The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-03-08
SUBS|D|z|NG RAILROADS
THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
SUBSTANTIALLY BACKING
A NUMBER OF LINES.
OPENING Up A BIG COUNTRY
Adjoining This County to the North
That is Rich in Varied
Resources.

To encourage railroad building for
the purpose of opening up new terri
tory the British Columbia government
is liberal in it's subsidies and conces-
| sions, and hundreds OF thousands of
dollars have been appropriated to
| hasten the construction of new roads
and extension of old ones this coming
summer. From the Vancouver Daily
| Province it is learned that among the
numerous roads to be thus assisted
are those that are building into and
| through that large area of fertile and
undevelOped territory extending west
ward from Okanogap lake to the Fra
| zier river, and northward from the
| boundary line to the Canadian Pa
cific, country that is rich in diversi-
| fec resources, is settling up fast. and
will some day support large popula-
ton. The people of this part of the
| Okanogan valley and Oroville are es-
peCially interested in this evidence Of
| the revival of active railroad building
| in a section, although IN a foreign do
| main, that immediately adjoins to the
north, and from which this locality
will. directly and indirectly derive
much material benefit as it is oDened
up and communication is established
by rail. Among the lines that are in
cluded in the granting of cash subsi-
dies is the Canadian Northern. that is
to extend a line from Kamloops to
Vernon. at. the head of. Okanogan lake..
and line from Vernon to Kelowna
Also the Kettle Valley road, that is
now building to Penticton, at the foot
Of Okanogan lake. 1t is reasonable to
expect that eventually one, or more,
of the several roads touching the rich
| orchard sections along the Okanogan
lake will follow south through the Ok
anogan valley to Oroville, and on to
Portland and Spokane, a plan, it is
stated, that Canadian roads have long
had in contemplation.
What is more particularly of inter-
est to the readers of this locality is a
provision incorporated in the grants
| and concessions for the running of the
trains of the ", V. & E., the Hill road
passing through the northern part of
Okanogan county, over the Hope
| mountains and across the railroad
bridge to be thrown over the Frazier
river, on the tracks of the Kettle Val
ley road Upon this subject of rail-
| road building, to which considerable
space is given, the Province, in part,
! has this to say
''The bill to ratify the agreement be-
| tween the government and the Kettle
Valley Railway Company provides
| for the construction or line of rail-
way over the Hope Mountains and
down the valley of the Coquahalla
| River to Hope, on the Frazier River,
and for the building of a bridge
| across the Frazier in the vicinity of
Hone i'm order that the Kettle Valley
| Railway may secure connection with
the Canadian Pacific Railway. Run
| ming rights over the subsidized line
are accorded to the ", V. & E., Rail-
way.
THE Kettle Valley Railway Com
pany agrees to start construction OF
| the line over the Hope Mountains on
or before July |, 1912, and to COM
plete the line before July /, 1915. In
the interim the railway company is
| to proceed continuously, and with rea-
sonable expedition, with the construc-
ton of the line