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Show PROGRESS MADE ON IDAHO NEVADA LINE I ELKO, New. Aug. 31. Milton B Had1., attorney for the Riverside Mining Min-ing company of Contact returned from the hearing at WVdls before members of the public service commissions of Nevada and Idaho and representatives ot the mining Companies and other Interests In-terests to be served by the construction construc-tion of the Idaho Central railroad from Rogerson. Idaho, to WUh With the return of Mr. Badt the first public statement is available as t' the actual work of construction of th new road since the i bange In the personnel of the directing heads of the railroad following 'he meeting of the board of directors in San I-i in Cisco last week. It Ikim developed that a survey crew of five men Is already at work running run-ning the line for the proposed road, that a year's lease has been secured on offices for the road at Wells, that provision pro-vision has already been made to raise $600,000 With which In push conntrur-t conntrur-t 1 on that $2.". 000 In cash has been set Hslde for the preliminary engineering work, and that the company has already al-ready purchased sufficient rails for ?Oo miles of road and tics sufficient for 100 miles. |