The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-12-26
TrY to Block Alder
Creek RaiIWay
ASK COURT TO HAVE BRIDGE REMOVED
Isl joe Transportation Company Brings Suit
Against the Railroad Company

Whether tho $50 Joe improvement
o,mtouy oi which AIS Campbell ia
tne general manager. has absolute
rights on DE st Joa river and Die trim
utmIos,as against ihe iighis af others
90 lund a railway bridge across The
stream is the question which will
cnwe io issue in the district count. he
tween tha lfsl named corporation
sHd ihe Alder Creek Railway oom
rsny. THE Improvement company is
rininNn imouQh Gfny ona MoCathy
atorneys tu au sotion nled against
the raihoad eompauy.on teatine the
rights off The latter 60 construct a
hidaa nefos- the liyor 80 a point in
section 2 InNnsnip 45.R.2.W.
Jhs complaint alleges that lbe
p.ars now in constitution far the
bridge. and lhe airucture.i toe iimtors
of which viii ba only seven feet
above th d rmal aee of Che silver.
vim interfere 90 tfe point of wholly
otstruaua. tbo alairs of The rlaiafH
eanaisiaa 900 this respect of floating
logs down the river.an uy causing
iama especially during high vater
periods. WIN result in damsae TO ad
iaceni fanoh lands. the owners Of
eaich viii seek damagea from che
plaintiff.
lt seems, according 90 She com
plant, the plnos lf the plaintiff come
pany, Ior construction of splash dam
on the river for the purpose Of CON.
trolhne the waters in the river dnr-
jog low water sessous. we're approved
by tae state board of land commlas-
ioners and authority given 90 do thif
o-ustruciion and Goo carry on be bus
ine.s of lhis company ON The river
and CHAT the state Legislature, 90 Feb
r0ary rs. 1850, affirmed the b0ard's
sciion hy granting the right Co do
obese things The plaintiff asks Che
court for an order 20 the defendant
railway company TO remove the pierl
from the river and 10 grant the plain.
eff permanent injunction restrain.
ug the defendant FROM attempting
such construction 10 Che future
j T Carol. neral manager f th,
Occur d'Alene Lumber Company is
also heavily interes ed in The So. Joe
lmpr gemeat company
Tine Occur d,' 'Alene Lumber com
pauy and tle alder creek railroad
canpany have been in litis oa e
a right of way aoross some land
owned bv tbe lumber company 10
which the railroad was auccessfui
Fred norriob of the Milwaukee Lum
bor company is interested in the raj
eoaI Ia fact tie r-ime object
building the road was for the prf
pose Of shipping iugs 20 tue company
"a ill in this city.
The Mlnaukee Lumter compan.
Be- als1 interested in the Renfro Cree
railroad to the extent of being GA
/ PRINCIPAL shipper. Ibis is The line
the Ouilliue of which, the Coeur d
Alene lumber company aud the sisol
\ Gib0s lumber company attempted i'
0lock lg iuinnction laat simmer
DO is generally considered ihat ih
aotiou iust started ls part and paroe
I DC tha same aifafis 30 hiriel aud oh
siruci the opeiaticns oi iha Miiuau
kee iu5sr company
The railroad oompsuy has iu.
dnishal building the bridge iu ques
zion 1d are oraflre the rosdhe
beyond
Ihoy have nnished about two mile
of e5aaiug. but have nni stmied 90 la
aay steel ou ihat end of the road d
yet
This snitif it has DO other elieol
0ili probably delay eork ou that en-
OF Che line, hut eiil not interfere wit
operations on the Plummer ead