The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-03-18
COL. PLACE BACK
FROM IDAHO TRIP

Col. f. r. Place, general manager of
the Winnemucca Northern. returned
last evening from Boise on the Over
land Limited. He was accompanied
by Governor John A. Haines and ex-
Governor C. l.. Hadley, of Idaho, who
continued on to San Francisco.
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 a stub road for its transpor-
tation, during all of which time it
has been ambitious for main line.
With the San Francisco Chamber of
Commerce working on the proposition,
as well as the Boise and Nampa bust.
ness men, it is now a certainty r.
the road will be built.
Branch headquarters were establish
ed by Col. Place in the Owyhse, 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 of
directors.
1 Col Place and Messrs. Coffin and
Falk will attend a meeting of the San
Francisco Chamber of Commerce on
the 26th instant, at which time the
matter of building the road will be
taken up. After that meeting Col.
Place will bring the two Boise men
and several more from San Francisco
to Winnemucca and a trip will be
taken over the proposed route in
autos.
In speaking of the part Nampa will
play in the building of the road, the
Record, published in that town, in its
last issue, had the following to say:
That branch of the Western Pa
cific, a Gould road, built into the
Boise valley from Winnemucca, Neva-
da, would pay interest on the invest
ment so soon as the road was in opera
tion is firmly believed by every man
who has been over the territory that
would be tributary to such a line. The
tonnage is here ready to be moved in
sufficient quantities to yield profit,
I NitHOut INC tti
growth that would follow such devel-
opment.
Such a route would shorten the
present route to San Francisco over
600 miles. The line to be built from
Winnemucca to Nampa would be
about 25S miles in length or about
the same as the distance from here to
Pocatello.
1t is reported that the Western Pa
ciic is so bound up by agreement
with those who bought the bonds of
that company and furnished the
money for building the line that it can
not at this time build any branch
! lines or extensions. That makes it
necessary to look outside and seek
Independent money sources in order
that the road may be built.
Colonel Place, man who has had
much experience in the line of rail
way promotion. has secured the or
ganization of the Winnemucca North
ern Railway company. The president
is a Nevada millionaire, a man of
! high standing in the field of business.
Surveys have been made and the line
located almost to Jordan Valley. The
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
one of the strongest financial organi-
cations in the country has been inter
ested and Boise capitalists have been
interested to such a degree that Col
Place has substantial grounds for his
belief that the road will be built with
out delay.
Nampa business men were given an
opportunity to assist in the prelimin-
airy work and moeey was raised for
that purpose this week. An engineer
corps will start out from Nampa be-
tween now and April ! to secure the
most favorable grade between Nampa
and the Jordan Valley country. Sew
eral miles will be cut off by the line
coming through here instead of going
to Caldwell as was talked of at one
time.
Boise property owners are thor
oughly aroused over the situation and
are determined that the road shall be
built. They stand ready to put up
over 81 100000 in cash and city
terminals. IF Nampa shows the prop
Ell spirit it is more than probable that
the line would be built through this
city. 1t not only means railway com
petition, but it means the shortening
of the rail route to the greatest mar
ket on the Pacific coast by over 900
miles. Nampa has always been equal
to every emergency and from the tenn
per of the leading citizens there will
be no new word, "fail, - added to the
Nampa vocabulary now.