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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1912)
tmt WEEKLY EDITION VOL. XXVI II liAO I'm 11.11. OPPORTUNITY i;nuix; of i. m; TONKA (OAST i:i:ms m:ar. ' CRESCENT C1IY TERfilMJs!' Redwood I.uinlu i- .Mamiia, turns of. for Hig; Inducements ( (;,,, ''Nil C M inlis. A railroad to the 1'aoitu- coast, ,. bis,' idea toward which Grants Pass has been working ir years, is ' within her Krasji. It is ri,,t. ,-,. t!;i. picking, and the nob. m 1 l 1 ' 11 ' oi tnu nanus of our citizens with whin, to knock the persimmon ironi the tree. For months a oininittee from the commercial club lias lieeu formulat ing plans and considering proposi tions, and has now developed a minute line id action that spells success. surely At Crescent City, the need for raI. road connection with the inland lias been even more pressing than 1ms the demand from the inland h. en for a line toucning tlie seaboard, and it Is this fact that has now limud.t about the situation that will work to Grants I'ass a rent welfare, and to the fruition of a hope of years standing. The proposition as it has come up to Grants Pass is that she join with the coast people in the promotion of the road and the plan has so far de veloped that this city lias but a min or, though an essential part to play in bringing the matter to a success ful issue. This city must meet cer tain conditions, and the committee litis already got those conditions in form for presentim; to a mass meet ing of the citizens to he held in the opera house next Tuesday niu'ht. at which all the plans will he unfold ed. Dr. Reddy, who lias been spokes man before our committee for the various other interests that are in volved in the huikling of this road. brings the details of the work is it I has progressed at the Cresient City end of the line. There the great lumbering companies are behind the Movement. V. .1. liotchkiss. repre GRANTS PASS SEES senting all the timber interests of j the Crescent City district, ruin run- tor trailed subscriptions aggregating aji'o quarter of a million dollars in cash,!iu iud beyond this: tarns over to th - new oiimvim- to be formed eleven . miles of road already constructed, 1 this road having been built by the, Hobbs-Wall company to reach out into its great b"die- of timber. The road is standard :au modern in every respect, and with more ot i's roadbed graded will hasten construe- !; lion from that end. These wii, a. so be turned over to the new cotnpaiiv 'he Crescent City terminals, d'" 1 s "ml water frontage, property invari able to its success. There is no development scl.etne in the west today that offers imu'e than this, and the staietm-nt of the lumber men alone is gufficieir prove its value. Mr. liotchkiss. in a recent statement lias .-aid u.ar timber embraced ill the terr'.torj ,.. tween tho Smith and the Klam.it! fibers is approximately euht billi'M kef. or 400.001 car mads of ' feet to the ar. Add.' I to t!.M Must he the uncounted th cisati i carloads of ore in the mines only await transportation to ! shippers, some idea of th uxnr.". f the freicht traffi- that will of ::,:t the rollln? stock of the n ro.el b"y can be compreh. tide -I. The mill owners ot th" extract with the road to ship a d number of car loads !'- Tarfous mines are also wi.i t. fr into contracts for th.' : f traffic, and co conf.il if J'" mast people over 'he t. Bay that the bi'.l:n- ef r"ad now hinees upon the .-'l e iv mt that Grants Pass civos the 3ect. The great body of rcU""! an GRANTS :d "i.u'u! t.i 'I'. I'i'-i tica.ly ull !V.lu,i,-.i v. , ., l.i c , i .. 'eO l lilted Nates, ; ' " U!"'1 ;- the mi!!: west ,! ' "' of it S , ... ; :" m ; , , , , , '. . I.. .'I.e; s ;,; . ... ' !;! ( ; '' s l" ;u ! : i . I ',V I 1 1 -t Vi:'ort.:;i puns. and .i::..a,U-J, .as.,t tnnnuh t!u llpOll I'M L S I, il' ..-.it. 11 v- .ut.iilins a ,.- f '" ': I"'" -M. besides the - .'L' ' :!:! deterior.it. n i... i ,... i'-itig. With the rail-oa.l I' '..! "-e lit City touching n.p ' itii' here, this lumliT -hipped with a M'.viiu' of Iht M. enough in :t- Southern v '..;!,! i,. !'r in ? I t sc.! to justify the building of the "o-id. aim the reason why the lumber i )"i are determined now to Pull 1 if. I '" l":sincs m, 'ii id this city w ho liave been working upon the proposi tion are enthn-vd uj;h th LHief that this is our ("ipor'nnity. there is a siiii'bniwo. ,if iii -reuse among t he in that wi'l move i? ;-,"ng iii the certiiiiit-.- of the n'Ocoiiie. All the data and the details triM have coin,. jnt0 their hands will be given out at the meeting Tuesday evenfnir. and every citizen sho'dd be p.'esetit. There is no question about the building of this railroad. The lutubi r nianufacturcrs are ijolni; to reai h rail in the interior a::d tliev have aiven (!rants i'ass tue oppo: tunity of bein? the inland .innction lioint. and if we do not rasp the uoldi-n niomeiit it will i;o elsewhere, and drains i'ass will remain with no benefits derived from her prox- ! iniitv to the seaboard. (iOI,l ii ami vi:i iu:i:i;i it w am UtiAH. At a recent meeting of the business men of Gold Ileach and Wedderburn, located at the mouth of the Kouue river, held at th Breakers Hotel at Gold Iteach, the proposition of a wagon road up the Rogue to Grants I'ass was discussed, and the necessity of the highway was urged by several speakers. The coast people, decided to take up the matter with the Grants I'ass Commercial dub, and through the efforts of both towns to bring aboii! the building of the road. The county of .lo.-eplilne an j the forestry service are about to com mence the expenditure of tin ?t.vu" appropriation upon the trail down the river, and the advocates of the road believe that this trail hou!,l ultim- itely be widened for the pa-au-e oi .chicles. The uraib- will -u i ;i 1 '1 , i-il in many places i oiisbb rable e ictisive rock would be necessary. A wauon road at ptcscnt e thN 1 a lew miies up Hi'' co.im ,1 Iteach and Wediietbiirn. 11 tki- end the 1 1, Is ends just hwt'i Ahneda miae. 1-rota Kaiid on to the mouth of W hi dvek there is a stiet ct the most cm t:a tlsive Kind of read billMim:, a ,., ci-h mi;-' h t r. :t . 1 hav- , i" ' cos! ?l.i"."' pel' mile, it is lure: blasted it "i ' :'A' all' I hi will I" one of t lie l:l' ' es of 1 : a,l ons'r'K tioii "ii ' I"' eu-1 'lie efforts put tort li by Grants Pass e lout'-. Mach "' th.' lower endto obtain a coast road. For years ttr oi the route is over fairly level coun-1 ,,; i.,,, M.e great ;ait a 1 .. 1 j .-, ; ;e Ueg'.c ill in vo ' ' "i.-i ' a-- : , . ,1 bat tl,t bv ;i ti v 11. eat. s .- ir:;.o n for .:es. atl'l 111'' J..oi-,ieeii Id. ii- "1 the roa 1 '3 t :.d .- 10:. 1,1 in"-' aie 0 :ro:u witti ".'i the people p-r-sl of G ass Motor Pelays eastei' Mr. -..nd Mr;, it. soil ( otll- :hi.ir Thank-giving d.iy at me:: ' " la . g in ord'T . irk at time t" - f) peV- ' to spend , The mo- ! w 11 . or a: !i the t- '" v mo' h t-: r ' in'' 1 ib.g'i" b.e n ' 1' IB : w - : "-' I ,, whi !. !! ' iple of Grants Pass meet the demands ; e:!. 1 Mr. aa l Mr A' ; that would bo made upon them to as .. I1.. i;ri::'s I'ass depot pure Immediate hucci-bh. In explain- Tell 1 1 .T v .1 f tl To si r;e" r - for Hk M.e M'irr-y w t tj.p ::).,' m'ti criai serv res. . 1 .. .. : h w ,e J; e I (J on .-un'M.' i''i Piss JosmilNK IXllNfV, OKIGON. I'KIDIV. NO IIMHI U PACIFIC INTERIM! RAILROAD CO. INCORPORATION PAPERS ARE FILED Citizens Subscribe Liberally to Construction Fund, and Building Will Commence From Both Ends of the Route l'A( II l( .TI ;()K KAIUlOAh is i( oKi'ouA Uin. Incorporation mxr. urn lllcil Midi the clerk (.f pbiue county Mliicli witness the legal Mi di ,,f (u. i, ii,..iK,.r- ior ( oinpunj, oigani,re, for the purpose of consti m tini; a i Mj. 4 i-oiul from (niiiiH Vast to tide wiiti-r at Crescent 'ity, Culi. roiiiia, The hit oiniiiioi s nre ". McUliistij, t;,Mi. tdhlg and W. I'. CJuinlaii, 11 in) (lie conipiiiiy Is cnpitiilUcI SS10(,(MM), divided Into Kl.noo sliaren of 11 wir value of !il cat Ii. Tlie pi incl- pal plucp of Amsiiirss of the new company Is giwn mm tJinnts I'ass. 'A ,bon, issue of S'JOO.IIdtl to assist in (lie liiuiiu ln of the ',i- ilic-lnteiiof ILiilwnj, th,. Giants I'nss tn ( icscent ( 'ity line, was giwn prnctically unan imous indorsement by (be voter of (bis city in muss meeting Tuesday night. Speakers from tlie Commer cial (lull committer explained Hie details of the railroad plan, and so favorably did It meet Midi tli approval of the citi zens that they not only sub. . scrilx'd thousands flr . ,n. meliate us(. of the company, hut "hen 11 rising ote as calltsl iimiii tin IxhmI ssl pi'oiosiioii there was not a dissenter in the great crowd. If lilieialily ami unity and en thusiasm Imilil railroads, the toast line s today as good as const no ted. Chairman Ik T. MiKinstry of the trom jcommitteo that has been working amlh'ii: the ways and means presided at be-i'he mass meeting, and exuded th" the joptiiuisiu of his fellows in his open-led eyliug address in which lie explained 'that there was no question about theison to make a start that will Insure ! outci.n the road is going to I e built. " likim-hai-il lAplains Plan Attorney Ulanchard followed with a graphic recital of the lilstory of negotiations had been carried 011 w it Ii the Southern Pacific, and the hope bad been continually held out that that company would "soon pro- Willi consl ruillOII. tiui tile day for longer wahing had passed, ,Baid .Mr. jnan'nara. .now there linn be no division of sentiment in liirants I'ass. There can be 110 north 'side and no south side, no Mauley (nien, no Smith men, no Hobart men, no wet, no drys. Are we agreed?" "The Aye Hate It.' And the roar of ayes that ascend ed from the fioO throats attested the spirit of the 1 (immunity. Mr. Ulanchard said that with the lotnitig of lr. Reddy and the plan whi'h he had outlined the business 111. 11 had seen the opportunity for the building of the road, and that all that was required was that the peo- p -M.".a'; "ti. a lug Dr. Reddy's proposPlon, he said , ti 'he two that the redwood lumber people, !. up a train through Mr. liotchkiss, ftood ready ve. ''o turn a dozen miles of already con structed railroad over to the, new company, and that they would snb I ing at Ab-! scribe financially. He said that an option was now neid upon tne Draper - .1 k , r - .. - . . a 1-1 . 1 - . n'r. ci u, eic, inis in- t hiding the L'tl acres of terminals within the (ity of Grants Pass, tit tee n miles of purchased right of way. Held notes ami Mirvey to the coast, upon which the Uraper-Gunn people had expended $ t :0, uiu. The price to Grants Pass for this was to be $;!.!, noil, the terminal ground within the city being worth nearly that sum alone. Holding Company Orgiini.ed. A local organization had been In corpoi ated, said .Mr. Ulanchard, the i'acitii-lnterior Company, which waa to net as a holding company here which would hold for the stockhold ers such property as was purchased till It came time to turn It over to the larger corporation, so that the lo cal Interests would at all times be safeguarded. Stocks or bonds of the larger company could then be taken or a cash sale made, which ever seemed most advantageous. A like arrangement was to bo provided nt the Crescent City end, where :i loml holding company would be organ ized, that city having subscribed $."0,hhi in addition to the subscrip tion of the lumber men, with which they wpro ready to commence im mediate construction work. "We are tired of waiting for some one to do something for us and we are going to do something for our selves." concluded Mr. Illanchnrd. Mayor Smith indorses I loud Issue. Mayor Robert G. Smith entered nt once Into the heart of the proposi tion by advocating the Issunire of bonds by the municipality. Smith referred to t lie fart that as long ago as last June ho had advocated a bond issue for the construction of a rail road to the Applegate valley, he then having taken up the discussion with the Rogue River Lime Co., who had in contemplation the erection of im mense cement and lime plants on Cheney creek. Mr. Smith stated Ills Idea of the Issuance of bonds as fol lows: "When Mr. ,1. F. Reddy about two weeks ago llrst approached the citi zens on this subject, I then suggest ed to him that on account of the ex pense of terminal grounds and a bridge across Rogue river the amount of money that could be rnls- here would not (instruct much railroad In mileage. For that rea success we sliould use the credit i f the community to further an enter prise that, means so much to us. Call Ponds llleeiiou. "Therefore I am in favor of sub mitting to the electors of the city tile proposition to Issue JIO'I.'MU) bonds for general municipal pur poses with the declared intention to use that sum to purchase terminal grounds, build a bridge and lay rail-, the first few miles out of Grants Pass, to tie absolutely owned by the (Ity, but leased to the proposed rail road company for the Interest on the bonds wth an option to buy the s-iu,.-at cost and Interest, provided Mat JOU.nun will be raised to extend the road toward and beyond Applega'e This would give a total sum of $ I. ,:., U'MI for terminals and construction, as the city would desire to withhold $'),000 for the firs', year's interest on the bonds. This rightfully us.-d would build a road beyond Applegate and the city would lie amply secured, and that the road would be tak' ti off the city's hands in a short time and every rent repaid I feel morally er tain. lloii Issue Ia'uhI. ' There are no legal dstacts to overcome except a vote of the peo ple to Issue ti p bonds. If this meet ing deems It advisable. I will tall a nn'tlfig of the common council to morrow night, or any other time I ank thtn to pass on the question of submltflnn th Issuance of bonds un der the proper conditions to the elec tors of thf city." Mr. Smith also proposed that ti10 count j couit should build a comliin atiou wagon and railroad budgo a-ross the Applegate river, to be lat er sold to the company, and this pro position was indorsed by the, meet ing. He pointed 0.11 what the coun ty would gam in taxable property through the building of the railroad, and that it could well afford to luster and assist In tlu enterprise. The may or pointed out the advant age that would tome to this tity as soon us construction w as 1 ouimcuced, and through all the years in the pay roll that would be created.. The building up of tho cement and lime industry on Cheney creek, the mak ing available of tracts of timber that would supply mills and factories, and the mining activity that would lie brought about. Home Indorsement s-ded. Dr. J. F. Reddy, to whoso rapacity and ability as an organizer ami pro no ter the present combination of circumstances has been brought aLout, said that tho best possible In- a'tcement that could be offered out side capital to Interest itself in a community was the faith the com munity exhibited In itself and In ita resources. Regarding the route to the coast. the doctor said that It had been passed upon by competent engineers, and that It was entirely practicable, lie said that terminals, right of way and wharfage nt Crescent City had already been arranged for, and that the coast interests were In them selves of magnitude enough to war rant the building of the road, and that unless It had been possible to make the arrangements that he had made with the lumber men there, he would not have Interested himself In the road's promotion. lie eulogized the mining Interests adjacent to Giants Pass, and said that with Hie building of this road there would be opened up an industry that would supply both the pay roll and the mar ket. "One copper mine," said Dr. Reddy, "1b worth n dozen sawmills, and Is worth all the farms In the valley." lie added that it was prob able that with transportation there were mines that would give employ, ment to from 1,0011 to l.r.OO tne'i each. Tonnage Is Here, He told of the building of the branch lines In the Spokane mining districts where there was not one half the tonnage In sight that Is now guaranteed this line. That the solution of the railroad question was In the hands of the city of Grants Pass the doctor averred. He said that he was in touch with capital, and knew right where to go to finance the si heme if the people of this city do -their duty. "Issue bonds to raise the. necesciry funds and nothing can stop the building of this road." said the doc tor, Mr. Gllkey Strikes Keynote. Tashbr II. .. Gilkey or the First National bank, said that the propo sition of bonding the town was th.. most feasible that hud yet been ad vance,' n the eatlru railroad ina. ter, and lie gave It enthusiastic en dorsement, Hut Instead or bonding for $ I mi. linn, Mr. Gllkey favored the making of an !sue of J.'Ou.iMm, anil returning to tho people the sums which might now bo subscribed for the Immediate 'iirryltig on of the building of tUe road, lie went into the finances of the question, and showed bow light would be the ef fect on the taxpayers to bond a city of the size of Grants Pass for $l'uu, """ A two mill tax, be showed, meant lei-s than $ on cm h $l,iuo, and this would meet 'he annual pay menu, and with the added valua tions ami the new wealth that would be created. It would be a mnf'er of small moment. I Indorsement s I iiaiiliiious. Ringing addrrs.ses were made In favor of the proposition by Thos F. nanley, H. C. Kinney, ('. . Ilobart. I resident tit the commercial ilub, A. C. Hough, and o'h-rs, and when the ijre.tt (oiiniurse of people, was asked j to express Its mind upon the I'iuu, Oo'i bond Issue there whs a spontan eous ruing or the audience, and not a man offered objedlon or voted in! opposition, and acting upon this sen-1 1 1 ment. Mayor Smith and the coun-j ir.nil....j n-- -i , I SPECIAL BOND ELECTION DEC, 18 COI M ll, t'AI.I.I K Ml.i:n(j I 'A ss S OKMYWi:. ISSUE TO BE $200,000 Houds to Hoar Not More Than live Per Cent Interest, ami Not to be Sold at l4ss Thau Par. On Wednesday, December lSth, the voters of Grants Pass wPl veto upon the proposition 0f bonding the city in the sum of $00,000 to nsshd, In tho ilnanclng of the proposed rail way to the sea. Tho council, In special session Wednesday night, passed nn ordi nance calling Tor the election, there being but one vote recorded against It. that of Mr. lOverton, he stating that there were some features Invol ving tho legality of the bond Issue upon which he was in doubt. The mayor said that all these points had been carefully looked Into, and that the action of the council met tho law In every particular. Other than Mr. Kverton the eoiui cllnien were agreed that It was the wise and the profitable thing to t'.o. and Mayor Smith made It clear that the Interests of the city would be safeguarded In every particular. He said that tho city could not Invest In llio stocks or tho bonds of the cor poration, but that It could purchnse and hold, for sale or lense, lands, bridges, trackngo, etc, and tho orJl nnnco passed protects the public on all theso points. Tho bonds shall not bear n greater Interest than five per cent, and shall not be sold for less than the par value, and shall be ro deeniiible In such time as the coun cil shall fix. The ordinance recites that tho 'oiincll shall have authority and power to Incur indebtedness nnd pledge the credit of Hie city for tho sum of two hundred thousand dol lars, in addition to the other Indebt edness of the city now outstanding-, for general municipal purposes, building bridges, roads or electric, or steam roads or tramways within or without tho city of Grants Pass Pt .losephlne county, nnd to buy nnd hold real estate for such purpose 'lAl lill MINI S OF ,11 MP. oi f-iAi: oi'i it i i s. Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Ilowland have returned from their mining proper ties in the Jump-Off -Joe district where they have been fur the past two months. Mr. ilowland reports that all of the .liimp-Orr-.loii placer mines are either already at work or that they will begin operations before the end of another week. .Sufficient water for placer mining was available this season much earlier than usual, and some of the mines were not ready to make use of the first How. The giants of tho Hexton and of the II. ti; C. are active now, however, and the three giant on the Swastika will commence washing out tho gravel next week, Tim Jack's creek mine is Install ing a gasoline engine and hoist, und will use the outfit to lift some of the heaviest boulders out of the w ay. The miners are all enthusiastic over the outlook, am) with tho early (otnlng of the water anticipate u most profitable season's run. Illi yile Nuiii lliliMles - Kd. S'yger is suffering from the effects of a carhldo bicycle lamp ex ploding, which occurred several days ago The young man had filled the lamp and was lighting It. when, with out warning the flames ohot out, burned hi eyebrows and seriously scorched his nose and eyes. The wounds are very painful, but uot er-lout. v.miinufu on rg(! rive.j