The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-12-26
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rapids. Inc amount Oh power
that could be generated within
the distance mentioned has
never been accurately meas
uTed but the Iall is SO great
that Il number OF dams could
be constructed, each barrier to
the water course producing
hundreds OF horse power. AT
present only d very small por
uon OF The water flowing over
the falls is deflected from its
course to turn the wheels OF q
lower generator. That plant
supplies hight for the town, and
such power aS is demanded by
local consumers and nelghbOr-
ing mines. lie demand for
power viii steadily increase,
and there are Ihe means within
easy reach to supply that pow
CT, 1t hardly matters how great
Jhat demand may grow. AS q
resource TO assist IN making
UrOVllIe all that we expect it
yet TO De, the presence OF un-
limited water power Is no small
item III aiding 10 make a bigger
town. All but an atom Of tLis
power Is now gong to waste,
out eventual every available
horse power Will be harnessed
ana put TO use turning the
wheels oI factories, and applied
to every purpose for which
power Is needed.
Back oil the natural re-
sources tributary TO Oroville,
and d feature Luat MAKES prof
ItaDle returns from lneSe re-
sources possible, is the situa-
ton OIL OroVIlle relative to
transportation. Without ready
means oI reaching the worlds
markets., resources. no Latter
now rlcn ana varied, Would
avail little IA building up town
or country. III this respect few
ueW towns are more favorably
situated III the matter of DOS
acSonS and securing railroad
IaclIlues than Orovllle. This
refers not only TO the railroads
OI the present, but to railroads
JAat may be constructed thru
thIo upper country III the fu-
lure. lie town Is on what is
practically d main line OF the
Great Northern railroad sys-
itiu, extending as it does from
spokane, where eastern con-
uecjluno are made, to Vancouv-
eI ana other coast cities. The
powers tuat DC have been dila-
Tory III completing the road to
tuC water, but within the next
Twelve months the line should
DC open 10 traffic through its
elIJue length. This gives the
people Of the valley, and the
products thereof al outlet both
east ana west, and the coast is
certain 10 become an important
market Tor the fruits Of this
valley. Then the Oroville- We.
uatcuee branch will be complet-
eu early III the new year. The
road Is finished from Oroville
10 PaleroS, traVersing the full
length OF the Okanogan valley,
and III operation. The compile
llon OF thus branch gives ORC
VILE a southern outlet, connect
lnS with tile main tranSconti-
lal line Ol The Great Northern
railway. y branch OF the Great
Northern from Oroville north
INTO British Columbia is only
4 question Of time. SURVEYS
Tor this road have been made.
and construction is certainty
Of the future. AT the foot of a
heavy grade both to the east
and west, with branches radi-
atln9 from this station, it is
The natural assumption that
OroylIIe will be made a divi-
sion point, which would carry
with it round houses, machine
shops and all the accessories
that go with division head
quarters, a very material con
trl0ution to the population, and
d leverage that would be a
oree in prying Oroville to the
ront.
AS intimated in the refer
cnce to railroads, no railroad
will build into or through this
."Hrl r.UWrr in the future
..H"uO OroviIIe being the OBJ,
ioctiyc point. The very config-
uration OF the country will
make this imperative. AS
rule railroads follow the, line
Of least resistance reaching a