The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1912-08-01

s,sngeyille and New Meadows,
N construction work to be start
i At Grangeville and continued
award New Meadows. This i'm
,ortant information comes direct
nam reliable railroad sources.
From this same source is the
nformation obtained that the Hill
s,stem will soon be prepared to
i contracts for grading road
he'd from Weiser to Klamath
Falls, Ore, which is located east
H the Cascade mountains and a
little north Of the California line.
From there the road would prob
sby be built through to San
francisco in time for the big fair
b 1915.
Construction Equipment.
The 2. & |. N. has recently re-
rejyed its combination pile driver
and dredging machine, which is
10 be put into immediate use to
place the track in the canyon be-
tween Weiser and Midvale in
fst class condition. This ma
chine is capable of doing the
work of 100 men.
II is now conceded that the, p.
K |. N. is an important link in
the Hill road to extend from
1rangeville to klamath Falls, and
|ster to San Francisco.
With the completion Of the
road from Grangeville to New
Meadows, Idaho will get it's much
desired and much needed north
and south railroad. Thus will it
be made much easier and quicker
for people of Weiser and Boise
and other southern Idaho points
to reach Lewiston and other north
ern Idaho points.
Reduce Freight Rates.
When the government canal and
locks ON the Columbia river are
completed, there will be an all
water route inland 400 miles from
Portland to Lewiston, Idaho. This
|fact will likely be of much inn
|portance for those who will have
heavy freight shipments from
southern Idaho points TO the
Toast. Then it will be possible
FOr instance, to start a carload
ri fruit or livestock or hay at
|Welser, run it up the p. & I. N.
10 New Meadows, and on to
|Grangeyille, from thence to Lewis
|lOn, where it could be loaded on
4 steamer for Portland or Pacific
|eoast points. 1t will be approx
||nately only a 25O-mile rail haul
prom Welser to Lewiston, and
prom there a water haul to coast
points. This probably will have
|le effect of reducing freight
fates for coast shipments, from
southern Idaho points.
Hill-Harriman War Is On.
The letting of contracts from
prangeville to New Meadows is
put the beginning of a comprehen-
pse plan on the part of the Hill
system for the invasion of what
I, raS been up to this time strictly
hartman territory in Idaho. Ore
gOn and California.
The Hartman system is now
'sngaged in the greatest race of
~ lie to retain as far as posi-
VIZ commanding hold on this
great territory that is annually
pfoduclng rapidly increasing
tonnage.
The titanic struggle for SUI
pn s between the powerful
llll and Hartman systems, in
'hat now is Hartman territory,
: now ON in earnest. Idaho, Ore
son and California in particular,
WI WI be vastly benefited as re-
-. Oh the great amount of new
aaroads these two systems will
,uila IN the next two years. This
''eat railroad war is sure to at
lact increasing attention to the
''eat northwest and its vast OPP
'0r'unlties. This great section as
result of these railroad activi-
80 and many other varied ones,
SUI. sure to increase rapidly in
Ssai.h and population, in all of
.nlch Idaho is certain TO receive
. due share.
Idaho's Future.
ioaho, with its ideal climate,