The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-21
RAILROAD RUMORs.
Extension Of Pierce Road to
Emmett and Then to
Long Valley.

Railroad rumors have been fly
ing thick and fast around Emmett
the past two weeks, and the upper
country papers are dishing up rail-
road dope to their readers by the
yard OF all these rumors, it is
significant that Emmett is either
the starting point or is on the map.
John Ii. Emery of Van Wyck
says he was Informed by w +.
Pierce of the Interurban Electric
Road Co., that all electric road is
to be built up the Payette river
from Emmett and up the North
Fork and through Long valley to
Payette Lake at the upper end Of
the valley. The company expects
to complete this road within two
years. A hotel to cost 800, 900 is
to be built at the lake by the In
terurban Co. Work would have
been started before this but for the
panic.
Bert Casner of Horseshoe Bend |
tells the Idaho City World that Hi
Henry is East to raise money for
the development of his coal mines
at the Bend. He is expected back
in two or three weeks. He has a
good quality of coal at depth of
% feet and the vein is three feet
wide. The quality will undoubt-
edly improve at greater depth, as
coal always contains impurities
near the surface. When the cleo
trio road reaches the Bend these
coal mines will be valuable, as the
product can be shipped to markets {
at small cost. The Payette Lum-
Der Co. is at work on the North |
Fork wagon road, which it is said |
will be given grade suitable for t
the electric road to be extended !
from Caldwell to Emmett, up Pay G
cite river to the Bend, and on to i
The upper end of Long Valley, the /
route to be up Payette river to its c
junction with the North Fork to |
Payette Lake at the upper end of y
Long valley. v
1t really begins to look as if a
here was some foundation not F
,nly for the Long valley extension, n
,ut for the Emmett extension. W. n
:. Pierce and his chief engineer 5,
we're IN town a few hours last Fri Fl
lay aud made trip to Fuller's n
sland above town. Those who n
ave travelled over the main road d,
cross the bench have doubtless OBJ
erved stakes set up at intervals Of
bout 20 feet. This stake line ends
II the east at the edge of the bench &C
lst north of the island. The th
ensh is 80 or 40 feet higher than Dc
1e valley land at that point and ia
ne object of visit of Mr.. Pierce and NJ
is enigneer was to decide as to III
lie feasibility of crossing the river w
I that place. The stakes were lie
It by the Oxbow crew of engi- tn
GERS, but the Oxbow people own be
rge block of stock in the Interur- WI
an, and the fact that the stakes mi
ere set so close together would wi
dicate that the survey was made ce-
ot only for the power line, but tai
so for the electric railroad at the on
me time. tn,
The San Francisco & Butte COM of
INV, which is building west from Wis
also has its eye on this iny
rritory, and the visit of wav-up ha
orthern Pacific official to this city
few weeks ago and his tric up
e river, as we'll as the forthcom-
q visit of Montana multi mil the
,naire, are said to be for the pur- Be
Sc of ascertaining the desir- A.
ilitv of the route and the investi- not
tion of the resources of the twi
untrv through which the propos- to
road would pass. off
Still another railroad company be
: Chicago & Northwestern-is WI
eping in close touch with the mo
,vements of other railroad COM ma
MES by having one of their trust ira
agents stationed ins this city. anC