Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-03-21

editorial m the SemFWeekiy UU0
March Sd, headed From Atlanta q
Boise City in which you speak q
tie proposed trail down the Add''
Boise to our capital, and in paac'
thereof recommend : wagon road b
way Of Gold Hill, &c You have made
some mistakes Atlanta = on TIT
Middle Boise, not IS stated twenty
miles from it From Atlanta to Boise
City BY the proposed trail is less than
100 miles. not over 100 IS stated
To build . good trail down the Md
die Boise river will require large ex'
penditure Of money. for it Is . rough
country and in many places canyons.
The more roads and trails to ., place
the better, and we would like to see
this trail, your road and several 9th
ers built to Atlanta, but they cannot
be built now, and we fear there are 20
many different opinions and such jang-
ling that none viii be built right
away this season five could con-
centrafe our means on what is most
needed ard would do the most good,
we wouh soon be prosperous, and be
able to build the trail, your road and
others, If necessary; bat now all Of
these are ct oncs impossible To At
tempt them, or advocate them, bat
sc2;ters our means and energies and
prevents what We really need and
must have: wagon road that can lie
built with the least money and short
est distance, for We must take into
consideration our present means aud
ability. Although possessing the
richest camp On the Coast and having
millions in prospective, we are very
poor At present and could not build
much Of road. All that the strong
est advocates for the trail claim is that
over it>supplies and stock can be got
to Atlanta earlier in the spring and Ia /!
ter in the fall than over any other /
route. Even if true this amounts 10
but little, for but small amount of
the supplies would ever 60 over the
trail. A quartz mining camp that de-
pended on pack trains entirely would
never amount tai anything. Supplies
and machinery must be brought on
wagons. because wagon Transports
ton is far cheaper. The truth ID the
largest portion Of our supplies VIC
must get from the railroad, indepen-
dent of both Boise City and Idaho
City. Flour. grain, some vegetables. 4
bacon. and Jacobs best Tor worse)
will come from Boise valley, and these
We must get principally by wagons, Is
being the cheapest way; and ali other
supplies must come from, the railroad \
direct, and Of course all machinery. u
And why? Because it is but Is miles u
from here to Rocky Bar, and from there
to Kelton $40 more by the present ID
route. 1t il 240 miles from Boise Il
CITY to Kelton. It is almost law OIL
'.ature that commerce and travel 60 ID
The shortest routes. Then is it possi-
bic Tor our supplies. &c. that we get u
rom kelton to go by Boise City, or .
ldaho City. when BY your road it is .
miles farther (lO9-l8) .
md BY the trail y (lOo-ls) miles ii
srther! The Gatcsnaan is mistaken q
'bout the proposed trail doirg Rocky In
'ar any good, and getting their trav-i .
J, for the reason that hy this route It q
vOun be over S miles to Boise CITY y
ron Rocky Bar, while now there i Il ii
lountain trail between the two places =
7 way q Alturas Lakes (startedI.
a laid Ost years ago By Cbssleylte
Woodward ard reopened last ssasoal>
! Joe Adm the distance over MIDI v
aboGt sixty miles. The nh FL