The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-04-15
NEW Life GIVEN
BUTTE-B BOISE

AAimb hiAGAG - = hAh NA1aA ENDNtAr
which, II successfully closed this
week or ~ the very immediate futufs
means nothing more OF less than that
the money necessary has been raised
for construction Of the Boise Butte.
san Francisco railroad its entire
length from Butte, via Boise, "a tide
water At san Francisco, Was tie au-
theni ic Information -ecured Saturday
nigut. Ahile negotiations aaye MT
bsen closed conferences wiIh hnan
ciers ut prominence in this country
ana foreign representatives of big
hnaacial lastitdtious hayo bee In
progress for the past seyeal weeks 40
Sa Francisco and Los Angeles ard
"a dehui,e understanding IS Ga tile
financing oi the road Will be reached
II all goss Well. Tie prospects are
said To look we're bright.
IL is given out OF the stme eXrai.
leut authority that several OF the
larger transcuntinenIt railroads ~
the northNest are lending aid and
eueo ralement 10 construction III
the ad fhey ARE said 90 include
the Great Northern, Northern ia
.iAc, tile Burlington and the Chi
G go, Milwaukee s Puget sound,
Willie ,hree 81 these roads have
nottl, estern Pacific coast terminals,
A cntot e. san Francisco 10 tap tn
,0ttth pasinc coast will do much o.
Sards meeting the waterway eompe
JilioN of the Panama canal, which
lreads had resulted IN tTinse lnti
ne tai ralroahs reversing the stand
hey hava taken FOR % year on tile
i3ng and short haul and which lac
yiyen ana promises to continue %
give such keen competition that
every available route Tor steam trans
portatipn facilities must be made use
Dl. TIE propos Boise butte San
Francisco road Is cIsssed a. one of
ne rour res
Well posted railroad men nf tile
.ity are silent as to tine prospects for
Tie construction OF this road They
,duit, however that there ls big
ieai ia the Nind aud that its Sue
tesstul cunkumm 4tion means much to
ghe interior tsrrit1rieS ot the states
u Montana. Idaho, Oregon, Nevada
and California.
+ +. Halves on, who for a number
II years has bssn interested ia the
building OF this road WAS, II uas re.
plrtei SATURDAY., IN receipt Of tele.
ram from l.. o. L 'onard, also or
years interes ttd IN thr raising ~ cap
ital l3r its construction, now in Cali
forula IN is interest, stating the
financial backing FOR the road bad
heen secured. When interviewed
no ever, Mr. lIalgeston stated hs
had ot received a telegram 10 that
Inaure. He al tilted ne had re-
csived telegram Friday from Mr.
Leonard t. the effect the prospects OF
| tbe ruad looked giod. Mr H3lyaston
aid he expected genuite information
/ soon but did not like 10 make u state.
nent az tHis tiue in connection with
tbs plns under way, bat would he
lad to when he. receives definite
sord. Mir. Halyeston is United
states c,n missioner for this distr Ct
II is kno~n that the conferences Ia
connection with The financing ~ tile
proposed road have teen In progress
/ in California for some time ami that
/ millions Al t4eir hacking nave been
m att ndince. Mr. Leonard Is an
/ ier,tood To- have the matter Uf pre-.
senting ths proposition 10 them In
\ iand.
TIE proposed route of the Boise
/ Butte san Francisco is 10 cot diag1u-
ally across central Idaho from butte
/ via salmon. d0~u the StlmOn river
into TIE STANLEY basin country N.
4ards Boise, reaching tbts city vis
rhe Boi.e river canyon, Gro Ssing three
IByi1es in It's progress southwest 90
this city. This route constitutes the
mos, dlrdgult en,ineering probineSs
.runlruntiu. thg proposed road Ire
5ersing the Boise valley west the
route leads, via Caldwell, across th-
snake liver into eastern Oregon,
south 90 NeyAdA, where i cOnneC-
ion &, uadc with the Western pucti.
ac and over that road entrance Is
gained Ia san Francisco.
Tire survey, tie maps and prnhlss
tie image per mile, the necessary
equipment uesfied TO build aud ali Of
ne other data Ii las taken yeafs g.
compile ou which 10 base estimates
Tor tIe building Of tie road hsye
bsea secured AID today the prospects
ot actual building 0f the line are re
liably said g. have neseF looked best.
ter. Capital News.
/ L 4. Boyd. If NissuuIa. the agent