The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-06-11
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THE RAILROAD TO KETCHUM.
VIII be Completed by the First Of August
Beyond Doubt.
The Contract Mt Shoshone. Operations
to Begin at Once.
And Now We Crow, Hail Day OF Tri-
umph!!
The Vanity OF Our RiyalGD Neighbor
Comes to Naught,
Nothing but "Whistling Station" on
the ssDesert Land"
Will be Completed by the First OF August
Beyond Doubt.
The Contract Mt Shoshone. Operations
to Begin at Once.
Ind Now We Crow, Hail Day OF Tri-
umph!l
The Vanity OF Our Rival(D NeIghbol
Comes TO Naught,
Nothing but n "Whistling station" on
the ssDesert Land"

The sanguine hopes Of every Ketch-
unite who for year past has awaited
with patience the completion Of the
Wood River branch Of the Oregon Short
Line Railroad to it's original destination
are now fully realized, and there exists
not the slightest doubt that the railroad
will Immediately be extended from Hal
ley to Ketchum. The assurance of this
move, coming to us for several months
past and receiving further endorsement
when Chief Engineer Blickensderfer
announced his intention to be in HALEY
on the 10th to receive bids ON the road
construction, was completed yesterday,
when, according to announcement, bids
were received TO be opened in Shoshone
to-day, when the contract will be let.
| Among the contractors who bid upon
! the work were Bullen & Hendricks, of
| Richmond, Utah, Cora Bros, of Ogden,
who have the contract for building the
Boise branch of the o. S. L., and Nc
| Cune, Of Montana. The provisions of
the contract are such that the road will
be completed to Ketchum by August LIST.
| Mr.. j. Blickensderfer, Chief Engineer
for the U. p. system of railways, and
Homer Stuhl, right of way agent for the
| Oregon Short Line, were in Ketchum
! Sunday, and Mr.. Blickensderfer stated
that the extension OF the Wood River
branch to Ketchum must be completed
by August 1st If there are men and
mules enough in America to do the
work. The Wood River bottom between
here and Haley is alive with large
freighting outfits awaiting work upon
the road bed and there is no facility
lacking to complete the road at the
stated time. It is understood that grad
ing will be begun in earnest next Mon
day.
BY the completion to this point of the
WoodRiver branch the Oregon ShortLine
will soon be in n state of healthy activity
and there will be no room to regret its
construction into Idaho. The centraIity
of ketchum, into which are poured the
trade of Sawtooth, Challis, Lost River
Smoky and our own mines, renders it the
most advantageous site for q railroad
centre on Wood River. There is nc
doubt that the acquisition of railroad
hence cheaper transportation and great.
er passenger travel to this region viii
very perceptibly accelerate the develop.
ment of our natural wealth, and Ketch.
umites may well expect condition O.
growth and prosperity second to none
in the West.
The remuneration to the railroad fol
its extra work on Wood River will con
sist OF 10 cents per hundred 50 per tor
additional on freights between HALEY
and ketchum, besides the mileage OIL
passenger travel, and slight increase
on mails and express With rolling
stock already sufficient for the line, the
construction aud maintainanee of the
ketchum end will be very light and
consequently, profitable.
The lateness Of the past winter ha,
delayed operations in this upper coun
try at least three weeks, and in man,
Instances roads are in a bad condition
In consideration of this fact, IL will b,
late before much is accomplished in ou
mining operations, and it is probabl
that the quick construction Of the rail
road TO this point will enable it To catcl
the greater portion of the traffic between
here and HALEY this year.
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