The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-10-15

LINET0MAKE
R. R. LOOP
North and South Road Looks
Probable if Proposed Deal
Is Negotiated.

All indications in railroad develop
ment circles of late tend to substan-
tiate the belief that the oregon Short
Line will eventually purchase the Gill
more & Pittsburg railroad and con-
tinue that line west along the Sal
mon river and finally to Lewiston,
which would give the state it's long
awaited north and south railroad and
be of inestimable value to all districts
concerned The latest authentic news
on the subject in contained in an in
teresting article from the Boise Cap
ital News as follows:
THAT the Oregon Short Line has
made plans for the purchase of the
Gilmore & Pittsburg railroad operating
between Armstead, Mont. and Salmon,
Lemhi county, Idaho, and will com
plete that line west along the Salmon
on river towards and probably into Lew
iston, at the same time finishing its
present line north from the Payette
lakes to Lewiston, making complete
loop is the belief of railroad men here.
, he Gilmore and Pittsburg is supposed
to be, or to have been at east, Hill
ioad. 1t is generally referred to as
the "road of mystery" over which
there has been not little speculation
as to its ownership and purpose of
building it into Salmon.
Negotiations Under Way.
! The fact that few days ago f. f.
Calvin, vice president and general man
ager of the Short Line, accompanied
by Carl Stradley. chief engin, er of
that road, and other officials of the
Short Line, made a trip of inspection
over the Gilmore & Pittsburg, has CIV
en- rise to the reports the Short Line
is negotiating for it's purchase. The
Gilmore & Pittsburg is but one OF three
railroad lines operating in southern ol
eastern Idaho independent of the Shor
Line. The latter is in control of prac
tically all the territory. The other tive
independent lines are the Southern Ida
no and the Pacific & Idaho Northern
neither of which are paying.
The Gilmore & Pittsburg was bull
at heavy cost two years ago from Arm
stead to Salmon, a distance of -
miles With the exception of that par
of the road which goes over the divid
between these two points both ends u
to the grade to the divide Us heav
steel rails, we'll ballasted and high clas
construction. The original engine erin
plans called for the construction of
tunnel through the mountains to avoi
y the heavy grade of the divide, but il
building was postponed for the presen
owing to the cost Surveys for an eS
tension of the line out of Salmon we:
l Llong the Salmon river to Lewiston wei
d made, but the line was never extende'
l The road is now equipped with thrt
o locomotives and 1893 passenger ar
:. freight cars. w. A. MeCrutcheon
n president of the line and b. p. Little
vice president. 1t taps a very ric
mineral and stock section of the stat
: The Short Line controls the princip
l. avenues of traffic north from Salt Lal
l. through eastern Idaho via Pocatel
: and Idaho Falls to Butte, or the Sa
e Lake-B Butte division of it's line Arm
stead is a station on this line ju
le over the boundary in Montana fro
Y. Idaho. 1t is at this point the Chino
st & Pittsburg taps the Short Line al
al runs west over the divide into Idal
ar and Salmon. The Gilmore & Pittsbu
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