Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-11-29
BUILDING OF LINE TO SEA COAST
SEEMS NEAR.
CRESCENT CITY TERMINUS
Redwood Lumber Manufacturers oe
fer Big inducements to Ger
Rail Connections

A railroad to the Pacific coast. the
big idea toward which Grants Pass
has been working for years. is now
within her grasp. 1t is ripe for tbe
picking, and the pole is in the hands
OF our citizens with which to I,pocl,
the persimmon from the tree.
For months a committee from tbe
commercial club has been formulat-
ing plans and considering proposi-
tions, and has now deyeloped a
definite line of action that surely
spells success.
At Crescent City the need for rail-
road connection with the inland has
been even more pressing than has
the demand from the inland been
for a line touching the seaboard. and
it is this fact that has now brought
about the situation that will work
to Grants Pass great welfare. and to
the fruition of hope of wears
standing.
The proposition as it has come up
to Grants Pass is that she join with
the coast people in the promotion of
the road and the plan has so far de-
veloped that this city has but min
or, though an essential part to play
in bringing the matter to a success
full issue This city must meet GER
tain conditions, and the committee
has already got those conditions in
form for presenting to a mass meet
ing of the citizens to be held in the
opera house next Tuesday night, at
which all the plans will be unfold
ed.
Dr.. Reddy, who has been spokes-
man before our committee for the
various other interests that are in
voyed in the building of this road,
brings the details OF the work as it
has progressed at the Crescent City
end OF the line There the great
numbering companies are behind the
movement. W. J. HotchHss repre-
senting all the timber interests OF
the Crescent City district mas CON
tracted subscriptions aggregating a
quarter of a million dollars in cash,
and beyond this turns over to the
new company to be formed eleven
miles of road already constructed,
this road having been built by the
Hobbs-Wall company to reach out
into its great bodies Of timber The
road is standard gauge, modern in
every respect, and with more OF its
roadbed graded will hasten construc-
ton from that end. There will also
be turned over to the new COMPANY
the Crescent City terminals docks
and water frontage property inyalu-
able to its success.
There is no development scheme
in the west today that offers more
than this, and the statement of the
lumber men alone is suffcien. 10
prove its value. Mr. Hotchkiss, in
recent statement has said that the
timber embraced in the territory be-
tween the Smith and the klamath
rivers is approximately eight billion
feet. or 100000 car loads of -V,-'
coo feet to the car Added to tnis
must be the uncounted thousands OF
carloads of ore in the mines tna'
only await transportation to become
shippers, some idea of the magnitude
Of the freight traffic that will. Keep
the rolling stock OF the new Toau
busy can be comprehended
The mill owners OF the coast "'.'
contract with the road to ship a stat
ed number Of car loads daily ana
various mines are also willing TO e"-
ter into contracts for the s1np.F.1-
OF traffic. and so confden, are me
coast people over the matter ina.
they say that the building OF 'Ae
road now hinges upon the sncoara-s
ment that Grants Pass gives the p''.
iect.
The great body Of redwood "ai'"