The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-05-06
Gov. Alexander Talks on
North and South Railroad

me city Sunday afternoon diraot -. 81
DoiSe' he is accompanied nv NJ -
MISS Alexander, this being the ftn.t
| C,P VI tie fadles to Lewiston and 49,
| ""'er country. The governor NO.,
10. mere py number of the memhars
MS miiitary staff, who will accom-
' the party on their trim dou-n
INC snake and Columbia rivers {oir
ing In the celebration exercises NJ 49,
various points of interest.
| governor Alexander on his vtsf+ =.
ehe present time, outside of his int
Us. IN the waterways celebration sevs
ms visit just now has for its obios
ooJect the commencement OF invastt.
sallon relative to the proposed survey
lor north and south road M
visit OF the public utilities comr,isstas
at this time was timed princ,nall,, 80
mat on their way back 70 the -
The members of the commission oo',s
make a personal inspection of the ,~o~
posed route up Salmon river ,,roi,,,,
mary 10 further action by the governor
In speaking of the matter the goyornn,.
said: e0'e' H0i
more than any other one subject
not aei'aees the minds of the people
| -, o 10 the question of a
ior.h ana south railroad. l come up
n".h 10 attend the celebration of the
Daues-CeIlo canal, thoroughly imbued
WIN nope that the north and south
railroad can be constructed before the
| term OF my office as governor of the
state expires. Wherever l have been
In the southern part of the state. the
people are DESTROYS of knowing what
has been done.
| Inc legislature passed concurrent
resolution introduced by MCGOWAN
authorizing the governor to appoint
commission of three members to take
this matter under consideration. and
| there was also introduced a bin bv
McGowan appropriating 81, 500 for the
expenses of this commission However.
this bill failed to pass, but for what
reason l do not know, and today there
Is not cent available for the payment
OF the expenses that will be incurred
by said commission However. that
does not discourage me, as there are
a lot or things that have to be made
up for in some way or another, either
by cooperation among the citizens of
the state, or by personal sacrifices to
offset some of the failures of the last
legislature.
Governor Alexander's Intentions.
1.-The north and south railroad is a
| live issue, and the legislature by its
| unmindfulness of the Importance of
this great undertaking will not stop it,
l have already instructed the public
utilities commission to take the first
step toward it; that is, have direct
ed them to go over the proposed
route on their northern trip and look
into the condition. After this is done,
RI win in all probability go over the
ground myself, and after this is done,
l will send a corp of engineers to go
over the ground and take such observa-
tions as they deem best. Later on,
will cal by proclamation all the
various commercial bodies throughout
the state on certain day to meet
and pass suitable resolutions and or
zanize themselves and appoint north
and south railroad committees.
II will have the various oranges
and farmers organizations and the
labor organizations throughout the state
meet about the same time and take
similar steps and about the end of
July / expect to be in touch with every
| Gllys Village anu HdLllel anu every VI
ganization throughout the state and
then the question of the north and south
railroad will be thoroughly discussed
and made a live issue
"When the consensus of opinion of
I the people of the state of Idaho is
once known, l then expect to start a
subscription list and will head 1t with
500, and will ask all those various
organizations throughout the state to
| take up a popular subscription of 25
cents per capita, and no more, and
remit ii to some suitable and duly APP
pointed treasurer to pay out for work
actually done and which cannot be
gotten without pay, and when we have
progressed thus far l will then go to
New York and personally take up the
| financial end of it with financiers in
New York and other large cities OF
the east.
Progress Must Not BE Retarded.
81 am determined that the inactivi-
ity and unmindfulness of the leglslas
| ture on this great question shall not
retard the progress of this great state
of Idaho, as the time is now right 10
forge ahead and not lie slumberlng'
AS chief executive of the state. ! am
determined to leave as remembrance
of my official term what l CONSIDER
will be for the greatest good OF the
state, and that is connecting railroad
from the north to the south to unite
us and our interests.
at win take a little time to get the
preliminary work on this enterprise
started but with the cooperation Oh
all sections of the stae, l have no
doubt of the browning success Una.
will follow. The people are back Oh
this, and in my opinion there VIII De
less trouble in building said road IMAM
anticipated Even should the state
OF Idaho be compelled to aid In the
matter. believe the people OF the
state are willing to endorse such
action.
Cost of Road Comparatively Small
| "a north and south railroad OF loo
miles will not cost over $4,000 mlie
and that will mean an outlay OF Vs.
SOC. 900, and II the state OF loaho
wal have to guarantee the interest on
those bonds for ten years, an outlay
of 500 900 annually on per Gem
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