The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-04-09
RAILROAD TALK
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Satisfied that his plans for a stand
Ard guage railroad from Butte To
s. Boise and on to San Francisco are
soOn to be realized, l.. @. Leonard
rho for the past year has been pro-
hoting the building of such line, is
bouie from the east, where ha spent
three months comforting with capi-
talists, says the Capital News. tie
Declares that ne has the proposition
vel In hand for securing finances
bud that within the next ten days
emendeo articles Of INCORPORATION
F,ll 5led increasing the capital stock
from $40, 600 600, TO s125, 600, 900 and
changing the name from the Butte
Boise Il Winnemucca railway to
Bu tte- Boise & Sau Francisco rail-
foad aud changing the route running
from Biose south aud west and
through southeastern Oregon into
california. Under the new plans the
foad Is increased in length from $50
30 1885 miles.
Mr.. Leonard has three large vol
hmes compiled by engineers covering
the route and showing the resources
which can he tapped and the esti-
mated tonnage. 1t was after consult
ing with the Leading capitalists that
&the change in route was made.
Under the head. New Roads and
Projects, a.recent issue of the Rail-
way Review has the following TO say
Relative to Idaho and the proposed
sline
IL. D. Leonard, OF Boise, Idaho,
President OF tue proposed Butte Boise
~ Winnenucca railway, line pro-
Jscted from Butte, Montana, to Win
nem ucca, New, has abandoned the
fplan of building TO Winnemucca and
the charter OF the company Is to be
AIN. nded authorized capital stock
increased tu SIPS, 900, 900, and the
name changed to tue Butte 3 oise &
San Francisco railroad. The original
plan called for the construction OF
about $50 miles of railroad. 1t is
now proposed 10 build from Butte,
Nc, t., TO Boise, thence west and
south through southeastern Oregon
and south to San francisco, dis
tance OF 1865 miles. The estimated
total cost o. construction Is $50, 600,
900. 1t is stated that from Butte to
Boise the average cost will be about
$50, 600 per mile. Arrangements have
been. made for ample terminal facili-
ties AT Butte, Roise and San Francis
co. English and Belgian capitalists,
1t is said, will finance the project.
The increase in capital stock, says
Mr.. Leonard, is not only made neces-
sary because OF the increased mileage
to he covered, out also for the issu-
ance uf further bond issues to build
feeders which will be necessary to
penetrate some of The heavy timbered
and rich mining districts. The line
from Boise is To run to Homedale,
through Jordan valley, down tile Jor-
dan TO where 1t enters the Owynee,
FROM whence 1t will follow the old
military road to the south side of
teen mountain, In Oregon, entering
tue northeast corner of California at
Sunrise valley.
The Recorder is reliably informed
that Mr.. Leonard ~ill visit Salmon
within the next ten days to investI-
gate conditions at this end OF the
proposed line.
A special dispatch from Lander,
Wyoming, to The Statesman gives
the following news in regard to the
proposed extension OF the North
western:
within sixty days work will begin
on the extension OF the Chicago &
Northwestern line from Lander to
Boise. Within three weeks coal
ition will be effected between the
Hill lines 10 Idaho and the Western
rAcific AID the North western for the
building OF this extension, which
will be 10 direct competition with
the Uuion Pacific for the lacifc
coast. 1t Is planned 10 establish
train service from Omaha through
Lander via Salt Lake over tie San
Perdo, Los Angeles and salt Lake
to Los Angeles and over the Western
Pacific 10 San Francisco.
The Twin Bridges correspondent
to the Butte Miner Of March D gives
the following news relatise To the 6.
s P. railroad
''Still another report OF proposed
extension by the Gilmore & Pitts
bnrgh railroad reaches Twin Bridges
The news comes Dy letter from Port
land to the effect that the Gilmore 4
Pittsburgh is going To build at least
300 miles Of track and would extend
their eastern terminal from Arm
stead 10 Tsin Bridges
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