Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-12-16
RAILROAD NEWS.
Inc Latest Reports Of Progress on The
Oregon Short Line.

Attorney Frank Ganahl. Sheriff
Gray and Contractor Fitzpatrick were
al IN town yesterday, from Naples, on
the Y. 5. L. The Junction is too
dead e. to skin, and if it, by any posi-.
oi'ity, could be denuded of its hide
and the latter hung up in the wind, it
would rattle like dry bones. A few
old soakers, 49ers, and bad men from
Texas and Arizona are bowling there
at nights, as do the wolves on Hum.
ooldt river, but in daytime everything
is as quiet as day of rest in a New
England village. Corn juice and rye
are the staple commodities, and coin
is curiosity.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
but every acorn don't produce an oak.
and therefore the chance for Junction
becoming a rival Of HALEY, and
eventually snatching the capital from
Boise, are extremely problematical.
A few old stiffs who own town lots
claim that the Omaha Smelling and
Refining Works will next season build
immense works there, the like of
which was never before seen on the
Coast, and that they will then control
the gateway to the bullion product of
Idaho and cut off Salt Lake. San
francisco and Denver from competi
ton, while also securing from Wood
River all the ores for reduction, owing
to their better ability for securing
cheap luSes, coal and coke. These
works. they say, will Employ 500 men
and make Naples THE town. Belle
vue doesn't agree with the PROPOSE
ton. When the 12O-ton smelter is
completed at Haley which is proposed
to be erected by the Grant Works, of
Denver, Bellevue would be between
two fires. The Muidoon trade will
leave the Wood River branch at Hal
ley for Muldoon direct, or at Silver
Creek, where side-track has already
been graded and warehouses will be
built sufficient to carry all the sup
plies needed in Muldoon District.
The road will go thence up Little
Wood river on natural grade, and
Bellevue will be only a way-station OIL
the road to Haley. This the people
of Bellevue see.
Not one foot Of grading contract
has been let above Haley along the
river, but arrangements have been
made to construct the Narrow Gauge
Railroad to Bullion as soon as the snow
melts, and large number of men and
teams have been ordered to report
here as soon in the spring as work
can be started to build the same.
If the track is laid beyond Haley on
Wood River it will be narrow gauge,
and HALEY will remain the reshipping
point to the entire mining country of
upper Alturas. The grade will be
completed to Haley in1o days after
the snow leaves Wood River, and the
trains will run to HALEY in two months
from that time.
The construction train on the O. S.
l.. is now running to within 35
miles of Junction. Corrigan & Car
Isle are finishing up the cuts ahead of
the graders, and will keep ahead.
kilpatrick's forces are working ten
miles east of the Junction, and will be
through in 10 days. Their offer Of
assistance to Corrigan & Carlisle was
refused, as it was not required. The
tracklayers are finishing five miles per
week, and will therefore finish the
road to Naples in 8 weeks, or by Feb
ruary Is. BY March l, stages are
expected to run daily between Haley
and Naples, carrying passengers, mail
and express.
| Rad otter Affair."