The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-02-09
GREAT NORTHERN STIRRING.
Southern Oregon Paper Thinks Jim
Hill will Push the Line to
California.

Railroads to the north of us, rail-
roads to the south of us, railroads to
the west of us, makes it almost GER
tain that Weiser will in the near flu
ture hear the snort-o of the iron steeds
of some road other than the o. S. L.
The SIGNAL for years has been per
sistently celebrating upon the great
est railroad proposition in the United
States-that of a trunk line from a
point on some northern road down
through the rich and virgin territory.
of central Idaho, WcIser valley,
South eastern Oregon and North
eastern California; and incidentally
that the line up the Weser to Seven
Devils would be link in the great
er line--it would be the key to the
situation. Appearances are that some
of the great railway corporations are
prepairlng TO occupy this vast terri
tory 600 miles long and 300 miles
wide, rich in every resource and Ia
den with the elements of railway
traffic, and now untouched by rail
except the o. S L %. r N run
ming across The middle the narrow
way-In an editorial in this issue we
refer further to the scope Of such an
enterprise. On all sides railroad
building is active and getting nearer
to Weiser. The strife north of us
leads to the supposition that either
the Northern Pacific or Great North
ern will decide to cut this 200, 600
square miles of new country the long
way and pass through Weiser to Cal
ifornia In fact the Spokesman Re
view says:
Rumors are rife of prospective
building by the Great Northern rail
way through Central, Southern Ore
gon and northern California. They
have been floating about for several
weeks and have appeared in num-
Der of newspapers in the sections
named.
When, few days ago, it was re
ported that sale was on of the San
Francisco q North Pacific ra lroad
the rumors at once became more gen
orally circulated This railroad, know
in California as the''Donahue broad
guage' road, to distinguish it from
the narrow guage road that runs from
Sausalito north, commands a splen
did entrance to the harbor of Sal
Francisco. 1t terminus is at Tilburln
on the north shore of the bay oppo
site San Francisco, its ferry making
connection with the city. Northwar'
the road runs from Tilburon, through
San Quentin, San Rafael, Sonom
and other towns up to the coast, go
ing on to Ukiah, an inland point il
Mendocino county. lnSan Francsc
the story was that the Vanderbilt
were prospective purchasers of tn
road, thereby getting San Francisc
terminal, it being the report that tn
Vanderbilts had the Union Paciti
and Short Line and intended to bull
from point on that system on
the California coast North of Sa
Francisco, however, the story th'
was put in circulation was that I'll
Great Northern was the real prospel
tive purchaser and that Presidel
Hill has an eye on the San Francis(
business
Klamath (Oregon) Republican say
There may be some good found
ton for the rumor of the extensic
of the Great Northern railroad sout
ward to Portland and California. III
president OF that company, j
Hill, is an energetic and enterprisll
railroad man, as shown by his pers
verance IN getting road across u
continent, in competition with thr
other roads-the Northern Pacih
Union Pacific and Canadian Pacih
The Great Northern road is gre
railway now, by entering new hel
with the intention Of still further e
tension into other territory, so as
command an immense share of t
entire Pacific coast trade. Shou
the Great Northern strike southwa
for the Oregon and San Francis
trade, it will no doubt pass into Ca
fornia from the Klamath lake COUNT
crossing Siskiyou county in follow
the klamath river to the lowlands
the coast, thence to Eureka, wher'
junction can bee or'ted with
North Paciiclans has besah, in Nj
docino county, Is. John Kehp Franc
co Bay at Tilb(
With the gul ext
sion on the pag Nor