Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-02-25
THE BLOCKADE.
1T Is RAISED TO WITHIN 20 MILES
OF HALEY.

Several Gentlemen Have Come In Afoot
fiOm the SnowplOw-A Full Week
Spent in Shoshone, Waiting for a Plow
ALI the Idaho Reads Biockaded-
Scenes and Incidents Of the Attempt
to Clear the Wood River Branch-The
Expense Of Clearing the Road About
$4,000.
Superintendent Ravens, of the
Mayflower Mining Company, H. E.
Miller, principal owner of the Minnie
Moore mine, and two other gentlemen
who have just become owners in the
same mine, arrived at Bellevue about
8 O'Clock yesterday morning, from the
outside, and Colonel Ravens came
right on up to Haley, arriving here
about noon. The party left the snow
pillow, at point about three miles this
side of Tikura, after dark Saturday
evening, and made Plcabo in about
three hours. There they halted for
FIVE hours, and about 2 o'clock Sun.
day morning started out for Bellevue.
When they left the railroad people
they walked in the snow, sinking TO
the waist, until they reached Picabo;
but from that place they walked on
the crust until met by Superintendent
Fred. Myers, who had gone out to
meet them with team. They there
fore rode about five miles altogether,
after walking about IS.
A LIBERAL OFFER.
Colonel Havens and the gentlemen
named arrived at Shoshone a week
ago last Saturday. They were all
very anxious to get in, Colonel Ha-
vens having left his jiggers broken
and been away longer than he expect
ed, while the Minnie Moore gentle
men (who had paid 100000 as a for
felt in case they did not buy the mine
in few days. feared to lose the bo-
nus which they had put up. Mon
day morning, the gentlemen above
mentioned, together with Sheriff Flu
rey and DR.. Brown, hired 80 men to
work on the track, and telegraphed
w. B. Doddridge, Manager of the
Idaho Division Of the Union Pacific
system of roads, that they would open
the Wood River Branch at their ex.
pense if the company supplied one
locomotive and snow pillow. Mr.
Doddridge, who was then blockaded
this side of Montpelier, with a pas
senger and freight train, out of fuel
and provisions, telegraphed that he
could not possibly supply the power
: required before Friday.
ALL THE IDAHO ROADS IMPRACTICABLE
At this time all the Idaho road
were impracticable. The Utal
Northern was blockaded south of Pc
catello, and also north of Blackfoot
9 the Oregon Short Line was block
: AIDED, with two trains out of fuel an
g provisions, east of Pocatello, and tn
s western end of the Oregon Shol
Line was washed out in two places
near Boise and this side of Weiser
= while the Wood River Branch wa
also blockaded by snow. Mr.. Doc
bridge was on the Utah Northern
Mr.. BlickensderfTer on the Orego
Short Line. 1t was therefore impo
n sible to send snow pillow to Sh'
shone, even if one had been avail
d able. A threatening dispatch fro
Shoshone to Omaha only elected tt
promise that the road would be opene
"a Friday.
~ FIRST ATTEMPT TO RE OPEN II
ay BRANCH ROAD.
Last Friday morning Mr.. DO
r. bridge arrived at Shoshone with
snow-plow and three locomotive
he He was nearly exhausted, as he hi
not had his clothes off for over
40 week, nor taken an average of thr
hours rest a night during that tim
i'' but he was cheerful and confident tn
unless the road was in much wol
&c condition than he anticipated,
to would ride right into Haley in fl
or six hours. The pillow and LOGON
lite tives left Shoshone Friday mornir
* the train not far in It's wake. I
first 80 miles the train came ris
~; along, the smoke OF the three 10
motives running the pillow being
the sight nearly all the time. One cut
on which the snow was piled up t<
hight of II feet, was passed th'ol