The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-05-27
SURVEY AND GRADING WORK
BEING DONE ON LINE IN
SALMON RIVER VALLEY.
TO REACH INTO ONTANA
Rival Crews Believed to Represent
Hill and Hartman Interests Are
Racing for Pass in Box Canyon Of
the Salmon River-Arms stead, Mont,
to Be Eastern Terminus of Line.
Special to The Daily Missoulian.
Spokane, Nav 26-A special to thi

Special to The Daily Missoulian
Spokane, May ga special to this
city says:
That the Hill Hartman battle is
just beginning to cover a wide area
is shown be reports yesterday from
Salmon City, Idaho, where rival crews
of the Northern Pacific and Oregon
Short Line are racing to establish
surveys which will control the Salmon
river district
Actual construction work on the Gill
mour e. Pittsburg railroad from Sal
mon City, Idaho, to Armstead, Mont,
distance of 12O miles, Is under way.
Numerous grading crews are at work
and a large amount of grading has
been done. This road is backed by
Pittsburg capitalists, w. L. McCutch-
con being the president of the COM
pany, also of the Gilmour mine, which
is rich silver-lead property at Gill
more. For two years on an average
of one carload of ore per day has
been hauled from the mine to Dubois,
the nearest railroad station. This rich
mineral district has stirred the rail-
roads to activity since the mining
capitalists have begun to build their
own line.
The eastern terminus of the new
road is to be Armstead, Mont, a
town which has sprung up five miles
from Red Rock. Every man in Sal
mon City who can handle pick is
employed in grading the line, and the
ir vii, do
force is to be enlarged as rapidly as
possible.
Since the war has been declared be-
tween Hill and Hartman rival crews
have entered the field. The Oregon
Short Line is running a survey from
Mac1<ey, the northern terminus Of the
branch railroad, crews having estab-
lished location lines northward from
MacKey along the Lemhi river, and
are now following close behind a
Northern Pacific crew, which is under
the leadership of j. ]. Cryderman, a
well-known Northern Pacific locating
engineer. Hills forces are now
camped 20 miles below Salmon CITY
in the Salmon river valley, and fran
tic efforts are being made by each
crew to reach Box canyon of the
Salmon river. Both crews are work.
ing Sundays, but so far the Northern
Pacific crew is in the lead. In Sal
mon City it is understood that the line
will be eventually extended to west
ern Idaho, where connection will be
made at Lewiston with the Pacific
coast division.
That the Gilmore e. Pittsburg rail-
road is branch of the Northern Pa
citic is indicated by the fact that En-
gineer Cryderman came direct to SAL
mon City and began locating the line
down the river. The Armstead- Sal
mon City road having been surveyed
and construction work started indi-
Gates that Mr.. Cryderman has picked
up the line at the western extension
of the new road. 1t is reported in
Salmon City that the new line will
connect with the Northern Pacific at
Alder. Mont It has also been sug-
gested that the Burlington railroad
which is controlled by Hill is seeking
western outlet, and this. piece of line
could easily become part of the Bur
lington system, the present western
terminus of which is Billings Mont
1t has been generally believed, how
ever, that any Burlington coast ex-
tension to be made would be from
Cody, Wyo.