The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-05-29
DEWEY ROAD
STILL ATWoRK
win not Stop, rs Rumored,
Rut Extend to Mccall
this Fall.

Meadows Eagle. 1uc OieSon onortl
,,na railroad L. in Long Valley.
Trains will be running through to Nc
ro,l nv September. The terminal will
no hut about ten miles away. The
road is destined to run to Lewiston.
The natural and most feasible route
between Long Valley and Lewiston
! via Meaows Valley and down the
Iattle Salmon river-two of the rich
est and most productive sections of the
state. Representatives of the company
are anxious to know what amount of
marketable produce the two localities
will likely produce per year during
the coming ten years. Not that the
nroposed line of railroad would be al
tnpether dependent on local tariff for
sunnort. but as an added inducement
for the early completion of the road
When the road is in operation from
Lewiston to Boise, the through freight
and passenger traffic will be, of itself,
sufficient to warrant the line. The
contributions by Meadows Valley and
the Little Salmon river country will
only add to the amount the through
line will anyway secure.
These contributions will, however,
be considerable. Meadows Valley
contains approximately 10000 acres
Of arabic and cultivatable land. Not
very large amount but immensely
rich and productive. Suppose We set
aside 5000 acres of it for pasture.
feed lots, orchards and gardens. Every
acre Of the remainder can and in due
time, will be devoted to grains and
grasses. Basing an estimate of the
future yields on past authentic aver
ages the Valley would produce for
shipment to market fully 1000 carload
annually, or an average OF say three
carloads day, to say nothing of the
lumber shipments. There is not less
than ten billion feet of lumber Of ex-
cellent quality in the forests sur
rounding Meadows Valley. Sufficient
to load an average of twenty cars
per day for a period of at least ten
years. Meadows Valley alone can
therefore furnish 20 to % carloads OF
freight per day for period of at
least ten years, IL the land in the
Valley Is properly utilized and the tim
Der surrounding it is manufactured
into lumber.
The Salmon river country, with
Its Incompatible orchards, fruits
grain and live stock, can add proper
tionately as much more. In the vi
cinity of Pollock, on the direct route
Of the proposed road, are inexhaust
ible deposits of lime and cement rock
that will come into demand as soor
O. there Is transportation to get then
to market. Tests of the cement rocl
show 1t will make the highest quail
ity cement in the world, and the sup
ply, adjacent to water power, Ii
ample to ship a train load ever!
other day for half century.
The Lewiston extension will bisec
two Of the richest sections in Idaho
and when built, will be the best pay
ing line of railroad In the state. Th'
people Of the Meadows Valley AM
the Little Salmon river country shout
get together at once and take immed
late action to secure the early build
ing of the road.
Now that it Is admitted that tn
Dewey branch Of the Oregon Shor
Line railroad will be completed t
Payette Lake this year, why wouldn'
1t be good idea for Meadows Va
ley and Salmon river valley people
favoring an extension of the line I
Lewiston, to get together and lnduc
survey of the route this summer
1t can be done II the proposition n
ceives sufficient encouragement. Tn
Eagle will give $4,000 toward tn
expense of survey. How much WI
you give.