Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-23
pR0MIkENT CAPITALISTS
VISITING LEWISTON
Philadelphia Party Arrived Today to Exploit
Timber and Other Investments In
the Interior

..acbed the city this morning in their
srivate car Sunset, attached to the
ro0ular owl train and are now en- route
! Craig mountain, where they will
S..ob,ish headquarters at Forest while
investigating the Craig mountain tim
ho- the electric power project on Sal
nan river and the Lewiston & South
EASTERN electric road from Lewiston to
Naznerce and Grangeville.
The party has been brought to Lew
;ston through the direct efforts of
nominick Cameron, the well-known
timber man, VINO for the past three
wears has been laboring in the inter-
acts of the development of the lumber
ing industry on Craig mountain, where
large bodies OF excellent pine ar To-
Gated
Mr. Cameron has associated with
him in the Craig mountain project
Messrs. w. C. Hammer Of Philadel-
nhia and George B. Hummer of Elk
Grove. Pa, and these gentlemen are
directing the party which reached the
city this morning and will spend sew
eral days I'M the mountain country
south of the city.
Both Messrs. Hammer and Hummer
have made frequent visits to Lewiston,
and have made careful Investigations
of the Craig mountain pine and other
Investments in the country, and were
IrxiV3 -.
. ty OF capitalists who were anxious to
look over the country with a view Of
making extensive investments.
The identity of the members of the
party has been most carefully guard
ed, and during their entire stop in the
city names were eliminated while
making the arrangements for their de-
parture, but a definite announcement
has been promised when they return
from the mountain. which win be early
next week
The first report of the coming of the
Eastern capitalists stated the party
was headed by Charles Schwab, the
steel magnate, and one report out OF
St. Paul is, to the effect that Mr.
Schwab was with the party while they
were there, but those who are in
claim Mr.. Schwab did not leave Phfla-
delphia with the party.
The car was stopped for day in
st. Paul. while the members took up q
proposition with President Howard
Elliott of the Northern Pacific to con-
struct branch line from Vollmer te
the Forest timber belt, where theil
timber operations win be confined. The
party is accompanied by r. H. Cros-
well constructor engineer of the
Northern Pacific, and Mr.. Croswell viii
remain with the party during theil
stay on the mountain.
W. P. Hurlbut, president of .th'
commercial TRUST company. and Wal
er Il. Graves, engineer for the Waha-
lewiston Land and Water company
Fined the party here and will accom-,
pany them on the mountain trip.
Mempers of the party have acquaint
'hees IN the city, but upon each occa
s0h they have requested that thei
uehelty may not be made public unit
s''er the return from the mountain. I
mas Deen stated, however, that the par
mere to make Investigations, AM
NV only win the timber industry re
,"e their attention, but they will
so visit the Salmon river power sit
anu Will make careful observation o
1T. irrigation projects in the countr,
Ing ~, TO the south of the city.
W. e party stopped for lunch at LAX
ana while there visited the wa
tsp. r. springs developed by a system O
snels by the waha-Lewisttn Ian
nn. Water company. 1t is stated
acsa OF the visitors will driv
cran the country from Forest I
,eEiile ,,,aqsile and will make a thoroug
snss ssation of all of the evident re
Ves of the country they win yisii