The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-07-18
:. ,aovS GOOD FOR OROyHLE,

=, week or ten days rumors have
mating around to the effect tina
4. ~ canadian Pacific railroad was ne
s,;,stiug to purchase that part of tht
~, Northern railway from Crane
% Ss,ts B. C., to the Pacific coast. l,
!. been impossible to trace up this
~ 1..or To an authoritative source, buI
m tho fact that it will not down
sr,e have commenced believing tina,
H.. M is something in it. 1t is alleged
49,, under government regulations
\. nresent railroad administrator
IN not apply any money toward the
,.n,oyemen. or betterment of that
.l,t of a railroad operated in the Unit
& states where it is constructed on
c..adian territory, and the Spokane
o,ovrle branch of the Great Northern
4 only enters Canada twice between
I,ur;er and Nelson. but enters Can
4, again at Chopaka, a few miles
nj Of Oroville, and continues on in
c,nada to the coast. If our informa-
IN Is correct as to the attitude of the
abroad administration under such
,ouditions of construction if this part
M.the line is to be kept up it will be
,.cessary that the road get into the
A.uds Of a corporation that can pro-
rds the necessary improvements.
ANYHOW, rumor has it that some
ehsnge Of the kind is to take place,
,,d furthermore that in conjunction
vith the transfer the Canadian Pacific
nntemplates constructing a line up
the Okanogan valley from Oroville to
Psuticton, connecting with the Kettle
Valley railroad at that city. Such a
line will become absolutely necessary
Or the reclamation of the $4,000 acres
Of land north of and just across the
International boundary line from Oro-
Vile, will be labor lost, for without
sasy and ready means of transporta-
In the settlement of that vast tract.
With Il already being put under wa
II, would be impossible. as it would
nean from five to ten miles wagon
haul to the south to reach a railroad,
o haul of 40 to As miles to the
north. That would prohibit the culti-
nton and production of crops. But
lhat section Is not to be without rail
Evaporation and 1t is coming much
luicker than has been expected. The
Iolloving item taken from the last
Penticton Herald shows that the pre-
Hmlnary work Of surveying for a rail-
Nd between Penticton and Oroville
! under way, and the news adds color
b the report that the c. p, has an eye
i The Great Northern road as an in
p1tment:
zulyeyOrs Of the X. V. R.. were
IGS down toward Dog lake this
~, and 1t is believed that the COM
~ u obtaining definite reports as
! the cost of a southern line to Oro-
dlle, 10 that President Beatty of the
p r., will be in position to re-
m Z definite answer to the request
the provincial government that the
v R., build south"
The natural question asked around
NJ 10 II such a transfer is made as
minated what is it going to do for
suville! 1t strikes us that it would
: one Of the most fortunate deals
Aat could happen for Oroville. Under
eaeficent government control the
ailroads are running behind millions
pom millions every month, with little
{ no hopes of further railroad i'm
fovements or construction and a
eteriorating service. If the Canadian
acIfic should buy the line the con-
scting link to the north would GER
lihly materialize. That would make
Fovtlle railroad center with an out
y to the north, south, east and west.
lcfeover. being at the junction of the
oads It would naturally follow that
Als would be made a division point
nh railroad repair shops, large
ound houses, warehouses and other
ecesasry railroad buildings. There
no way Oroville can lose and every
'y that the place can gain if the deal
VI seems to be pending is carried
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