Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-20
,,u,tblug Definite Regarding the
San Francisco, Idaho & Mon
taua Railway.
LANES ]. HILLS INVASION.
tab. 4, Though He Was Really Co.
,oo After Hartman This Time
In Earnest.

49, noticed noticed the latest project
r1oho known as the San Francisco,
n.,o G. Montana Railway company
IN has been organized to build a
.,Asrd. gauge road from Butte to
~, Francisco via Boise. From the
e,,t ,he sentiment was expressed that
,arss j. Hill was behind the project,
t,y az George Gould Is at the back OF
40 western Pacific. San Francisco,
SEATTLE Minneapolis, st. Louis, New
york and other eastern papers appar-
,r,y are Of the same opinion judging
,,on comments that are being made,
The FIRST official interview, however
=, ,be subject has been secured by the
EVENING Capital News Of Boise, whose
energetic reporter got George T. Prop
ser secretary Of the new company, up
N a corner where ne could not set
svay and made him disgorBe the fol-
bwing' u,..,. =.
,,,ak and can do so without injury TO
an, interests or the interests we repre-
,sntp said Mir. Proper Il will be
ressed to do. Ordinarily more In
isrcst attaches to the incOrpOrators
Nan enterprise oe this magnitude than
,beir actual personal connection with
es warrants and perhaps this case In
oayt follows the rule. Mr.. William
payton Mason II a gentleman promi-
Dently connected with the financial in
ieNsis OF Minneapolis and the east,
,r5 through his connection with tho
pacific Underwriting & Trust Com
osny Of San Francisco, with the Pa
d6c coast also. Mr.. Flemming Is
,romlnent railway official OF Mlnne-
,pous and connected with Illinois Cen
tla interests. Judge McGinty does not
,s,d his connection with this enter
srse 10 Introduce him 20 the citizens
n BoIse. where he has lived for many
Years and where few old timers have
wide acquaintance or more friends.
Nh Toran and myself represent the
Western Surety & Adjustment Co.
here
Briefly stated. the company pro-
poses to build line of standard
rauge railway and telegraph lines
nom San Francisco to Butte via Boise,
tapping the richest and most prosper
ogs section of California as well as the
most densely populated through the
manu- .acturng district and the center
Of the great Sacramento valley, which
has produced more wealth than all OF
Caliiornia's gold mines; following the
watershed OF the Feather river
through the immense sugar pine belt
OF California. on through the FIRE.
iona pass, skirtlng the Madeline
plains. and through the heart of the
great stock grazing section of north
en Nevada and southeastern Oregon,
through the Owyhee country, Jordan
valley, and the crossing Of the Snake
river and on to Boise; with it's main
branch from Mason Nevada through
Paradise valley and connecting with
the Southern Pacific al Winnemucca,
New. From Boise the road win prob
ably follow the north and middle forks
u the Boise river to Atlanta and
thence crossing the divide to the Sal
mon river following this and the east
fork through Challis and Salmon City
through the Big Hole pass TO the
Wisdom river shed and Butte.
IMMENSE CUT IN DISTANCE.
"Now, glanclng at this route, sub
nit that the first question to suggest
Itself Ia why has not this road been
built years ago; and In view of the
millions that have been expended in
building railroads over the desert
wastes Of California, Nevada, Ore
gOn, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah,
We confess our inability to answer,
for we believe that there Is not mile
Of this road that, aside from It's
tkHntt.. 49, ft~,,fuh a
Ing tonnage. The line from Boise TO
Butte Is not exactly settled as only
preliminary surveys have been made,
and consequently may yet be dhunged
materially Now. for comparison,
suppose we take Boise as a center Of
the distance to the rest OF the world
from Boise to tidewater at Sacra-
mento by our lire Is Az miles and to
San Francisco SIS miles Boise TO
Portland by way OF the oregon short
Line is SOC miles and TO San Francisco
via Portland 1878 miles and via Og-
den Is 1888 miles Butte TO Portland
Is s2l miles and 20 San Francisco Via
Portland Is 1893 miles, and via ogden
Is 2S3 miles. BY our line Butte 20
San Francisco. 923 miles, san Fran
cisco 10 st, Paul via our line TO Butte
and the Northern Pacific is 2,0b4 miles.
to winnemucca and $ p. TO sacra-
menio Is 400 miles.
BOSSES ENVIABLE POSITION.
1T win be thus seen when this line
Is IN operation Roise will he nearer the
tdeWater of San Francisco bay than II
now is TO the metropolis Of the VIII
hmette and one need hardly consider
comparison OF the commercial adj
yannges as between Portland and San
francisco. When l73 miles Of our line
are completed from Boise 10 Winnie
mucca and connection made with S, ="
Boise tariffs TO San Francisco VIII be,
approximately what they are or Will
m 10 Portland and that San Francisco
u, and will remain, the commercial
queen OF the Pacific coast Is an accept
With the completion Of the line from
hoSe 70 Butte the richest mineral
neit IN Idaho or the United states
would be given the transportation that
necessary 10 develop It's resources
ull must pour its wealth into the lap
uI Boise With the reclamation OF the
rl5t territory directly tributary to
nCl'e and now practically assured
Tug with transportation such MS this
I'VE would afford Boiso should be
VI'y OF 10000 in 10 years
WHERE BUTTE WOULD PROFIT.
Butte will be three hundred miles
utc,rer to great trade center than
q ,s now that Is 300 miles nearer TO
IN tfatclsco than Il now IS 10 81,
deul ana Minneapolis. and the bro.
o,s or the Sacramento valley, the
n n,s,, and earliest fruit IN California
.be1iu pc 100 miles nearer TO 81. Paul
y,pnt lhey now are, and have the ad-
, ,nntage OF cooler, better route. The
nsstulng OF this line would, II seems
NM r,'eu' place San Francisco again su.
sme N this great territory OF Mon.
n ~ loaho, eastern Oregon and Wash
s,oH ~ time, too, when II Is on The
t, re-, OF an unprecedented wave OF
so,,.ileHty' Tor beyond question. no
~ ,lon o. the courtrv WI build I'M
~ isSt In the next 10 years es =,
win me line OF the road. but we
o,n tsRe II mostly In good will. No
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