The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-03-28
WORK Will START
soon ON new line


work will be started this spring is the |
road to Winnemucca, Nevada. Every |
word coming from Winnemucca is re-
assuring Col. Place has interested
in the promotion of this railroad
capitalists of Nevada, Idaho and Cali
fornia. The cost of the road Will be
upwards of 100000 and this sum
Of money has been pledged. Inc
Chamber of Commerce of San Fran |
cisco has pledged itself to do every
thing in its power to promote the
railroad. which will bring this terri
tory over 600 miles closer to the
Golden Gate city. Nevada mining
men and capitalists are greatly in
terested The building of this railroad
will promote the development OF that
state and bring to its cities, especially
Winnemucca, great territory IN
southeastern Oregon which is now un-
developed and absolutely without
transportation facilities. OF course
this entire section of Idaho is inter-
ested in the railroad. 1t will give us
a new market for the products of our
soil of all kinds in Oregon, Nevada
and California.
As stated above the reports coming
from Winnemucca are re-assuring.
Col. Place recently returned to Neva-
da from Caldwell and Boise, having
interested Idaho capital in the project.
In speaking of recent developments,
the Humbolt Star of Winnemucca,
says:
Railway Survey Will Start Soon.
As soon as the weather permits
Chief Engineer Sheldon will enter the
field with party of surveyors to con-
tinue the survey of the Winnemucca
Northern. Mr. Sheldon ran the line
from Winnemucca to McDermitt.
eighty-five miles, last summer. When
he starts it again he will take up the
work at McDermitt and continue on
to Jordan Valley, about 200 miles
from Winnemucca, where he will be
met by survey party working from
Boise, Idaho. The Boise party will en-
ter the field about the first of the
month, if weather conditions are fav-
orab1e.
Col. Place Back From Idaho Trip.
The Silver State, also published at
Winnemucca, says:
Col. E. R. Place, general manager of
the Winnemucca Northern, returned
last evening from Boise on the Over
land Limited He was accompanied
by Governor John M. Haines.
While at Boise Col. Place succeeded
in interesting all the leading business
men of the city in the railroad pro-
ject. For many years Boise has de-
pended on stub road for its transport
tation, during all Of which time it
has been ambitious for a main line.
With the San Francisco Chamber of
Commerce working on the PROPOSE
ton, as we'll as the Boise men, it is
now certainty that the road will be
built.
Branch headquarters were establish
ed by Col. Place in the Owyhee, the
leading hotel of Boise, and F. R
Coffin, president of the Boise City Ma
tional bank; Leo P. Falk, president
Falk Mercantile company, and Robert
Noble, president of the Idaho Trust
& Savings company, were selected by
the Boise men to represent them on
the directorate. These three, with
four from Winnemucca and two to be
named by the San Francisco Chamber
of Commerce, will form the board oil
directors.
Col. Place and Messrs. Coffin anc
Falk will attend a meeting of the Sar
Francisco Chamber of Commerce or
the 10th instant, at which time the
matter of building the road will b.
taken up After that meeting Col
Place will bring the two Boise mer
and several more from San Francisco
to Winnemucca and trip will b.
taken over the proposed route II
autos
Boise Men Interested at Last.
1t seems that the city of Boise ha:
at last connected itself with a rea
live railway project. For nigh onto
50 years now Boise has been trying t.
get on the railway map of the country
Innumerable hot air lines have bee,
built to and from Boise Everythin,
from the Owinza cutoff to a Coz
road to scale Squaw Butte has beef
built. but up to date nothing ha
suited. Now Boise is in line for some
thing good, and so is Moss according
to the following from the Humbol
Star:
Col. E. R. Place returned Monda
evening from Boise, Idaho, where h
had been for some time in the inter
est Of the proposed Winnemuc
ca-San Francisco road. The colons
returns feeling highly elated at the in
terest manifested in the enterprise b
the big monied men of Boise TIL
list of stockholders now contains a
the leading capitalists, banker
wholesalers and manufacturers of tn
town. During this trip to Bots
right of way and land for depot. yard
etc.. were secured by the Boise me
and the deeds put in escrow, the land
being valued at $7500OO 1t is sal
that Boise men stand ready to put II
100000 in cash, besides what has a
ready been done in the matter of 5,
curing land and rights-of-way. to i,
sure building the road.
The latest plan is to run the roa
from Boise about midway betwes
Caldwell and Nampa, touching Meth,
town. Those two towns are co,
nected by an electric railway. how
ever, and the road would benefit DO,
equally. Nampa has taken an acti,
interest in the matter of late and pr,
poses to help materially.
Colonel Place had panorama vie
taken of Boise from the top of Il
Owyhee hotel The view was five fe