The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-08-25
HILL LOOKING
TO CALDWELL
THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH
is GOING TO CALIFOR-
MA VIA CALDWELL.

Special Dispatch to Salt Lake Trib-
une Indicates that Hill is Seeking
an Outlet Through Idaho-Boise
Gets in BY Substituting Name for
That of Caldwell.
A special dispatch to the Salt Lake
Tribune from Boise, dated August
20, would indicate that the Hill in
terests intend invading Idaho from
the north. In reading this dispatch
the reader should remember to sub.
stitute Caldwell for Boise wherever
the name occurs. The dispatch was
sent out from Boise, and no Boise
correspondent was ever known to
give Caldwell square deal. With
this explanation in mind, the reader
can readily understand the Tribune
special. 1t follows:
The invasion Of the Hartman terri
tory in the northwest by the Hill
system, backed by almost unlimited
capital of English origin, is now as
sured if the information that has
been placed in the hands of railroad
men of Boise can be relied upon, ano
it is believed here that it can be. In
brief, the Hill system has it's plans
made and proposes to actively start
them in operation to place upon the
map of the west the Butte, Boise &
San Francisco railroad, which will
run diagonally across the northwest
from Butte southeast through Boise
to the Golden Gate at San Francisco
No less than $7O,O0O,O00 is said to
be behind the new road, part of which
or the first northern link, is the Gil,
more & Pittsburg railroad.
The board of directors said to be
back of the Butte, Boise & San Fran
cisco railroad, as received here by
railroad men of prominence, is com.
posed of the following galaxy of Eng
lish financiers: E. o. Maund, former
business associate Of Cecil Rhodes
and founder of the British South AT
RIGA company; J. F. Atkinson, ac-
countant general of the United Prov
ince of India; F. R. Knollys, bro
Their of the secretary to King Ed
ward; Lord Mcdonnell, late secretary
for Ireland; Marquis of Winchester,
Earl of Fitzwilliam and Lord Den
high.
1t is now an established fact that
the plans of the company, which is
said to be a Hill enterprise, has for
its object the construction of roaG
which railroad men declare is one of
the most feasible that has ever been
attempted, and although the outlay
will amount into the millions, the ter
ritory tapped will be as great, if not
greater, than any other western
transcontinental, due to the fact that
it is comparatively new at the pres
ent time and once developed cannot
be surpassed in the United States.
hartman SyStSIh AStANS'
The pronounced activity in this
state on the part of the Hartman
system, the Oregon Short Line anc
its subsidiaries, is said to indicate thai
the owners of this great system are
aware of the plans made by Hill anc
, his associates for tho invasion of the
new territory, the greater part Of
I which has been and still is, tributary
, to the Hartman lines. With this
knowledge il is claimed that the RI
: valrv between the two systems II
, hut the friendliest and there is to b.
. no attempt to use unfair means t
8 gain an advantage. Both systems
nro we'll established in tho west. Th
: construction of subsidiary lines is tn
| strengthening plan of both roads a
: decided upon by the directorate, as !
claimed here. Any advantage tina
= either can gain through the acquir
ing of right of way through new ter
: ritory and the construction of feeding
. lines. prior to its rival, is said to b
carried out by both in the future.
r The Butte, Boise & San Francisc
I company is said to have laid its plan
e we'll. The first link of the line, o
the Gilmore & Pittsburg, is alread
. constructed. 1t is about 30 mile
+ long and extends from Armstead'
$ Montana, to Salmon, the county sea
. Of Lemhi county, in eastern ldah'
, From Salmon the connecting link
! to be laid into Butte. The survey
e have been made and the right Of wa
n as we'll as terminal, purchased. SUI
.. vevs have also been made down II
70 Salmon river, as we'll as up thu
r. stream. This was done to acquire IL
: best possible field notes as to IL