The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-06-23
HILL IS Behind
new RAILROAD
RAILROAD FROM WINNEMUCCA
TO CALDWELL SAID TO BE
A HILL LINE.

Valley Road is Enterprise of Wiz
ard of North Connecting Montana
and San FranciscO-Means Great
Deal for Caldwell and Idaho,
In the last issue of the Tribune
was a special dispatch from Reno,
concerning a projected rail-
road from WihIemucca, Nevada, to
Caldwell via and through the Quinn
Valley. The story seems to have
first come to light through the Salt
Lake Tribune. At any rate the
Sale Lake paper claims the credit
aud &c 1t published the story first
seems to be we'll justified in its
cai:rT The Salt Lake paper of
Friday of last week contains an edi-
torial on the proposed railroad
which substantiates the claims here
tofore made by this paper concern
Ing Hills intention of reaching San
Francisco through Caldwell. The
Salt Lake Tribune, editorially, says:
Probably a Hill Link.
The Tribune's story on the first
page yesterday morning, a special
from Reno, giving exclusive infor-
nation of the movement for the
construction of railroad from Win
nemucca, Nevada, through the
Quinn river valley to Caldwell, Ida
no, was a piece of news that is
likely to be of the very highest Inn
portance to all this western country.
AS we look at it, this projected road
from Winnemucca to Caldwell is
probably link in President James
j. Hills projected railroad to San
Francisco. Mr.. Hill's directorates of
the Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern railways have authorized
the issue of $6OO,OOO,OOO in bonds
for contemplated additions and i'm
provements in the next twenty years.
Some $6O,0OO,0OO of that authorize
ton has already been negotiated.
This gives ample funds and ample
reserves of financial ability to push
any railroad enterprises that Mr..
Hill may have in mind.
1t has been known for a number
of years that it is Mr.. Hills desire
to connect his great transcontinental
roads of the north, with San Fran
cisco. 1t has been frequently stated
that he would make this connection
by branching OF from Butte or
Helena and building southwest to
the great coast city. The projected
line from Winnemucca to Caldwell
announced in that exclusive dispatch
to the Tribune, would fit in with
this scheme to projection. 1t would
be built In a direction which would
practically form a part of an air
line, as near as may be, from Butte
to San Francisco. The road would
probably cross the main range from
Butte so as to strike the west side
of 1t, either so as to build up the
main Salmon by way of Salmon City
Challis, and other settlements, tun-
neling through the Sawtooth range
at the head of the Salmon, or else
reaching out to the middle Salmon
= and following that up to a poin,
:. where a tunnel could be easily Gu
:, through to the headwaters of thu
Payette, which would form a reason
= ably direct route to Caldwell. From
= Caldwell the line would pass up tn
Owyhee river and cut through to
connection with Quinn river, follow
- ing that Winnemucca. The line l
a perfectly feasible one all through
1t would pass through a good mimi
and stock country all the way, an
10 would open up a good deal of frs
H. class farming land, From Whine
er mucca the road could seek a pas
>" through the Sierras, and from tn
O. west side of them proceed to Sa
K Francisco.
up There is no doubt but that such
line would be of immense serviC
and benefit to the great Hill systel
nd OF roads In the north, and TIL
all President Hill has had his eye {
er this connection for a number of yea
by there has been ample proof g
or along. And SO We regard this ID
}. patch of ours as likely to be Il
opening information of one of Il
,ts greatest railroad projects In tn
NC whole western country.