Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-11-13
THE OREGON SHORT LINE.
II Is COMPLETED To A O,NNEC.
TlON' WITH THE PACIFIC LINES.
Through Trains to he Put On This
Mon'a-Hailey t. Portland In "a
Hours - Evidences VI Improvement
Along the Line.

Along the Line.
Mr.. Lanktree, superintendent of
bridge construction along the Oregon
Short Line, arrived in HALEY last
night, and went on up to ketchum
to-day, to look after the building Of
the bridge across Wood River, along
the new side track of the smelling
works above ke,chum. THIS side
track will be completed in five or six
days.
Mr.. Lanktree is just from Hunting
ton, where the connection between the
Oregon Short Line and Oregon Rail-
way and Navigation Company's sys-
TEN was completed last Tuesday, at
II O'Clock in the morning. Trains
now run through from one line to the
other, but no regular trains are vet
running.
A new schedule is in course of
preparation and will go in force be
tween the 23d and 3Oth instants. I'm
der this new schedule, through trains
will run from Granger to Portland.
The passenger trains will, going west,
arrive at Caldwell at S:15 a. m., for
breakfast; going east, they will arrive
ut Caldwell at 1880 p. m. for supper.
A iirst-class cating-house is being cree.
ted at Caldwell, as that place will be
one OF the permanent eating stations
along the line.
The new schedule will also change
the running time along the Wood
River branch. The train will leave
Shoshone about : a. M, arrive at
HALEY about 10, and at ketchum
about II. Returning, it will leave
ketchum about 3 p. H., Haley about
$3.50, and arrive at Shoshone about 6
p. IN. The train will lay over in Sho.
shone, instead OF in ketchum, as now !;
but quite an advantage will accrue to
the people of Wood River from the
new arrangement, as they will then be
able to answer their letters the same
day on which they receive them.
All the towns along the Oregon
Short Line, Mr.. Lanktree says, are inn
proving slowly, but when through
trains begin running to Portland, the
improvement will be more rapid. AS
yet HALEY is the best and seems the
most prosperous OF all bu. it is not
unlikely that Shoshone and Caldwell
may ontst'ip her, after awhile, for Il
short time. Haley, however, having
such start, and being the seat of a
rich and populous county, is bound to
be a permanent town and to improve
for years to come ; the degree of inn
provement to be regulated by the pros
perity of the surrounding tributary
country.
Mr.. Lanktree does not believe that
ketchum will hurt Haley, or surpass
her. If our new hotel We're opened it
would become the mining headquart-
ers for this region, and hundreds of
tourists would come here during the
summer months,to geta Whit of noun
tain air and visit our Lakes and other
points Of interest.
The Presidential election being over,
quite an improvement may be looked
for soon. Already,says Mr.. Lanktree,
people are beginning TO enlarge their
premises and branching out for new
channels of trade all along the railway
and evidence of renewed energy are
visible everywhere.
The country along the line is set
Ting up much more rapidly than NEST
people have any idea of, and comfort
able dwelling-honses surrounded by
gardens and Aanked ny piowed fields
are now visible where year or two
ago was only the tracklcss desert.
The distances along the new line to
Portland are as follows: HALEY to
Shoshone SIS miles, Shoshone to Cald.
we'll IA miles, Caldwell to Hunting
ton y miles, Huntington to Portland
45O miles, total 722 miles. Through
trains along the Oregon Short Line
travel 80 miles an hour, including all
stoppages; if they travel at the same
rate through Oregon the trip from
HALEY to Portland will be made in
twenty.four hours.
The Peoples Decision.