The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-08-10
2 RAILROADS
HEAD THIS WAY
p. & |. N. and Idaho Northern
Will Engage In Hot Race
For Grangeville.

ports of people returning from
the Payette lakes and Long val
ley sections can be taken as a
criterion, within the next few
months that section of the state
is to be the scene of a railroad
race, the ultimate end of which
is "a connection with Grangeville
making a direct north and south
road.
The two contending roads
which will seek to be first into
the new rich and highly improv-
ed country, are the Pacific & Ida
ho Northern, the present termin-
us of which is at New Meadows,
and the Idaho Northern, common
ly known as the Dewey line,
which is generally believed is
really owned by the Oregon Short
Line. The latter road has al
ready closed a contract to build
from Emmett to Smith s Ferry,
and has secured the right-of-way
and signed an agreement to build
through Long valley to the big
lakes and intends to run from
there to Grangeville.
Parties recently returning from
the lakes state that Superintend-
ent f. j. Barnes of the Idaho
Northern has purchased for the
Oregon Short Line company a
considerable amount of land
fronting on the lakes and has
taken options on more, and it has
been learned on good authority
that he purchased outright 400
acre ranch at Van Wyck from
Mr.. Jones. This ranch has been
famous for years on account OF
its fine hot springs which are
said to be very valuable for med
icinal purposes and it is stated
that hints have been dropped thai
a health resort is to be built
there.
On the lake front, according to
men returning from Mccall, d
proposition is under way for the
building of $4,000 hotel, and
it is stated that the Oregon Short
Line company, with others, is in
terested in the proposition. While
considerable talk of the big no
tel has been going on sometime
the deal has been dfinitely clos
ed and within the last week i
is stated that the Short Line of
ficials made a trip over the grad
and inspected the site selected a
the lakes.
Seeing the activities of tn
Idaho Northern and hearing tn
rumors about road extension il
: to the Payette lake country, pee
pie in position to know, stat
, that +. M. Heigho has been bus
| lily engaged in arranging for caT
ital to build from New Meadow
to Grangeville and that work
. to commence upon the line wit
e in short space of time, as tn
/ survey has already been mad
} and a good grade secured.
Confirms Above Report.
r The Evening Portland Telegral
: of the Sth inst. gives the stat
e ment of a noted engineer, we
t known throughout the northwes
, confirmatory of the above a
<. ticle. He says that there
: every indication that Hill has b
t gun in earnest to invade Il
o great Hartman stronghold, al
1 that western Montana and ce
n trail Idaho are the critical bait
y grounds of the fierce conte
which will be waged, but that /
+ definite information of the lii
S that would be followed has BET
:, revealed until now.
d In the general merger of ma
1t lines, unconnected lines and su
b veys which Hill has been gra
r ually acquiring, with a view
'k connecting them into a throul
le continental trunk line, are t
following:
!. Northern Pacific main liz
r Pittsburg & Gilmore. Pacific
n Idaho Northern, Boise & We
i ern, (surveys of which Hill d
y posed of to the Harrimans b
y retained a right for joint u
r through the Malheur canyon
Is the Nevada, California & Greg
lg now under construction from
n point on the Western Pacific
Lakeview, Oregon, and the We