The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-12-21
STEEL FORG. &P.
R. r. AT SALMON
Conflicting Rumors of Con,
trol--But Beginning of
Construction Near.

Advlces received from Salmon
CITY are to the effect that the
Plttsburg 4 Gilmore Railroad CO
has been engaged in the delivery
OF steel at that point for the past
SIX weeks and that at the pres
ent time thousands of tons of
rals are piled in the company s
material yards at that point. This
is regarded as clearly indicative
OF the company S plans to extend
the line down the Salmon and
Snake river to Grangeville and
Lewiston at an early date.
The delivery of the steel prior
to the announcement of the plans
for construction or the awarding
CT the contract is explained by
railroad men us a result of an or
der for steel placed at the time
the company expected to begin
construction early this year and
the necessity for removing the
materials from the steel mills has
caused the railroad company to
assemble the rails in the material
yards, from which they are to be
distributed.
The rumOr that the G.. a. L.
promoters had secured permission
of fha Uavappna ant tn .,,t t,a., :, =, 4
bridge timbers on the forest re-
serve along the Salmon river to
be used in the prosecution of the
construction of that line down the
Salmon to Grangeville and Lewis
ton connot be confirmed by the
forestry office at Grangeville no
concessions having been asked
nor granted the railroad officials
IN this reserve. Superintendent
Ring says, however, that it may
be true of the Salmon reserve ly-
ing south of here, as that is the
section where the operations will
most likely begin first, and that
he hopes such concessions may yet
be asked in his reserve.
Recent developments in rail
road circles confirm the report Of
a few days ago that the Pittsburg
Il Gilmore is a joint road to be
used by the Northern Pacific and
the Chicago 4 Northwestern and
by this construction these lines
will shorten the route to the coast
by 290 miles, secure the lowest
pass over the watershed and ac-
quire the longest water grade
route in the world.
A Seattle dispatch under date
of December Is states report is
current in railroad circles there,
that the Chicago & Northwestern
would soon be running trains to
the coast over the Northern Pac-
ific tracks and that the Northern
Pacific has passed from the con-
troll of james j. Hill, of the
Great Northern. In further dis
cussion of the situation the dis
patch says:
james j. Hill, chairman of
the board of directors of the
Great Northern, last week sold a
heavy issue of Burlington bonds
in London.
" Financiers on the inside say
that Mr.. Hill negotiated the sale
largely because of his disposal of
his Northern Pacific stock, which
he had already determined to un-
load. For some time the Great
Northern has been building par
allel lines and branches in North
ern Pacific territory, and the an
that Mr.. Hill had
ceased to hold fiscal interest in
The rival line would cause no sur
prise, it is said, in railroad circles
For more than six months the
Northwestern has been endeavor-
ngg to secure a foothold in the
Pacific coast country, but the pro
iect was resisted by the Hartman
system.
Whether the latest deal be-
,ween the Coast line and the
Northwestern was accomplished
With the consent of the Hartman
officials is not known, but sever
u of the Seattle traffic men took |
t to indicate that the Hartman
interests were set at defiance.
"a more vigorous policy was
naugurated on the Northwestern |