The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1910-04-07
TALKS ABOUT
c. &P. ROAD
III. Pulse, at Boise, Tells of
Ownership of Myster-
ious Line.

The Boise Statesman publishes the |
tollowing interview with j. j. Pulse,
Ne pouular druggist of this city, who
with his wife is at the state capital
this week:
n IL being rumored now in north
orn Idaho along the proposed route
of the Pittsburg & Gilmore road,
that the New York Central and the
Lake Shore people are with Jim Hill
in the construction of this road to
the coast. 1t has been known for a
long time that these eastern roads
have been anxious to get through
line to the western coast and they
see hopes of having their dreams
realized by joining forces with Hill
and the Northern Pacific. j. j. Pulse
Of Grangeville and vice president of
the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy,
was in Boise yesterday and he stat
ed that he had heard this latest
railroad news from reliable sources
in the east and that the people in
his section were satisfied that Hill
was not the only one behind the new
/ proposition.
~ With the close approach of the sur
vey being made by the Pittsburg &
Gilmore surveyors, it is thought that
Lewiston will be the center of op-
! erations on the northern route. The
disclosures which will probably be
forthcoming soon will undoubtedly
show that the Pittsburg & Gilmore
and the North Coast are allied lines
and in view of the fact that the
North Coast has recently completed a
survey from Lewiston north through
the Palouse country, it is assured
that the survey being made down the
Salmon and Snake rivers will con-
meet with the North Coast line at
Lewiston.
"Grangeville,' said Mr.. Pulse,
holds a strategic position in cen
trail Idaho. We are at the gateway
Of the great and rich mineral section
Of the state. While the main line of
the Hill road will not pass through
our town, the citizens are very much
excited over the survey made, as
they feel that Grangeville will profit
by the opening up of this rich and
yet undeveloped country. We have
every assurance that a stub will be
built from Whitebird on the Salmon
to Grangeville and in that way we
will be certainly benefited.
The recent strike at Elk City has
aroused the people of this section
as they have never been aroused be-
lore. Just recently the business men
raised $2500 to clear the trail to the
scene OF the recent discovery and
as we are nearer to the camp by 80
miles than any other of the large
northern towns, we will certainly be
tne supply point for it.
Grangeville itself is one of the
most active towns to be found any
where. Building is on the boom and
'ne citizens feel that 1t should be one
oi the best towns in northern Idaho.
with the stub built from Whitebird
% our city and having the outlet
north and west by the o. r. & NJ,
nere Is some talk up north that
~hen the Pittsburg & Gilmore road
completed as far as Lewiston, the
iong looked for road connecting the
nortn with the south will be built.
me Pacific & Idaho Northern road
rom Weiser to Evergreen will then
De built to Meadows, it is said, and
'nence north by an easy grade con-
meeting with the Salmon river road.
whether this will come or not, there
y y at least a great deal of talk about
IT at the present time.
Among the other industries which
VIII take a new lease of life is the
asbestos deposit. / am interested
with several others and we have
ABOUT 30 claims a short distance from
Grangeville which will be worked
very soon. The building of road
up TO Grangeville will make the min
ing OF these deposits very profitable.
when asked about the political
outlook in the north, Mr.. Pulse stated