The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-05-03
Review Is in Favor but Knockers Are
at Work.
THEY MAY KNOW NEXTTUESDAY
Lewiston Chamber of Commerce Will Set
Forth Views.

Weiser, Portland. Council and
Warren, on one side, are ready to-put
their shoulders to the wheel and push
a wagon road from Warren into
Thunder Mt. The question is, will
the Spokane, Lewiston and Grange
Vile interests, which would use the
road in common with the first named
points, work with us to get the first
road into the gold fields. The Spokes-
man Review favors the union of eff
forts and takes broad and liberal
grounds in an editorial entitled
4tWeisers Fine Spirit" in last Tues
day mornings issue. 1t says:
Weiser has shown commendable spirit
bv sending delegation to Spokane to in
vite this city's cooperation in the import
ant work of building a wagon road to
Thunder Mountain. This action is a
token of enterprise, public spirit and
friendly cooperation that calls for earnest
consideration by the chamber of com
merce.
Mr. Fosselman and Mr. Lockwood, the
Weiser delegates. have presented the case
here with much force and clearness.
They anticipate large movement into
the Thunder Mountain country and the
consequent development of that vast re-
gion of known and unknown wealth.
They advance the self evident assertion
that if Weiser and Spokane are to have
a share of the business developing under
this movement. they must have wagon
road connection with the new gold fields,
because other towns are alert and active,
and wagon roads will surely be built in
there from the east and southeast.
While Spokane and Weiser are rivals,
their rivalry is of friendly nature, anc
in this movement they have common IN
terests. The Weiser route and the north
ern route by way of Spokane, Sites anc
Grangevllle converge at Resort, and from
Resort to Warren, the present terminus
of the wagon road, thetwo routes are one
The present need is the extension OF tn
Warren road to Thunder Mountain.
Spokane should meet this offer
friendly cooperation in tee broad ant
energetic spirit that makesit.
Wednesday mornings issue con
tanned the following mention of tn
committees work and intimates tina
the chamber of commerce has bee
approached by persons who object t
the union of effort for the quickes
and cheapest road:
An adverse report may be submitted
the chamber of commerce by the con
mittee appointed to investigate the ma
ter of Joint effort by Welser, Idaho an
Spokane to build wagon road from Wa
rem to Thunder Mountain. Q. 5. Fosse
man, secretary of the Weiser board {
trade and R. e. Lock wood, editor of TT
Weiser Signal appeared before the chan
Der commerce last Friday and urged sue
cooperation. President Goodall appolnte
Thomas Hooker @. M. Fassett and Cha
L. King committee investigate and T
port at a meeting to have been held la
evening The committee was not reat
to report and the matter went over TO u
meeting next Tuesday evening.
A number of persons familiar WI
different routes to Thunder Mounta
have informed the committee that'
their judgment, Spokane's efforts shou
be directed to the construction OF wa
on road by way of Dixie and the Salm
river, rather than in cooperation wi
Weser They assert that the Dixie rou
has better elevations. and only % or
miles of road would need to be built
against so or go from Warren. The col
mittee is seeking further informatic
and will have complete report ne
Tuesday evening. -
At the recent meeting Secretary "
loves was directed to write to the Lew
ton chamber of commerce and other TO"
of north Idaho asking their advice as
the Weiser enterprise. Il received
brief acknowledgment from Lewiston
day said Mr.. Falowes, informing us u
they would soon send a long letter stat
the views of the Lewiston chamber. I