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Show LEWISTON IS EXCITED. Engineering Parties of Rival Railroads Rail-roads Camped All About, LEWISTON, Ida.. May 13.-Thls city Is filled with excitement over tho presence of three Northern Pacific surveying parties par-ties in the vicinity of Lewlston Engineer Earp and party have pitched ramp about a mile south of this clt and are preparing to run surveys along the prsssnt survey of the projected LiwIston-Orangevllle LiwIston-Orangevllle electric road. Engineer Pollard Pol-lard has established a camp at Ilo and Engineer Hay has pitched . amp at w Inch In-ch ester. Thus parties are placed at advantageous ad-vantageous points and it is definitely known that the ultimate destination of these parties is Grangevllle Word has been received here from Rlpn-rls Rlpn-rls that Engineer Kllppel if the Oregon Railroad and Navigation company hat been there several days with a force of surveyors awaiting Instructions. Tho Steamer Spokane, which left todav under orders for Rlparla, will take, on board the Kllppel party and also anothi r partv now-coming now-coming from Portland it is iifiii.isto.il that Superintendent J P, O'Brien of the 0 R & N with a party, will leave Rlparla early tomorrow, tomor-row, but it Isjiot known whether th engineers en-gineers will come to Eewlston or be' pla. ed at work along the propua.-d 1,,-wls-ton-Rlpa rl.i branch. |