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Show ;illiF TOSALMONCiT,IDA. ! astern Capitalists Have Taken I a Hold of the Long Pro-b Pro-b jectcd Road. TORE WILL BEGIN 1 . WITHIN SIXTY DAYS ftine Will Open Tor DeveJop-fracnt DeveJop-fracnt Productive Agricultural s; and Mining Districts. I: w "With the maturity of present plans, expected, construction work should tegin on i lie lino from A mislead, Ida,, jja. the Oregon Short Line, to Gil more iiid Salmon Civ within sixty clays. Juch a railroad jjf s been projected, and pstern capitalists havo now taken tho aatter up and will push the lino to com-jletion. com-jletion. jAt Dillon, Mont., a week ago, the lompany was organized with a capital if $2,000,000. The name of Hie now tfrporatiou is the Pittsburg & Gilmorc Sailroad company, Pittsburg capital be-; jig heavily interested in the project. Tho line has been fully surveyed, is 'bout 260 miles in length! and will con-(eel con-(eel with the Oregon Short Line at irmstead, although it is given out taht iMs a totally independent project. The iiad passes through a large and fertile agricultural district, and " it also opens 'lp for development a highly mineral-seed mineral-seed zone. Freighting has been the method of transportation in vogue heretofore, an Scpcnsive and tedious method, and this jjprk has been enormous. Figures com-utcd com-utcd from official sources "show that isl year between tlrirtj' million and foirty five million pounds of freight was tnsported in and out of the district. "Jesides, Salmon City and noighbor-)d noighbor-)d now' has a population of between iOOO and 4000; Gilmorc is a thriving tirg; and there are other townships vjhich will be touched by the now line, t.n'us affording, needed Iransporation fa-Hlities fa-Hlities to a comparatively largo popu-$tion. popu-$tion. .XI |
