Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-06-06
Special to Evening Teller.

0t0C1oi " nVeuAu8 AolloT.
NEzPERCE. Ida. June THE
question Of railroad transportation
from Nsspercs to . connection with
the Northern Pacific line Ii the VI
ciAity Of vollmer has been solved BY
= 4. johnson. the prominent Neg
percs citissn. who appeared before !
maas-mseting Of 500 citizens this
afternoon and stated that no would
construct. equip and operate q rail-
road from Nsspsrcs to the N. p. con.
nection providing the people would
subscribe . bonus Of $50, 600 TO be
paid when the road L completed ana
in operation.
The plan proposed by Mr.. john
son has been under consideration for
the past several week and 10 well
understood by the citissns generally
Of thAs prairie country. The details
of the plans have bsen thoroughly
worked out. and engineers have been
employed to make the surveys and
superintend the ,IDonstruction,
II = sxpsctsd the required sum
Of $4,000 win 30 raised at the
mass meeting this afternoon, but II
II assured the money or sscuritisa
will be on deposit In the Nespsrce
banks befors} the middle OF next
week. The plans cali for construction
work to be commenced within tn
next 20 days, and under favorabla
conditions the rosd WIN b. complst.
cd and in operation BY October I.
The grade work will hs performed
BY local contractors, and 80 tsaml
are now available for work a. soor
- the permanent location ID mad,
and eross-section work commenced
The laying Of the steel and electri,
cal connections will be performst
By outside contractors.
z. A. johnson. who win build tht
line. has been prominent In the Dc
velopment Of Nssperce and the sur
rounding country. When the cit,
was still small Mr.. johnson erected
. ane flour mill and installed thu
best equipment for manufacturini
high-grade -four. and this brough
to The town the trade from the On
tire prairie section. The mill ant
equipment has been recently sold Il
l. W. Robinson OF Pullman for e32,
900. as in making the preparation
to handle the railroad scheme Mr.
Johnson has arranged his business
to meet the new plans.
The splendid electric lighting ant
power system that supplies the towl
was installed by Mr.. johnson, ant
after years Of futile efforts to secur'
water for the town It was this mai
johnson who tapped the subterra
mean vein and installed pipe lin
system that gives the city the bes
water on Nezperce prairie.
The development of the creamer
industry on the prairie. which ha
brought profits to the farmers In al
sections, Is due to the efforts Q
johnson. who installed and operate
one Of the best plants in the North
west.
The position Mr.. johnson has os
cupied in the development OF Ne,
perce has made him the logical ma
for the people to look to when hop
OF railroad transportation SCENE
lost. Prominent farmers and cit
zens presented the case OF him An
asked him to take charge Of the roa'
1t was then a question OF securin
data and making the necessary bus
ness transfers to swing the railros
project and during the past fe
weeks land in the vicinity of Sp'
kane has been sold for approximat
ly $4,000, the flour mill deal vi
negotiated until nothing now o
structs the completion of the plan
The people Of Nezperce and q
. sections Of the Clearwater countl
] have the fullest confldnce in N
johnson, and his acceptance of Il
proposition to build the road X
bonus of $4,000 was supplied le
nc doubt in the minds of the peop
that the money would be forthco'
: ing at once.
l. The confidence of, the people
d indicated by the activity In the re
estate market which has prevail