Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1883-05-24
wEISER CITY CORREoPON-
DENCE.
Oregon Short Line and o. r. N. Com
panies.
WEIsER Cry. Nav II. 1888.

WEIsER CITY, May II, 1888.
FRIEND LELAND:-I arrived here
last Tuesday morning * vs.
AS to railroad matters, | observed with
some care along the route and listened
carefully to all heard. The O. Il. e.
N. will probably reach Meacham Station
on the Blue mountains, Us miles this
side Of PenlIeton), this year; cars will
not run much further than that. 1t will
probably take two years for the road to
reach Huntington and connect with the
o. 5. l.. Here the common talk is that
Gould has the right by the compromise
to run his business over the . Il i n
Cos. line, and the . X 4 n Cos. ine
has the same right over the o s l. line.
Some think Gould has much the best of
the compromise. This division of the
. 5 l. is under the construction OF Mr..
Cleyburne, whose headquarters are here
He seems greatly interested in Lewiston
and its surroundings, and seems to have
no other idea than that the road will
90 to Lewiston if the route is practicable.
He said Mr. Clark told him that from
Lewiston to the Sound was easy; the on
~ question was from here to Lewiston
Clark is now 20 miles below here. He
has crossed over to the Oregon side and
is near the mouth of the Burnt river
lie reports no serious distractions We
read a letter from Mr.. Clark Of date
"Brownlees ferry, May g. stating that
he proceeded to that point As miles
from Burnt river and made from to 4
miles per day with his survey, fact
which was not at Weiser City at the
date of this letter.-ED.l
Mr.. Cleybume says they find it easier
to bridge the Snake river than to do
heavy grading. lie crosses the Snake
three times in his division extending
from the mouth of Boise river to the
mouth Of Burnt river Probably they
will cross and recross the Snake several
times between here and Lewiston. There
is certainly no indication here of the road
stopping at the Snake. BIickensderfer,
the head engineer of the D. s. L., whose
headquarters are at Omaha left here on the
3oth Of April for home Mr.. Cleyburne
remarked that he was very sorry that Mr..
Blickonderier had not met me as he
would be glad to meet anyone well
acquainted with the Lewiston region.
They are certainly taking great
deal of unnecessary trouble if they do
not intend to 90 beyond the Snake, for
that line is established and will probably
be done within Il year from now. DIR,
EaGan, an intelligent gentleman with
whom | travelled in the stage from
Walla Walla to Penlleton, and resides at
P1ndieton, says that Zanicr told him that
he thought the n p would run the Pa
louise road to Lewiston, that they wanted
the grain OF that region, and that was the
.nly way they could get it.
Respectfully,
The statement in the above made by
Zanier does not imply that the n 2. will
DE extended to Moscow, but will come IA
iar as Plainvi,lc this side OF Collax, and
deviatc to Steptoc canyon and follow it
Gown to the Snake, at IA point 10 miles
below Lewiston; thence to Lewiston
This route WIS contemplated some months
ago, and as Willard was ON the Blue
mountain division, where Xanicr is en-
ploycd in the surveys; Zaner doubtless
gathered this much from Willard and this
accounts for Wizards statement made
here that he should consider the qucs-
ton OF road east from Lewiston, which
viii be an extension Of the Palouse road
But we do not expect the Palouse branch
TO go further east than Plainyiie, unless
1t DIVORCES and runs up the Gencsee fiat,
and passes to the Potlatch, and down that
creek to the Clearwater, thence up that
Scream to the Cottonwood, thence up the
Cottonwood to Camas Prairie. 1t ccr-
tainiy never will 20 over the divide be-
tween Moscow and the pot!atch, nor will
it 20 to Moscow and there stop. There
is not enough in such an enterprise, when
Willard can get four times the business
from the Genesee route. AS Mr.. Xauier
} is the principle surveyor who surveyed
! this country, and the chances of reaching
Clearwater, Willard has no doubt inter
viewed Zanicr, and given him the clue
: Of his future plans, and that may be the
! reason why he WAS no more anxious to 60
5 Moscow and Collax. Moscow will have
to wait long time we fear before Mr..
J Willard will try very hard to reach that
place with railroad
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