The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-02-25
L. 0. Leonard is in San Francisco
Figuring on New Line to Run
this Way Via Boise.

tnlS way via boise.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. ia
complete right Of way To this city for
the Butte, Boise 4 San Francisco
Railway company has heen obtained,
Ac or1np 60 statement Of l.. q.
Leonard, president 81 tie ,mpany,
made public here to-day. Leonard
who has been la the state several
months added that the company had
made its plans, including double
tracking Tor 81 n lies out Of San
Francisco. The surmise is offered hy
local hnanciers and railroad men that
Leonard's blckers are behind the op.
tion, announced this week, ON the
controlling stock OF the Ocean shor.
railroad that runs out of San Fran.
cisco q miles south along tile shore.
ruis Leonard refused to discuss, but
said he expected to make san Fran
cisco one end of railroad, the com
pltte right of way for which has been
obtained
Our original estimates, said
Leonard In discussing the matter late
yesterday were for "A steam rail-.
road They called for an expenditure
Of ~, 900 900 10 build from Boise,
Idaho, 10 Butte, Mont, and t27, 600,
900 to extend the line from Boise to
Sau Francisco. 1t may be that We
will decide TO electnfy the road
which would re Iuire new Estimates.
Whether We do will depend largely
upon the result OF the Chicago, Mil
saukee 4 St PauIs experiment
with au electrified division.
There are No grades OF more than
per cent ana | belieye that with
electric nelpers at the base OF these
grades The problem of electrically
driven locomotives would not be dim
cult.
Tie Butte, Boise s. San Francisco
railroad Is Incorporated IN Montana
for sl25, 0O0, 900.
IDAHO CORPORATION.
The railroad ny which 1t IL expect
ed 10 connect lutte with Boise and
Sau Francisco, spoken OF in the As
sociated press dispatch from the lat
ter city, Is ia reality an Idaho cor.
poraliun the articles OF incorporation
having been taken out In Boise soma
years ago.
L. o Leonard, formerly of Butte
and brother Of Charles II. Leonard,
is the president OF this company.
'fhers is another company in exist
ence having Ia view line to connect
the same cities. This WAS originally
conceived 10 bring Butte and Boise
into close rail connection, bat It's
scope was enlarged later 10 iacl ude
line 60 >au Francisco This ls incor-
porale1 in Moatana for sl25, 900. O0O.
l., @. Leonard has been busy on
his scheme for long time, aud it
has been reported that he had inter
ested some large capitalists Ia the
project II mas been estimated that
Z II viii cost at least 400, 600, 900 10
build IL.
No one Ia - position ~ do 80 has
given oul ans details as 10 tie pro-
posed route, but II Is understood that
from Butte for part OF the way IL
vii run very close b. the Oregon
Short line into the lower part of
Montana, snd then make a shorter
and more direct cut a. Boise. From
that city Il expected 10 run very neaF-
~ due west u Winnemuccs, New.
and FROM there a. near as possible ia
straight line 10 san Francisco.
one OF the lines already built,
shich Is thought by many will even.
tually he part Of either the Montana
corpJration or the Idaho corporation,
/, Whist is known as the Gilmore anu
( Pttt-butg running from AFmstsad,
"a the lower Beayerhgad county,
through part ~ tile salmon river
country ia Idaho.