The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-05-21
LEONARD FILES
ARTICLES


eisco Railway company filed articles
Df incorporatoin today with the secre-
1ary OF state and the county auditor.
Baking the nrst step in the plans of
capitalists Of prominence to build a
railroad from Butte TO San Francisco
MIA Boise, SAYS the Capital News
#Ihe filing was made by l.. o Leon
Bard, representative of those interest
*edln the new railroad. lie refuses at
#this time tD digulge who is behind
1.-The new corporation or to give out
Nthe plans for the building of the
Hroad, although he states most Oil. :
Hphatically 1t will be- constructed with
In comparatively limited time. The
PARTICLES thems slvSs do not disclose
the identity of the hackers Of the
proposed line.
Boise is named as the principal
place OF business OF the Butte, Boise
i San Francisco. The capital stock
OF the railroad is divided into ,25O, =
0OO shares of the par value OF 500
each. After setting forth tue purpos-
rs OF the new corporation SO far as
transportation is concerned and au.
thOrizing 1t to issue bonds, notes.
bills Of exchange, contract indebted
ness, mortgage, buy and sell, etc,
the articles give in detail; the routing
Of the proposed railroad from Butte
via Boise t. San Francisco as follows ::
Beginning at point within or
near the Incorporated limits in the
southwestern part of the city of
Butte, in the county OF Silver Bow,
state OF Montana; thence in west
ery direction by tue most direct,
feasible aud convenient route along
Silver Bow creek and through the
Silver Bow canyon into the county OF
Deer Lodge; thence in a westerly
direction TO point about four miles
east OF Anaconda, near the Wasnoe
r,clion along said Mill creek to the
summit OF the Rocky II cunt aims !;
thence down French gulch in Beaver
head county TO the town of Ralston,
in said state on the Big Hole river ::
thence in Southwesterly direction
up said Big Hole river, TO point
At or near the town of Wisdom, in
said Beaverhesd county; thence in
southerly direction To a point near
the town OF Jackson and along past
Jackson in southerly direction to
the summit of the Bitter Root range
OF mountains OH the divide between
the states OF Idaho and Montana q
= point knOwn as Gold Stone pass /;
thence in southwesterly direction
down Pratt creek or Win pey creek,
in Lemhi county. In tie state of Ida
he and In the most feasible and di-
rect route to point on the Lemhi
river In said state; thence westery
by the most feasible and direct route
to the city of Salmon, in the county
Of Lemhi, in said state; thence
southweSterly up the Salmon river
through said county OF Lemhi TO the
town OF Ellis: thence in a southwest
erly direction along Salmon river to
u point at ur near the town OF Chal-
lis, In Custer county. Idaho, thence
In southerly and westerly direction
along said Salmon river 10 a point
AZ or near the town of Stanley,
thence ia southesterly direction up
Valley creek To Cape Horn by way
of Stanley and Elk creek To the sum
init Of the Sa wtootn range of mCun-
tains In said state; thence In south
erly direction from Cape Horn via
Cape Horn creek along the summit
Of the SawtO0th range or ny the
most direct and convenient ruute To
q point up Warm Springs creek or
Bogus creek, TO the town OF Low
man, on the Payette river: thence
in sonthwesterly direc ion by the
most feasible, direct and convenient
route to the divide between the Pay
elts river and Grimes creek: thence
through or near Grimes creek pass 10
q point in the vicinity OF the town
Of piuneerVille, or Is near as pTac-
ticable thereto; thence ia a south
Westerly direction Ia u point at or
near the town of CenteIville, OIL
Grimes creek, in Sain county: thence
down Grimes creek 10 its mouth
whsTe il enters Mora geek thence
In southeriy direction by way Of
More creek To q point where said
creek enters the Boise river; thence
in a westerly direction along Boise
river to the city OF Boise, Ia Ada
cunuty, in said stale. thence
through the city OF Boise in said
c3uaty by the most convenient aud
direct route in westerly directs %
through the county Of Canyon "a
the city OF Caldwell: thsnce in a
SouthWes lerly direction To tie Snake
rITer 10 4Pol0t opposite the town Of
HemeaAie. In Owyhee county, H.
said state; tbe.ics across said snake
riVer by the mosG feasible aud direct
route In a ~esterly direction 10 tao
mouth of Succor creek cAnyon thence
westerly through the SuocOf creek
canyon 10 a point sI or near Isaac :