The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-04-24

On May 9Th the engineering corps
or the Winnemucca Northern railroad
will commence work at McDermitt
and will push through 20 Boise, Idaho.
The location of the line is to be com
plete by September LIST. The rights
of-way and terminals are to be OBJ
tained and the whole line to be ready
for construction by the date mention
ed. All arrangements are completed
for active progress from now on. H.
IL. Sheldon, the chief engineer, will
have full charge of the work and
10 now busy assembling his crews and
the necessary supplies for
his camp outfits. A branch Office will
be established in Boise and General
Manager Place will probably make his
headquarters in San Francisco, a com
petent man to be employed in charge
of the Winnemucca office. In an inter
view with the Silver State representa-
tive this morning, Col. Place said:
1t takes time and money to build
railroads. Newspaper roads are all
very well-meaning, but they don I get
any farther than the composing rooms
as far as actual construction goes;
they do wonderful good in showing up
the resources of the country to be
traversed and bring many inquiries
and actual settlers to the towns, cities
and rural districts that are given pub
licity in the articles written. The next
thing is to construct your railroad
We believe we are going to make the
Boise WinnemuccaS San Francisco road
an actuality, at least we are going to
try like h., and when one tries as
hard as that they generally accomplish
When asked if the Oregon Short
Line would build across country,
thereby paralleling the Winnemueea
Northern railroad, Col. Place said:
1--WE hope so-the more the merrier.
We welcome any project that will
build up the country and make two
blades of grass grow where only one
grew before. If some railroad COM
pany decided to relieve the present
railway situation between Winnemue-
ca and Idaho, and did it, even though
it strangled the infant we are trying
to raise, well and good We will
bury the kid, if need be, and help
nourish the SURVIVOR
The merchants of San Francisco
have been shown why the Winnemucea
Northern railroad should be construct
ed and the benefits they would gain
by its completion, and they have sig
nified their support by an actual CO.
operation in both a moral and financial
way. We quote from the San Fran
cisco Call of April 18th the following:
Colonel E. R. Place of Winnemucca,
and Boise, Idaho, yesterday submitted
to William r. Wheeler, manager of
the traffic bureau of the San Francis
co Chamber of Commerce, a definite
statement of the preliminary plans of
the Boise people for starting construc-
ton work on the railroad which will
be built from Winnemucca, Nevada,
to Boise, to link San Francisco and
the southern Idaho country.
The matter will be further consid-
cred by the board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce, which already
has gone ON record as commencing the
construction of the line and has pledg-
ed its efforts to the success of the pro-
ject.
Commerce not to content itself with
the adoption of resolutions, but to
give tangible support to the PROPOSE
tion. The method by which this aid
will be given will be announced later.
Would Open Up New Territory.
GA glance at the map will show
that the Boise Winnemucea railroad
will benefit San Francisco more than
any railroad that can be built said
William r. Wheeler yesterday. "The
building of any railroad is good for
country, but no line of road that it
would be possible to construct would
serve San Francisco so well as the
27S miles which are to be built from
Boise to Winnemueca. The construc-
tion of railroads in the Sacramento
and San Joaquin valleys would of
course benefit San Francisco, but those