The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-06-30
GREER ELECTRIC RAILROAD
The Little Town Of Greer Will Have an Electric
Road Connection With Pierce City-WOrk on
the Dam Will be Finished Next Month.

the Dam Will be Finished Next Month,
GREER, june 80 (Special)-The lttl,
town of Greer on tn Clearwater short
line on the road from Nezperce to Pierce
is prosperous in these days of mining
operations in the oldest camp i'll Idaho
and the rush to the White Pine section
of the north. The pertinent Improve
| ments that have been made here by it,
citizens show prospects of a established
| business center. While the little village
is not perhaps as talkativ. as its neighbor
a few miles down the river it is working
| ahead all the time.
This spring a serious case of small pox
developed among the men at the dam
works and the report Handicapped the
town for time but this has been cleared
away and all of the towns inhabitants
are well and happy.
DIR. w. A. Burns, MD has purchased
stock of drugs from the Owl drug store
of Lewiston and will fit out brand new
drug store here. He comes to the town
we'll recommended and it is we'll known
fact that he will run an up right business
and not boot Logging joint.
Mr. Davis of Weippe, has put in a
restaurant and his wife has established a
steam laundry. The hotel men state that
the travel has been SO heavy through the
town the last two weeks that they have
haa -. 4 A.
and large bed room additions are con.
templated.
The Greer dam will be furnished with
in the next four weeks. Part of the
dynamo machinery is on the grounds.
Four electricians arrived in town last
Friday to begin work on the Greer-Nez.
perce lines.
party of eastern capitalists were in
town last week and inspected the road
from here to Pierce with the idea of
widening the grades and building an
electric road from Greer TO Pierce for the
purpose of carrying passengers, freight
to and over from that popular mining
camp. 1t is known by those on the
inside that they look with favor on the
proposition and that it will be 60.
Experts state that the dam will furnish
abundent supply of power for this pur-
pose aasla ab2sss that ssaaseas foF rsp-
ming slse inilik at Mezpefee aid iiRiain9
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Newton liiBts of shisnon ecty. ssho
arrived in Boise Saturday evening, ex-
presses the belief that the railroad sur.
vey now being made through Lemhi
county is in the interest of the Oregon
Short Line.
The surveyors are in charge Of former
employe of the Short Line named Col
lins. The engineers. SO Mr.. Hibhs de-
clares, say they are surveying route Tor
an electric line, but the people in that
section doubt this statement.
The route followed 10y the, party leaves
the Short Line near Redrock and crosses
the mountain range through proposed
tunnel about mile and quarter in
length to Agency creek, following that
stream for seven miles to the Salmon
river.
1t is understood that the ultimate des-
tination of the party is Lewiston, as men
were engaged in Salmon City b. Collins
with the understanding that they were to
accompany him TO the Nez Perce county
seat.
The distance from Redrock to Lewis
ton by the route now being surveyed, Mr..
Hibbs said, was 295 miles, or 200 miles
shorter than by the Northern Pacific 1t
would tap rich mineral belt. touching
within IS miles of Thunder Mountain.
An immense area of rich agricultural
land would also be traversed by the
route. and the tonnage possibilities were
almost certain to be profitable. Boise
Cfatace,,a.