Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-18 | Page 3 | Butte to Coast Line Practically Assured

BUTTE TO COAST LINE UME PRACTICAllY ASSURED SAN FRANCISCO Feb 18 A A complete complete com com- right of way to this tills city for the Butte Bol Boise BolM e San Fran Francesco leco co R Railway company has been obtains obtained according eC I to the statement of L. L O. O Leonard I president of the company made mado public here today Leonard Who has been inthe in inthe inthe the state several everal months added that I Ithe the Comp company ny had made Its plans I In Including Including In- In eluding double tracking for two thirty-two miles out of ot San Francisco The Tho surmise Is offered by local financiers financiers financiers finan finan- ciers and railroad d m men n that Leonards Leonard's backers are backing the o option announced an announced an- an n- n this tills week on the controlling f the Ocean Shore railroad that runs out of San Francisco thirty-four thirty miles south along the shore This Tills Leonard Leonard Leon Leon- I ard refused to discuss but said ld he ex exp expected expected ex- ex exI I p to make S San n Francisco one end of a a. railroad the right of ot way which had been obtained Leonard stated that It might be decided decided de de- to electrify the road The Butte Boise San Francisco railroad Is incorporated d In l I Montana for I