Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-12-14
MORE DIVISION
POINT RUMORS
STANDPOINT CLAIMS PROPOSED
NEW GREAT NORTHERN RAIL
WAY ROUNDHOUSE
C. N. DIRECTORS AWAIT REPORT
c. O. jerks, Vice President, Is Max
ing Investigations.

What is the Great Northern Railway
Company going to do in regard to its
pre-war plans for making Bonners
Ferry division point? This is a
question that has been asked many
times the past few months and many
rumors have been circulated but none
with any apparent foundation
The latest dope" is that something
will be doing very shortly now that
|C. d. jerks, vice president of the
Great Northern Railway Company
has been investigating the need of
several new division points and that
he will make his recommendations
soon before the board of directors of
the company.
1t will be remembered that a few
years ago the Great Northern Railway
Company bought large acreage east
Of Bonners Ferry for a site for a
roundhouse and yards. Before any
work could be started the war broke
out and all new development plans
we're forgotten.
Somehow or other Standpoint has
managed to encourage itself with
vague rumors until the city is now
assuring itself that it has an equal
chance with Bonners Ferry for the
proposed new Great Northern yards
The latest in newspaper stories on the
Great Northern division point is con-
tanned in the Pend d'Oreille Review
Of Standpoint, published as follows last
Friday:
"a persistent rumor has been cur
rent this week that the Great Northern
contemplates the location at this point
of division roundhouse, the size of
which would be at least so stalls.
THAT there is something to the ru-
NOR is indicated by the answer to a
telegram which was sent by the Re-
view yesterday to the st. Paul Pioneer
Press, with the circulation Of the re-
port locally that the plans for the
roundhouse here were acted upon
Tuesday by the Great Northern board
at a session held in St. Paul
"The telegram sent by the st. Pau
newspaper last night and received by
the Review this morning was as fol
lows:
"'It was stated at the Great
Northern today that c. o. jerks,
vice president. in charge of opera
ton, is out ON the line now and
that he has not laid his plans for
Standpoint before the board. They
will await some definite recon-
mendation from Mr.. jerks. We
will advise you upon his return.
"'Pioneer Press News Bureau.
THAT the Great Northern has had IL
contemplation the construction of q
roundhouse here or at Bonners Ferry
has been talked for several years ano
with the turning back of the railroads
to private ownership renewal OF the
report soon followed. That sites al
both Standpoint and Bonners Ferry
have been discussed is known and
Bonners Ferry on one or two occa-
sions has claimed that the roundhoust
would be built there.
"The contemplated roundhouse
which would accommodate freight
division here, would break the present
continuous division from Hillyard t6
Troy, Mont. Several freight crews are
now remaining over here for the night
Should the roundhouse be located here
as a break between the Spokane-TroA
run, it would lend color to the repor'
in railroad circles that the Northern
Pacific will handle the passenger ser
vice and the Great Northern the
freight service of the merged roads.