Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-01-26

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The people OF Grants Pass and
Josephine county want the Grants
Pass & Rogue River railroad built In
to the Williams country, as was con-
templated. The people of the city
and county lent all aid possible to
this enterprise, and the majority
now stand ready to continue their
support to the new syndicate which
is contemplating purchasing the road
and continuing it to a successful An
ish. These financiers are assured by
the Rogue River Courier that they
will be welcome here, and that prac-
tically the entire financial, indus
trial, mining and agricultural inter-
ests are a unit In extending this well
come.
What has the territory through
which the road Is contemplated to
offer In the way of tonnage? That Is
a pertinent question, and one OF the
first to be asked. The answer is.
The territory has much to offer and
the total tonnage annually will
mount into large figures and In
crease rapidly as the years pass.
Some of the Products.
This tonnage would be made up Of
many thousands of feet Of lumber
annually; farm produce, consisting
of cattle, swine, dairy products, al
falfa, corn, grain and other produc-
tions; many thousands Of cords Of
wood annually, not only for use In
Grants Pass, but to be shipped to 9TH
er towns along the line of the South
ern Pacific; fruits, consisting Of
berries, grapes, peaches, apples,
pears; the output from lime works
and marble quarries to an amount
probably of from 10000 to $4,000
tons for the first twelve months and
increasing generously thereafter. In
addition to the foregoing the pas
senger traffic, the United States mail
contracts and express business will
add generous revenue to the annual
business, also the ingoing freight
from commercial centers.
The foregoining does not purport to
be a complete list of commodities
that will seek transportation on the
road; there are divers others develop
ing as a region rich in natural re-
sources moves ahead
Another Question.
So much for what the country
will do for the road. Now what will
the road do for the country and city?
For the region which will be pen
etrated 1t will raise the value Of
lands; II will make possible many
homes in easy access to Grants Pass
that now are isolated; 1t means ev-
erything to the country that a mod
ern railway has to offer, and that is
much, including opportunities to
market productions OF farms, mines,
forests and quarries which same pro-
ducts, now, many of them at least,
are barred from the markets of the
world because of lack of rail trans
portation.
What will the road do for Grants
Pass?
1t is possible that II will within a
few years double the population Of
the city. Why? Because there ex-
lists approximately 100000 900
feet of merchantable timber to be
penetrated by the proposed line, and
the maximum distance from Grants
Pass TO these forests Is only 2S miles.
Now II this lumber can get rail
transportation to Grants Pass there
will be erected in this city large
saw mills, belonging to different
companies, to work up this lumber
and the resulting pay roll will add a
large volume Of cash. monthly, to
the channels Of trade.
II will also mean large addition