Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-01-19
OUR CITY.
1t Will Soon Be the Starting Point Of
All Stage Lines for the Northern
Country, besides Being Railway Cen.
ter.

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Coantry, besides BEING Railway Cen.
ter.
The Utah, Idaho and Oregon Stage
Company intend soon to pull off all
their coaches from the BIackfoot and
Wood River line aud carry the mail
between Blackfoot and Challis, for
which the contract has not yet cx-
PRED, upon buckboards. The only
regular line east from Wood River
will then be to Muldoon, Is miles
east of Haley. The stage stock used
OH the Blackfoot, Challis and Wood
River lines is to be brought to the
railway terminus at HALEY, and two
daily six-horsc mail stages will arrive
and depart daily from this point. Con
nection will be made with each train
on the Oregon Short Line Railroad in
eight hours from and to HALEY, until
passenger trains are placed upon the
Wood River Branch Railroad and run
through to Haley, when the stage
line now run to kclton will be with
drawn, aud all the coaches and stock
will be used in maintaining daily six
horse stages to aud from Haley to all
Of the mining sections north and
west, including Bullion, Mineral
Springs, Gilman City, Gimlct, Deer
Greek, Orado, East Fork, Ketchum,
Warm Springs, Boulder, Galena and
Sawtooth, on the Wood River line,
and from HALEY daily six-horse mail
stages will depart for and arrive from
all points on the Salmon river.
The stage company, in running
coaches from the railway terminus at
Haley up Wood river, over the divide
and down the Salmon river valley.
save l2O miles distance and "a hours
time over the present route to Challs
from Blackfoot; and while on the lat
ter r.ute the travel is too liyh, to pay
on the Wood River and Bonanza line.
down the Salmon the travel is con
slant and will be very profitable. The
mails must be carried to Galena bv
stage, and the distance thence to
Bonanza is only 60 miles, while from
Blackfoot it is $50 miles. The say
ing in distance of 100 miles and
"a hours time, beside the increased
traffic in travel and express matter.
will warrant the Stage Company in
expanding considerable money to
build good grade all the way. The
road is at present as good stage road
to the Sawtooth divide as required. The
6O-mile stretch from Galena to Boz
nanza is the only part of the new
route needing much work, and the
counties of Alturas and Custer will
contribute literally toward ma king
good stage road between these two
extensive, rich, and rapidly growing
mining sections.
1t is self-eyident fact that HALEY
is not only to be the terminus of
the Broad and Narrow Gauge railway
systems, but also OF all the connecting
stage lines from all mining camps on
Wood and Salmon Rivers, including /
the most populous in Altura>, Lemhi. .
and Custer counties. Eventually the .
trade and travel OF the Rocky Bar .
and Atlanta districts must come This .
way also. as the distance to the rail .
way via the Wood River valley from
Atlanta will be 100 miles less than ly
any other route. The distance from
Atlanta to Sawtooth is OILY Is miles.
and the making of a good road this
distance is AS feasible as the construc.
ton of the freish, and stage roads over
the Sierra prior to the era OF railways.
HALEY is thus to be the objective
point and distributing center OF all
the business oil this section. AS well as
the county seat OF Alturas. Us she
now is.