Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-12-14

az Avn N'N'' ~ HNhl1t 'NliIl'ti' -
still working a force of graders ON
Lapwai creek.
Ben Morris has hccn employed to
make a tour Of CHnlas prairie In the
interest Of the .. Il. {: n company.
He will negotiate with his old Leigh
bors for rights -ofway Transfers.
1t is now generally COZ celed that the
route OF the O. r. & y. TO Camae
prairie will be by the Little Canyon
Fork of Big Canyon. II is ou this line
that the energies are BOW cunct trated
The Weiser II Spokane railroad have
secured from the Oregon Short Lime
rails enough to build one hundred
miles Of railroad That road VIII be
extended TO the Seven Devils next
spring.
The \. =. road to he Prairie will he
by the Lapwai spur to Fine City past
Cold Springs west OF NJ sor Butt.
south Of Cottonwood !own toward
Keuterville and over the south : de Ot
the Prairie to Grangeville. Til, pubic
will he sac in estimating upon this
program.
The lines OF railroad laid out for con-
struction in the Northwest during the
coming year amount TO 1000 miles.
or this distance 500 mites have been
contrscted within the past month, and
and other contracts will follow "a fast
"a the location work Is completed.
The o. r. 4 \. company, il Is pre-
dicted. will established a depet on the
north side ot Clearwater, and extend
their road up the river and on to the
Prairie heforo crossing to the Lewiston
side. The Lewiston bridge will he
apart Of the Snake river extention to
follow.
Geo Erb went to the interior this
morning with sealed orders from the
o. r & N. Company He ia engaged
for three weeks and his business is to
secure rights-nf-way for the company.
He will receive instructions from locat-
ing engineers to whom he will report
at some point OH ramas prairie.
The tie contractors have decided to
continue work in the established
camps i'll winter subsidies; then some
big camp will he established on Craig
mountain. IT has been deemed In
advisable to strike a new camp In mid
roads Both roads are in the market
for tiaa, even millions of them.
THE obstruction Of steamboat traffic
it is believed will promote railroad con
nection with Riperia. This promises
to he season of extreme low water
and n continuous winter will divert a
great deaf Of trade from the o. r. & \.
lines. The question of construction on
this link has been seriously discussed
during this temporary obstruction.
f. &. Burlingame who had con-
tract on the Y. p at the time of the
extension to this CITY took his outfit to
the lower river last Monday. He has
a sub.contract on the o, r. & y. ex-
tension from Wallula to R'paria. The
contractors are displaying good deal
of energy at this time. There seems to
be a big lot OF railroad work IN sight
The y. r., & " people have local
surveyors in the field to assist In the
connection of railroad surveys with
government liUes. This comrany
seems TO get rieh's-of-way far In adj
vance Of their work. Their agents are
at work OF. Camas prairie and on the
reservation before the Snake river
route or the Clearwater route have
been secured by deed. This policy is
supposed to he pursued 10 give them
control Of passes more effectively than
the usual methods.