The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-13
NORTHERN PACIFIC MAY CLOSE THE GAP
BETWEEN WALLACE AND COEUR D'ALENE
PINE CREEK RAILROAD AND ITS coNsEcToN o.w r.
N-BuNkER HILL MAKING MYSTERIOUS
VEY-THE MILWAUKEE,.


ho Railroad company were this week
filed with the secretary of state and
= the county recorder The incorporat-
ors are Herman j. Rossi. w. H. Her
rick and c. f. O. Merriam, of Wal
lace, and W. w Papesh of Kellogg,
: who are also named as directors to
serve during the first year The COM
f pany is capitalized for $4,000, divided
G into 5000 shares of the par value of
J $40 each, of which each of the incor-
E porators has subscribed for 500 shares
Kellogg is given as the principal place
! of business of the company. The pur-
pose of the company is stated to con-
struct and operate a railroad on Pine
creek and its tributaries, the approx
mate distance being 10 miles. The
, place of beginning is given as the
, Pine creek spur of the O.-W. r. & N,
, at the mouth of Pine creek, and ex-
tending to the Constitution mine That
the company has more ambitious plans
than are indicated in the formal state
ment of its purposes is indicated by
this clause:
But nothing herein contained shall
be construed to limit this corporation
only to such length of road, but it Is
specifically stated that 1t Is the fur
ther purpose of this corporation to SO
extend its lines as may be found ne
cessary, convenient or profitable into
other counties within and outside OF
the state of Idaho"
Survey Has Been Made
The new company is understood to
have secured right of way concessions
for practically the entire distance, and
a preliminary survey has been made
from which it has been possible to
make a close estimate of the cost of
construction, Although penetrating a
rough and mountainous country, there
are no serious obstacles IN the way or
. construction or excessive grades to be
overcome, and it Is estimated that
the cost of construction will not ex-
ceed $4,000 per mile 1t is evident
from the men who have Incorporated
the Idaho Railroad company and the
systematic manner in which they have
t handled the preliminary work that the
, construction of a railroad up Pine
1 creek is a bona fide enterprise, and
: everything points to it's being carried
to successful conclusion this year.
But the financial backing of the enter
prise continues to be a matter of much
interesting speculation, and whether
or not it Is built and operated as an
Independent line, or whether the new
} company is even now resting securely
under the sheltering wing of one of
the big railroad companies now oper-
ating in the district or soon to enter It,
May Be the o.-W. r. G. N.
AS the only occupant of the field
Immediately adjacent to Pine creek, 1t
would appear that the O.-W. r. & N,
company would see that no other COM
pany gained a foothold in Pine creek,
a section that even now has a profit
able tonnage in sight and which Is
certain to show tremendous increase
as soon as the benefits of railroad
reason to believe that the O.-W. r. &
N. company is now displaying much
more interest in securing rights of the
Pine Creek Railroad company than It
was few weeks ago. The building of
the smelter at Kellogg has given quite
a different phase to the situation,
bringing the O.-W. to sudden real
ization that other railroad companies
are about to invade the field which 1t
has so long exclusively enjoyed.
without rivals the O.-W. could afford
to view the Pine creek branch with
considerable indifference, knowing
that its construction would bring grist
to the O.-W. mill. But with the pros
pect of the Northern Pacific or the
Milwaukee or both building parallel
lines the Importance of securing a
direct hold on the Pine creek branch
has become matter of first import
ance, and while it is not believed that
the O.-W r. & N. company has any
dlrect connection or agreement with
the new corporation, the logical con-
cluston is that it will not let the ad-
vantages Of the proposed branch pass
to rival if in its power to prevent it.
Plans of Northern Pacific.
The radical changes that have come
about in the reduction of Occur
dAlene ore have started numerous ru
mors of railroad construction, involv-
ing the two companies already in the
district as we'll as the Milwaukee. The
most interesting of these paper rail-
roads and the one which seems to
nave some substantial basis has to do
with the Northern Pacific, and in
wolves the building Of the missing
link" between this city and Occur
dAlene. 1t has always been a mystery
why this section of road was not
built, but the shifting of the big tom
mage of the district to the west seems
to have placed the Northern Pacific in