The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-02-07
OROvILLE TO VANCOUVER LINE
TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE
THE END OF THIS YEAR.
DELAY EXTENSION NO LONGER
Louis w. Hill Given as Authority for
Announcement by Premier Nc.
Bride Of British Columbia.

Direct connection between Orov lie
and the coast at Vancouver in 1913 is
the announcement made in the la II
issue of the Similkameen Star on nc
less an authority than the positive as.
surance of Premier Sir Richard Nc.
Bride. Quoting the premier, the Sta.
says:
Touching on the railway situation
the premier stated that by the end ri
1914 the Kettle Valley railway will be
the coast and the Boundary county
He stated that some activity had re-
Gently been exhibited by the Great
Northern railway in connection with
the V. V. & p. line between the coast
and the Boundary.
For years British Columbia has
been awaiting the fruition of the plans
of the Great Northern in respect to the
", v. & E. railway. declared Sir Rich
ard, and the work has been deferred
till lately. l now have it on author
ity of President Gray, of the Grea;
Northern; Mr.. A. H. McNeill, K. C..
general council of the railway in Brit
ish Columbia, and Mr.. Louis w. H l
chairman of the board of the railway
that the work of building the ", v.
E. railway will be proceeded without
delay. so that by the end of next yea
the coast districts will enjoy connet
ton with the Boundary by these two
lines of railway"
The ", v. & e. has been anything
but a precocious child of the Gre4 4,
Northern. 1t has ben creeping weak
ly and falteringly forward for several
years without develoDing any signs OF
ever arriving at sufficient maturity to
run. Its progress from Curlew <
this place was an agonizing series @,
delays and after building up the Sinil.
kameen to Princeton it appeared to
suffer. a stroke of paralysis that halted
further progress. Its convalescencc
has been a slow process, and the sign:
of progress and activity at that end oi
the line have been SO infrequent and
so feeble that interest in the extensi n
of the road westward has been more
confined to speculation than to hopes
of early completion The announce
ment coming at this time from such a
source as Sir Richard Mcbride on the
authority that he quotes SO positively
Is the most cheering news concerning
the extension of the line that has zen
received here for many months.
This news is particularly cheering al
this time, coming as 1t does in con-
junction with the final definite assur.
ance of the completion and operation
this year of the Oroville-W -Wenatchee
branch of the Great Northern. This
will give Oroville and the Okanogan
valley unusual transportation FACT.
ties and ready access to the best ma
kets of the northwest.
The Great Northern is doubtless in.
fluenced in its decision to complete
these two lines by the near approach OF
the opening of the Panama canal. In
fact, the remarkable activity through
out the Pacific coast states in railroad
construction and projection is due t.
the approaching completion of the biz
hitch. Revolutionary changes in the
economic development of the west are
expected to follow the opening of the
Panama canal, and the transcontinent
al railroad systems are doing theil
utmost to get into a position to sue,
cessfully compete for the traffic tia
all believe will cerainly be create
here as result of the expected de.
velOpment.