The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-12-26
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

BOSE CI1Y. y sensbc- y. go.
Knowing :A-; fcs lines froa the Capital ta4y not
prove altogether uaintc-es:.ns. while away "a
leisure moments tn giving copy II m: ness No;A.
ing 81 ate-es; has trausnireI in tie legislature.
since tie date Of the c1rr..panicace published n
the last issue further than the Introduction by Ar
wright. Of Ada IN tie Council. @. a b.N extending
Territorial AID In the construction or The Portland
D2ies and salt LAKE Railroad. Al Effort made
put qgetus ;he after is arst rcaI.aF
... parliamentary engued: bat the final rcAgl.
~s. that the bill ordered printed. ani referred
u the committee on railroads. About tho ia.
lures Of the bill arc. that the Territory pay per cent
n;eres; the first mortgage construction bonds Of
the 2. D. and 5. l. Z. K. the bonds to San thirty
years and the Treasurer q the Territory to sign the
half yearly .terest coupons htcen thousand dol
lars for every section Of Ave miles o: the road com
p!eted. and put in operation within the Territory
1; is also conditioned that III. rol run from Point
Odds Ferry on Snake River through Boise City.
10 point on the Union Central Pacific Road
aad that the Territory shall in way. he liable
the principal Of the bonds. The biz also provides
that work shall commence ai the eastern terminus
on or before August st 1873 tina; at least ~ miles
said road shall be constructed westward from said
eastern terminus the cond year after commence
rnent OF work. and after that 50 miles at least az
said road shall be constructed and put In operatiou
per year. It further provides that certain per cent
Of the net earnings annually. of the road within this
Territory, for certain number of years-not vet de.
termined-sha be set aside by the railroad compaar
and paid into the Territorial Treasury annually as
fund TO reimburse the Territory for the amount Of
interest so paid.
Quite diversity 0. option exists as to the merits
and dement's Of the aforesaid company and as TO tho
probabilities and possibilities Of any road whatever
oens built by the company. Col. Chapman is accus.
ed OF being too reticent to soaae matters which
many believe he should disclose particularly as to
inc names OF the stockholders in his companv and
'heif aoiiity' financially. to carry through auch an
important enterprise. 1mpecnniosty appears 10 be
the main charge against his company. and whether
VI not inc Colonel has been successful in removing
ah do"o's on that point, we unable to say
hho'icr Dill IN aid Of any company that will con
s'ruc road and telegraph line from Boise ci.v -
some point on the Central Pacific road has hoo, sh
United to the Railroad Committee. but mora =, .,t.
anon.
DR. Dean' OF Boise. has introduced bill reeula,
he Saar'es ana ices OF county officers in Boise conn
", which mas been referred to the appropriate co,
mittee, but as yet no action has been taken =, .,
There was lively little skirmish in tho uo,.o -,
last saturday over the bill exempting from taxation
the Utah Northern Railroad, in Oneida county ,,,
the friends of the measure outnumbcred ,,s orno
heh's' ana we have no doubt but that the bin vii,
oecoine law. The company have gone to work IN
earnest TO build the road, without asking aid from
al! source, and now have over twenty miles OF :,
Completed and 1t is but just tribute to their enter
prise ana energy If not act OF justice that their
ROAD should be exempted from taxation until IL ia
'ar completed as to be on paying basis.