Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-31
THE OREGON SHORT LINE,
PROBABLE DATE OF ITS COMPILE.
TlON TO NAPLES.
Trains to Run Regularly to that Point
After the 10th Of February Contem.
plated Changes in Stage Roads and
Running Time-Etc.

the river the good times steadily APP
proach, and active operations unceas-
ingly continue to the south to supply
us with carrying facilities which are
to insure to Wood River an immense
immigration and uninterrupted trans
portation the year round in the future.
This winter is the last that will be
passed 10y residents Of Wood River
towns in an isolated condition. When
the trains Of cars with sleeping
coaches shall daily arrive and depart,
and freight train run each way daily,
no excuse nor reason for a cessation
Of work in the mines nor for going
out to winter will be tenable; and
with the life and hustle of five times
the present population and all manner
of work progressing, the change which
will be experienced between the past
and the near future is scarcely realized.
John Haley, President of the l. &
o. Stage Co., is now, with other gem
tlemen interested, travelling over the
Camas prairie country selecting new
routes for the stages to traverse, and
the old routes will be abandoned for
the new in a few days. The immedi-
ate object of Mr.. Hailey's "trip is to
select new route for stage road
between Boise City and Naples. 1t
Is quite possible that new road can
be made from Naples via King Hill
and Mountain Home to Boise CITY
which will shorten the present dis
lance travelled from Boise to the
nearest railroad station at Kelton,
some 100 miles. The road proposed
via King Hill from Boise to Naples is
only 140mles long. All passengers,
mail and express for Boise will be de-
llvered at Naples next month and
reach Boise in about "a hours, while
to kelton from Boise the distance is
300 miles and the time three DAYS.
If a new road is not made, then the
present Wood River road from Boise
will be used as passengers for the rail
road will be taken to Naples via Will
low Creek, and a change of passcn-
gers made there to Naples and Hal
ley stages for Wood River The
Boise and kelton stages will be taken
off, and the new road thoroughly
stocked. 1t is likely that two, or even
three daily stages will then arrive
and depart at Naples daily for w God
River and Boise City.
Passengers from Haley for kelton
now leave here in the morning about
8 a. m. and arrive at Millers at 2 D.
M, where they lie over until next
morning. The stage, meantime, trav-
els to Naples, arriving there at 4 p.
M, and leave there again next morn
ing for Miller's, arriving there at 8 L..
M, and then continues to Kelton
When passenger trains shall run reg
ularly to Naples the stages will con-
meet there with the trains, and pas
sengers, freight, mails and express for
Wood River or for the south will all
go by rail. This arrangement will do
away with the stage lines from Boise
and from Wood River to Kelton, and
that town will then pass in its checks,
as gamblers would say.
The above are surmises based on
information at hand But Mr.. HALEY
will visit Naples on his present trip,
and is expected here in few DAYS,
when definite information as to the
route decided upon and the other
changes to be made can be had.
NAPLES TO BE REACHED IN A FEW
DAYS.
Definite advices from Naples state
that the railroad will reach there by
Saturday next, and the entire forces
will start laying track from Naples on
the Wood River branch for HALEY.
Immense quantities of sagebrush are
being burned along the Wood River
branch grade to take the frost out so
that the track-layers may keep on
toward HALEY. Naples to-day is a
lively town, and is growing more so
daily.
/ Mr.. Bews writes from Ogden that
the first passenger, mail and express
train over tie O. 5. l.. Railroad to