The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-04-25
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PRESIDENT GRAY GIVES :,
THAT ENGINEER wfi'.,
SENT HERE AT ON4
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FINISH BRANCH oCTt.on'
OrOville.W .Wenatchee Line
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Operation by Middle Of =
Positive Announce
Carl r. Gray, President

Carl R. Gray, President O. D.
Northern, gave assurance p \
last Friday that shortly aft af
the other officials of the ro.AM
panying him reached Ses
would decide upon an eSNc
make the survey of the EastssE
Okanogan Valley IrrigatiQtNZ.
and send him in here as f,Iv'
necessary arrangements @Xlf
made. M
The special train on W. 4
dent Gray and the other OF W
eled arrived here about 4,s'tsr'
day, remained here but a NJ !,
and then continued on dow ET/S
side, where the party took s&tI,.
to Wenatchee. The memf" a
party, besides Mr.. Gray, v1iH
Kenney, vice president; M. j.,
assistant general traffic mas 81
M. CRUDE, general manager n =
man, assistant to the pres Ga<ia
Scott, general superinte, M. r.
Budd, chief engineer, and u J; \
division superintendent. IN, {
and Mr.. Doyle returned on. ~ ,
the balance of the officS ~ :.
through to Wenatchee. ) a. =.
The object of the trip was -
the work on the Oroville-Wes
branch and to view the B 80 .
through which the road travss
While the stnns along the featto
of brief duration they were suf2i
to give the members of the ps..p
idea of the character of the ~,
tributary to the new branch :
possibility of developing tra3
The assurance that the dy
thern will have detailed S, j
the local irrigation project m; !
spring, was given by President c
to }. F. Samson, secretary of tn. Z
Okanogan Valley Irrigation prof
and sets at rest all doubt concern
the intention Of the railroad regard
that proposition.
This is news most cheering to
people of this community and of
entire valley, for that matter. fol
is evidence that the Great North
is anxious to asst in Fastening the
velopment of the country served
the new branch line, an attitude t
gives promise of mutual benefit.
The fact that the Great Nort,
intends to have an early detea~'i /
tion of the cost and charact I'M
local irrigation project made M
gratifying enough to raise th, ~
of the people of this section. S|
further announcement that tn
ville-Wenatchee line will be cor !
and turned over to the opera ~,
partment of the road not latJl 3
October Is adds greatly to !. ,,lnc.
ing prospects for the year ..srsh.
nouncement was made u mee,1
Gray on his arrival in We
ter inspecting the const.n rec.
ready done on the line. Insing
direct question he said: Vile.
quite certain that the line Walton
nected and ready for opera e.
later than October Is. OF cour.
will be much ballasting to be q
but we shall then turn the III Z
to the operating department :rr:as I.
He said that track laying W y, X =
gin at the Wenatchee end of t. K
about June 1st. U
This means that the Great ,, 4
no longer intends to follow Z
tory tactics that marked it's y, :
into this country and which z
ferred so long the hope of con. W
OF the line to the westward frorO i
to Vancouver. The time limit gFa:
by the government for the constl
tion of the line to Wenatchee was
cember 31st, but the company evi'
ly does not intend to exhaust it's
iod of grace. This will therefore
the entire Okanogan valley direct
munication with the coast markets
early fall a privilege greatly des
and which will prove highly bene'