The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-02-24
THE SUMMIT TRAMWAY co.
Af''e's' OF Incorporation Filed Yesterday
Isp'tal Stock S2s.oO0--Tram from Summit
to Agatha.


Isp'ta' Stock $2s.oo0-Tram from Summit
to Agatha.
George W. Bashor, of Summit filed at
the court house yesterday the articles of
Incorporation Of The Summit Tramway
Company, Limited, organized to build
ana operate tramway running from
po'nt near Summit to point on the
north side Of Clearwater at Agatha. The
uamway company has capital stock Of
3o5'ooo and the majority Of this is pro-
v'ded for among the farmers in the terri
tory served by the tramwsy. The board
OF directors consists Of seven meml,ers
and the following were chosen for the
first year: George W. Bashor, W. l..
Castor, w. G. Childs. W. S. Rice, VIM.
Mustoe. Louis Clark. Pitts Ellis.
Mr.. Bashor was seen yesterday con.
cerning the new business venture. He
said that the new tramwAy would be
about two miles in length and have a
vertical drop Of about 500 feet. 1t would
serve the country about Summit, Mel
rose, Myrtle, Clifford, Look out, and even
part of the Cold Springs country, a terri.
tory which would ship fully $4,000
bushels of grain next season.
"rhe grain from that section" said
Mr.. Bashor, ''is now being hauled to I.e-
more and delivered at the tramway there
and the farmers have been paying IS
cents per ton Tor training and handling
charges We will give the farmers three
miles less haul and will probably charge
them fI 90 per ton and deliver their
grain at a warehouse where they can re.
ceive from to cents more per bushel
than they have been getting at Lenore
where there is no compe ition.
eve want tramway that will deliver
900 sacks per hour aud will build our
main warehouse at the top Of the hill and
only smaller ones below and deliver our
grain as we load the cars. The tramway
will be in place 10 handle this year 8
crop. am here now to make arrange
mems with surveyor and the money is
available to take the machinery as soon
as ii can be delivered We figure that
the tramway will nearly pay for itself the
| first year"
The articles of incorporation say tina,
the company is organized to build. op.
crate, construct and maintain a cable,
and to sell, handle, store, transfer and
transport grain and merchandise and te
do general tramway business. Mr.
Bashor filed yesterday the right Of wa,
secured across the William Evans home
stead aud across the river to the point O
the warehouse on the railroad. The
company was organized last Friday ths
report of which meeting is as follows:
A meeting of farmers of the Clifford
Myrtle, and Melrose districts was helt
at Clifford Friday, when organization o
the Myrtle Agatha Tramway compan.
was completed and articles of incorp"ra
ton were drawn up aud signed. Thu
capital stock was placed at 900. Ih'
plan of the company is I" construct an'
operate grain and merchandise tramws.
from Summit, about two miles nortl
OF Clifford, and located at the top Of III
hill above Agatha, to the latter point
The length of the tramway will b
slightly over two miles, the vertical dc
scent in that distance being a little owe
iIsoo feet. 1t is claimed that when tn
.tramway is in operation, after paying
charge of rs cents ton for transports
ton over the tramwav, the price OF whes
will be Increased ) cents bashei b
reason of the saving effected by lessenin
the cost of delivering grain to the raj
road.