| Show un 23 in new york city mill be held an important meeting of the francisco idaho montana lagway recently rece atly incorporated at boise to connect butto with the pacific coast via capital at this meeting it will bo determined when construction is to be begun already many surveys have been completed and some contracts have been let bids will be received for the rest of the work as soon as the final surveys arc completed secretary G T of the company Is authority for alie statement that the company proposes to build a railroad from san francisco cal to butte mont a distance of miles of v alch miles hlll be in california allea in nevada sa miles in oregon miles in idaho and 92 miles in montana the route is via oroville and susanville sanville Su cal old camp mcgarry and mason nev boidan valley oie and balse ida there will be a branch line aiom mason to winnemucca icv the i oad has been surveyed from san francisco to boise ida miles and la under survey from the latter point to butte mont 3 15 miles william peyton mason president andrus building minneapolis minn ft rites to the railway age that the bonds have been subscribed aad that the road will be completed by june 1907 tho country through which the line will pas Is undeveloped to a certain extent but ita mineral wealth and resources are unlimited timber grazing and agricultural lanas predominate ahe mileage by states as given above indicates that the route will be exactly on the lines indicated when tho announcement of the incorporation was first made that is from san francisco in a northeasterly over much the same route as that of the western pacific thence north over the samo route as taken by the nevada california oregon idaho crossing the oregon short line somewhere near maropa to boise the route then takes the road though a rall region of idaho including the salmon river coultry cou atry and ends at butte A branch is provided for to run from mason to winnemucca nev but why this Is specified unless it Is to heal off a competitor is hard to say salt lake tribune RIO GRANDE IS ACTIVE over in colorado tho rio grande is preparing for a heavy campaign of construction reconstruction and re now that the atlantie end of sir goulds system ia ato well under way it is evident that he Is turning to the far most as a profitably field for extension abo new lino from durango will accomplish two good re suits in the first place the new line will pene a new and rall region secondly it will create new traffic for the rio grande southern which Is the least remunerative of the rio grande system its earning power being at a low rato compared with the rest of the system probably this fact causes tho company ta keep accounts separate and operate the line to an extent as an independent branch men and teams are being to and work on tho line will be in full swing in a few days ealy in the summer many miles of track may be ready for operation while official information about the deal with the moffat road is still lacking yet the subject Is one that interests all railroad men and if it should prove to be true it will at once place the rio grande in an entirely new light in colorado and wonderfully increase ita earning power the time has certainly coma when the gould lines prepare to protect their territory B i of the frisco is said to be getting into the colorado southern As the frisco man is also at the head of die rock island it might prove disastrous should the combine effect any further deals in colorado railroads the local territory of the cripple creek and the southern roads are very valuable and ai it has been said that they are both in the family it may mean a disruption la colorado transportation affairs salt lake tribune ANOTHER PACIFIC BRANCH maj A F jones counsel tor the diamond match company has departed tor new york and hia visit haa given rise to the suggestion that he has gone tor the purpose of interesting capital iu the construction of a railroad from to chico in its arti clea of incorporation the western pacific mentioned a road from Oroville to calco to be part of its plans should this branch road bo constructed the interests of chico would be sub served without the construction st of another road if the major has gone to new york on the mission suggested it is probable he will make an effort to induce the western pacific to build the branch as soon as possible alter the completion of the transcontinental tin line athla place chico in a tar more advantageous position than she will occupy without such branch road for toe western pacific will offer the cheapest and most speedy transportation to and from the east naturally the diamond match company would be much interested in the proposed branch quinsy national bulletin five more new of the clasa for tho salt lake and los angeles road passed through ogden today on account of the freight wreck at elder last night on the southern pacific no 6 will not arrive until today which will be about fifteen minutes behind the time of no 2 george H smith the assistant attorney of the harriman lines tor thia district is in the city |
