and potato fields.