The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1905-04-14
SURVEYORS ARRIVE
Kun Line Through COlfsx ON
Sunday.
An Enthusiastic Meeting Held on
tennessee Flat on Saturday
$1,000 Still TO Be Raised

| The Spokane i Inland engineers com
pleted preliminary survey of the line
through Coltax on Sunday last. and an
| Monday the party under Chief Never
| went out toward Pullman. taking nm
near Guy, the line that had been rnn
from Pullman by Engineer Hunts party
ana coming this way on line blocked
out by Chief Engineer Hensell. Tuesday
evening, by big run for the day. the
| llne was brought in and tied onto the
OoilaX end at the Cooper street bridge
| over the South PalOuse. This com
| pleted the line from Thornton through
whitman county. On Wednesday Mr..
hensell moved the Meyer parry to Mos
COW, whence 1t will run toward Pullman
until met by the Hunt party running
from fullman, which will require but
TWO or three days, when Mr.. Meyer's
party will return to Colfax.
The line through COlfax ia entirely a
preliminary or stab" line, as it il by no
means certain where a final line can he
OBTAINED. Ihe TACT cannot be disguised
that CollaX ls most difficult place tn
get through. la fact the most difficult
portion OF the entire line through Whit
| man county is COlfax and vicinity. The
most crooked line il found along the
Palouse river, beginning about one mile
south OF where Dry Creek Joins it. and
here is complete letter IS" of huge
proportions. Here is heavy rock work,
as we'll as long line. The line reaches
Main street near the north end, but re-
quires several crossings of the two
PalOuses. 1t leaves the south end of
Main street at the South PaIouse bridge,
running out of town over the old right
OF way OF the o. r & n. up Spring
creek, and thence southeast up the Flat.
The 0. 4. & n. survey referred to is said
to be outlawe1, five years having elapsed
since it was claimed for railway purposes.
and the cOmpany's holding is said now
to be merely as property owners, and on
the same footing as individuals.
The line to Pullman is pronounced irst
class by the engineers. In the situation
as to CUlfax, there is no telling where
depot and terminal grounds are likely
to be. But ii Colfax fails to make up
the subscription required there will be
nothing TO worry about.
Tennessee Flat Meeting.
The first of the meetings with the
ranchers along the line of the Spokane
L Inland, by representatives Of the road
favoring the CoifaX route, was held on
Saturday last at the Tennessee Flat
school house. Notwithstanding the
busy season, there was good turn out.
the whole township being well repre-
sented. Farmers who could not leave
their work sent word expressive of their
interest, and many of them saying they
would take stock, and give free right of
barn no linn tnrlahaA thar,
the prominent land owners present we're
J. 7. p. McCrOskey, c. c. Durham, r. R.
Hunton, l. D. ONeil, S. G. Bains, J.C.
Throop, W. E. Parish, H. W. Roberts,
Jas. H. McCrOskey, w. g. Cronk, MIR.
Hall, Mr. Malcolm, Levi Barton and
others.
The farmers were found to be in quite
a state of excitement over report,
believed to have come from Palouse,
that COlfax had lost the road by failure
to raise the $4,000 in stock subscrip-
ton. Much Indignation was expressed,
and considerable time spent in discussing
that supposed situation. 1t had in fact
gone so far that self-appOinted commit
teemen proposed to circulate paper for
signing, pledgiDg the farmers to go as
little to Colfax az possible to trade, and
to give the merchants and dealers in
COlfax the go by, whose names are not
found on the railroad subscription list,
or who are known to be knocking the
road or are lukewarm towards it.
When assured by the railroad repre-
sentatives that the case was not vet lost
to Colfax, the farmers proceeded with
the meeting, considering the two pur-
poses of it; first as to what would be
done about free right of way, and next
as to stock subscriptions. Right of way
was voluntarily pledged, and those
owners present, who are tOucned by the
line, signed such an agreement, which
covers right OF way of fifty feet on each
side Of the line. The railroad represen-
tatives informed the farmers that it was
hoped to obtain stock subscriptions
equaIling 81 per acre for the acreage for
three miles on each side of the line.
Many OF those present indicated that
they would subscribe, some more than
the quota, and the general expression
was hopeful that the desired average
would be made,
The meeting then closed, with the
arrangement that when the stock SUBJ
scriptiOn matter was ready to be taken
up provided there was no failure at
CoIfax, another meeting would be held.
The committee that is keeping an eye on
Cofax requested to be furnished lists OF
the Colfax subscribers to stock in order,
as they said. that the country might
know who their friends are" There was
also talk of spreading this movement to
other parts OF the county.
One thing is sure, the country sections
are tremendously in earnest over the
road, deeming it their salvation from
excessive rates and from long hauls.
The Colfax committee has been rust
ling for subscriptions this week, but
there still remains about $1,000 to be
raised, and it is hoped that the citizens
will take the d dtional stock within the
next week; and thus cinch the road TOT
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