Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-09-01

vested there, and outside capltdi,
build their own. road direct from
Buffalo Hump to the railroad,
which they will surely do If they
are forced to build roads for the
county, on top of putting up the
money for the actual development
of their properties? The more adj
vantageous route for the man put
ting up his money to develop prop
erty in the Buffalo Hump district
would be the latter mentioned
route, considering the enormous
amount of tonnage which will
eventually be produced at the
mines.
"When you take into considera-
ton that a road could be built from
Adams camp to Buffalo and the en-
tire traffic thrown to Grangeville
for the diminutive sum of So, 200.
considering the amount involved,
it would seem that from questions
Of personal interest alone, the peo-
Pile interested in the future of
Grangeville would rush to the as
sistance Of those struggling in the
mountains, trying to develop their
properties under the present adj
verse circumstances, by bearing a
portion of this expense. This ques-
ton has now reached II point
where it is Of gigantic importance.
cit is not a mere trifle, but
should be seriously considered, and
action at once taken. This ques-
ton and it's attendant matters have
caused me to make this visit to
Grangeville.
cit is now question of "fish
or cut bait" / am not talking
idly when / say that l have the
positive assurance Of the company
which l have the honor to repre-
sent, and with the association of
other companies interested, that if
arrangements cannot be perfected
for the road via Adams camp we
are to proceed, against our inclina-
ton, to build the road to Stuart.
Outside the question mentioned,
the future of Buffalo Hump never
looked brighter than it does today.
1t is merely question of develop
ment until she will be placed on
the list as one of the big producers
of the great northwest"
1t was learned from j. f. Hens
ley that the bucket elevator
dredger which was to have been
installed on the property of the
Florence Dredging company will
not be put in this season. In a
letter from w. Ii. Picking, who is
interested in the company, from
Bucryus, Ohio, that gentleman
says: ''Therc is great demand
for the new apparatus which we
intend to put on the property and
we will have to take our turn in
obtaining ours, hence l deem it adj
visable not to attempt to put it in
this winter, but we will go ahead
and do our assessment work and
early next season we will install
the new plant" He sta es that
the new dredger is most satisfac-
tory, in that they are able to get
most satisfactory results from its
use at Placerville, Idaho, where
they have been working on a large
plant for some time past, and where
they have not the advantages which
they have at Florence.
D. S. hurry, manager for this
district Of the Rocky Mountain
Bell-Telephone Co. was in the city
over Sunday, as the guest of Gov.
Vic. Bierbower. The gentleman
was not inclined to talk much con-
eerning the purport of his visit, but
Significantly said: eve are fol-
lowing up the P. |. & n. road, and
we are rapidly coming this
way, and you know that this coun-
try is in our section, we having as
our territory all of Idaho, except
Nez Perez and Latah counties. We
also control Montana, Utah and
Wyoming"
George r. Seeney, of Florence,
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