The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-13
IS mp. ROAD COMING.
THROUGH LOLO?
SOME GOOD DOPE RECEIVED
WHICH POINTS TO EARLY
BUILDING OF CUTOFF.

Over in Idaho, especially around
= vision, there is considerable excite
ment over the activity of the Northern
Pacific in its preparation for some
sort of railroad building from Kamiah,
The Lewiston Morning Tribune be
lieves that these preparations are be-
ing made to start work on the Lewis
ton-Missoula cutoff, a line already
surveyed through the Lolo pass. Con-
corning the activities of the company
the Tribune says:
The activity of the Northern Pacific
a Kamiah suggests preparation for
i~naugurating construction work on the
Missoula line according to reports
brought to the city yesterday by Will
liam Thompson, a pioneer merchant of
kamiah, who is a business visitor in
the city.
Mr.. Thompson states the railroad
company now has a work train at ka-
miah, and the crew is engaged in the
construction OF a cold storage ware
house of large capacity. and AGENTS for
the railway company have been cam
r+assing the surrounding country to
contract for potatoes and other vege-
tables in large quantities. Potatoes
are bought by the carload, and hay
and grain is being purchased in large
quantities. Mr.. Thompson also re-
ports that the Rawson Lumber COM
pany has been given a contract for
all the ties that can be delivered at
kamiah, and that parties residing in
T. vicinity of KOsskia have also re-
ceived large tie contracts for the COM
ing seasons delivery.
The railroad company owns over 20
acres Of land on the Kamiah flat, and
for the past several years portions Of
this land have been occupied with pri-
late industries. All OF these tenants
have been given notice to vacate the
railroad company's property. n an
nouncement has been made that the
line from the station to the bridge will
be Strengthened n that a new steel
bridge will be constructed across the
river at a point q little above the pres
ent structure.
According to the report of Mr..
Thompson, the view is held at Kamiah
that the railway company is preparing
for inaugurating the construction of
the Missoula cutoff. and that ma
terial yards will be established at Ka-
miah, and the stores now being con-
tracted for will be used by the engi-
neering parties engaged in the con-
s.ruction work 1t is explained that
the railroad cOmpany'S holdings at
kosskia are limited, and that the loca-
= n on the Middle Fork is on the north
shore, and the connection with the
present line will be made at a point
considerably below the kosskia sta
ton.
The RaWson Lumber company's
milling plant is now located on the
railroad lane at Kamiah, but a new
tract has been secured about a mile
from the town, and the plans provide
for an early removal to the new loca-
ton.
~he location for this line was made
about three years ago, and at that
time the company maintained several
large crews between Missoula and
kosskia for a period of several
onths. Since that time engineers
have made a careful investigation of
the crossing at the summit, and one
port has been given out to the effect
t. by the location of a long tunnel
the grade can be materially reduced
and the location made one of the most
desirable ever secured through the
Bitter Root mountains.