On the front page is a notice that describes the beginning of a survey for a new railroad line that would link Glenwood and Yakima. The line has been projected to continue south out of Glenwood to reach the Columbia River, with the route of the new trackage paralleling the White Salmon River in areas as it proceeds southward.
Oh well, it's April 1, so we thought we'd have some fun.
This news item actually appeared on the front page of The Enterprise on Aug. 10, 1928. We don't know how serious the surveying effort was, but suffice it to say that no rail line linking Yakima to Glenwood was ever built. Maybe the timing of the project was off: 1928 was basically at the dawn of the nation's Great Depression era, which started in 1929 with a major stock market collapse. With the economy going downhill fast, infrastructure plans were being shelved all around the nation, and the proposed rail line connecting Yakima with the Glenwood area may well have fallen victim to that phenomenon.
It's a totally new world now. Given the controversy these days over proposals to build a small resort at Broughton Landing or to erect wind turbines near Underwood (for just two recent examples), we can only imagine the immense uproar a proposal for a new railroad line would cause in this area. It makes us laugh, in fact.
But after all, that's what April Fool's Day is all about.
JB
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