Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-15
RAILROAD MEETING.

! Pursuant 10 call number Of the
live men Of Rocky Bar assembled
at the court house last Saturday
evening for the purpose Of giving
expressions of encouragement to-
ward the building Of railroad from
Salt Lake via HALEY to Rocky Bar
and thence on the Pacific Coast.
Aug Outflow, Esq, was called to
preside over the meeting and +. I.
Wyman, Esq, chosen secretary.
After the chairman had stated the
object of the meeting, he was asked
to read the report that it was gem
orally known he had prepared in
relation TO the country northwest Of
Rocky Bar, and its resources. The
request was granted. The report
and map accompanying it proved TO
be a plain and very able description
of the line of the proposed railroad
from Rocky Bar running northwest,
and the author granted the request
that the report be published in the
BULLETIN. Ii is as follows:
| Proposed Route Tor the Railroad connecting At
Junction BAR, Eimore county. idaho, with the
Contemplated Railroad from salt Lake ci'y via
HALEY 10 the Seven Devils and aortheriy 10 Pu-
get Sound.
Rockr Rsn. IpAHo, Nov. 7. 1854
To Nal. Edmond Wilkes, chief Engineer Sal. Lake
and HALEY Railroad:
TIE proposed route. commencing q sunsslcn ~
can get "a sAsy sni regular grade 70 NncSy ta'
throlsh the Feather River sanyon, Within two miles
beio~ Rocky BAR. where u can make . curve toward
serious olssracilsa 70 The ta~n 81 hocky Bar sons
seven miles distant From Rocky ts2r the road cas
follow up Beas creek 70 u. hesi~aters, then over
ioa divide through the mountains. then by zradua
descent down " the Middle Boise river. aeross Tn
river on 20 Zig hAr some 10 miles ssow the town 2
Atlanta. Big Bar 10 about Is miles northwestert
IRON Rosky Bas On this part Of the road Their
would he easy and gradual grade for nlountail
railroad. From Big Bar the ROAD could climb "a
: through q low divide TO the summit. then down an
other canyon 20 the North Boise river about IL mile
belo~ silver Mountain. then up another rueh 70 N
sumnlit to the Crook ed River canyon TO within
sbout two and halt miles 81 Banner. some % mile
northerly from big Bar. From Hammer she ROAD =
: about IS miles. The divide here Is quite high am
would probably be the most difcnit part Of the pro
posed route-stii. II can be easily osorcome by GOO
II X
and expense the road could get Through nicely. Tn
couutry is looniy and little blasting required Fror
cav srsas %. IL mile. ssina level country Fros
Centerville to Parersille the grade 10 quite good q
six miles. From Paceryiie you 60 over how diyd,
! then down Alder Creek canyon TO the bridge on A
der creek about Il miles, quite easy route pss.in
not far away FROM Quartzsurg and Gold hill Ihene
!: scross the Pasette river into Garden Valley an
= through the same 10 Packer Johns, by gosng dow
Trail creek. Here, km IL miles, you have fsiri
a good grade upon which railroad can easily b. mad'
through Long Valley up 70 within two and a ha
miles south % Copeianfs YOU have level prAir
coun.r, ios o. miles, passing many farms and cart
ranches, IN well w2tfred and timbered eonntr'
Here hay grain and potatoes raised Ia abirest.
and the hill ranges are the cattemAa's paradise
gong through long Valley 'ss cas-. q 'i ne ~ psss
- river Boulder creek Some tso and half mil
south~ esscriy from copelands you can cross over
= diside through gradually ascending canyon do~
, and over salmon Meadows 10 whites station,
y you leave whites 10 the north aud g over 2.
e Meadows, q level countr, for ten miles, dosn Y
Neiser river towards PFices Valley, ON up TO q
VI headwaters Of the weisrr, up Hornet SrsSG 70 U
Seven Devils good grade for raiirc.si--eistAn
- from Co,,slAnds about S. miles striking the hes
waisrs 81 Rabbit creek en- the divide toward Litt
Salmon hyes. The country all through this route
veil timssred a.s the ties i.r tbs road could be c
- you pAss through. The timber around the Sew
. Devils Is sDme OF the best In Idaho.
y Respectfully submitted AUG OUTFLOW
. A motion was made that th
j chair appoir. two gentlemen frol
u the audience TO act in conjunctio
le with the chairman as a commit.
on resolutions. The motion havir
o prevailed the chair appointed job
r Van Schaiek and G. M. Payne
he act with him as such committee.
70 The meeting then adjourned ii
Al Wednesday evening, TO recei'
4 and act upon the report Of the cor
7. mittee.
Wednesday evening the commi
> tee submitted the following:
re That the contemplated railros
r. from Salt Lake to HALEY having
II route surveyed as far northerly
d. Junction Bar, six miles from Rocl
IN Bar, and it being understood tn
ia that this railroad company is d
s. sirous Of having a through rou
r. northerly TO the Seven Devils cou
K try, we would recommend the ado
ne ton of the route proposed by Au
il. Outflow, Esq, as the most feasah
l. one through the canyons and mou
t. tain passes of the country from he
Is to that place, tapping as it does
of number of the most promising mi
be ing towns in Idaho, a number
b. fertile and productive valleys a
,s- running through immense stretch
of available timber well suited
nd the manufacture Of the best quail
re- of lumber.
- That the railroad must be of
ut calculable benefit to all the inhs
ch itants of this section of Idaho, OPP
he ing up as it surely will the v,
no mineral, lumber and agricultul
cir resources of this section of Idal
err. giving us cheaper and quicker ira
portation, enabling us to rece
freight and ship our ores direc
en- from our own mining camps a
nd towns by railroad, encouraging c.
ital to come and assist in devel
8. ing our mines and prospects.
Your committee would reco
mend that all the inhabitants