Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-04
GOVERNING BOARD WILL MEET
TO CONSIDER ELECTRIC LINE
Project is Up to the Lewiston People to Give
Their Financial and Moral
Support

The governing board Of the CONNER
cial club will meet tonight for the pur-
pose of taking final action on the mat
fer of endorsing the Lewiston & South
eastern Electric lire project. At the
last meeting of the board the commit
foe oDuointed to investigate the affairs
of the company reported favorably ON
the proposition and the board then IS
sued an invitation to the promoters Of
the enterprise to be present at the
meeting tonight and give such Informal
ton as the board might desire.
1t is believed that the majority OF the
hoard are in favor of endorsing the pro-
ient and there is little doubt but what
they will recommend that public
mass meeting be called for an early
date in which the sentiment OF the
public will be reached. At this meet
ing should it be called steps VIII De
taken by committees appointed whose
duties will be to assist the promoters
of the enterprise in soliciting stock
subscriptions.
The company have announced that
they have already secured about $4,000
by stock subscription among the diner-
ent towns on the reservation and cam
as Prairie This money has been ex-
pended to some extent by the com
pany in making surveys and securing
data preliminary to having the COM
pany financed in the east. 1t is the
purpose of the company to ask the cit
liens of Lewiston Valley to subscribe
for about $4,000 of the capital stock
OF the company which money will be
used In finishing the detail work nee
essary 20 the final promotion of the
project.
It is the purpose of the company to
bring AN expert and eminent engineer
TO go over the line and make estimates
on the cost of power besides estimat-
ing on the cost of the power plant to
be issued and to further verify the fig
ures already made by Engineer HILL
The company are rapidly engaged
in the work of gathering their final
statistics and Mr.. Hin has just com
pleted the work on quantity. His next
work will be the making of tracings
and other maps of the proposed route.
He expects to have finished his work
before the first OF April when the pro-
iect will practically be ready to pre-
sent to the financiers who expect TO
place their money in the project.
The company liz incorporated with a
capital stock of $4.OOO.OO0 and 1t is
estimated that the cost of construc-
ton and equipment will reach In the
neighborhood of $4,000 600, Mr.. Walter
~Hovey Hill. the engineer of the com
pany. will appear before the board to-
night and win produce such data as Is
required by the board so that they
may act ntelligently in the matter
Mr.. +. j. Randolph. secretary of the
company is now in Grangeviile attend
ing to matters In connection with the
company business. Mr.. Judson Spot
ford president of the company. is In
the city but has been confined to his
home with an attack of the lagrippe.
Up to the present time the com
pany have not decided at what point
in the city their passenger terminals
will be located and Mr.. Hill states thai
this viii be arranged largely accord
ing TO the wishes of the people In this
city.
In speaking of the enterprise today
Mr.. Hill said: There is no question
whatever but what our project can b'
easily financed. We have a number
of people in the east who are only
waiting until we can present the prope
data concerning the project when the!
viii produce the money to build thu
line. We are daily in receipt of tele
grams and letters from private ind
Viduals and firms throughout tn
United states who have heard of tn
project asking that we furnish then
with the particulars with view o
becoming interested. Several bondin
companies have asked that they b
allowed to go into the matter NOR
fully with view of taking up GU
bonds should we carry on the projeC
IN bonding system. We have not so
licited this kind of people as we ar