underwood.html

The Hood River News, Hood River, OR., November 17, 1909, page 10

UNDERWOOD

The "Railroad up the White Salmon" is the Chief topic from Underwood to Trout Lake these days, and things certainly look very encouraging. Two right of way men are in the field at Underwood and we understand that they are arranging for a right of way for a flume to bring water to the lower country as well as for the railroad, realizing that it will be to their interests to develop all the country along the line of the road as rapidly as possible. The Evening Telegram under date of November 1st has this to say about it: "Trout Lake Valley may get railroad -- route runs up the White Salmon from Underwood-Guler, Washington, November 1st. This hitherto narrow quiet valley is agog over the probable advent of the railroad. For the last month a surveying crew has been running a preliminary survey from Underwood, at the mouth of the White Salmon River, to Trout Lake, following the river all the way to the Trout Lake Valley proper. Then the surveyors kept to the south of the valley, running their survey directly northwest, going up Trout Creek as far as Guler. An enthusiastic mass meeting was held at the school house at Trout Lake Saturday evening, when the representative citizens and property holders of the valley were present to meet the chief engineer, Milton L. Baldy, of Spokane; when he presented the matter of building a railroad from Underwood to this place. The citizens of this section are anxious for the coming of the iron horse and express themselves willing to do all they could. A committee composed of the following men was appointed by Chairman William Coate: Chris Guler, Herman Thode, William Coate O.J. Smith. This committee will solicit right of way for the proposed road and the engineer stated at that meeting that if no further difficulties presented themselves, construction would begin in 60 days.