The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-02-06
CALDWELL AND NAMPA
Are Not In 1t Says a Correspondent
From Center Point.
THE IDAHO NORTH & SOUTH
Railroad Discussed by \ Writer, Who
incidentally Refers to q Remarkable
Document.

CENTER POINT, Jan. 3O.-I have
just been reading the address of the
newly elected president of the Nampa
Board of Trade.
After placing Nampa in the center
| of the solar system, as it were, he pro-
ceeds to tickle Boise City with a straw,
as it were, until the capital city slops
over, as it were, and the great Idaho
Statesman surrenders two columns and
half of its valuable space, worth per-
haps forty-fiv dollars to the reproduc-
ton of the article.
The speaker, with pardonable pride
enlarges upon the glories of Southern
Idaho and Nampa in particular, and
makes upa real good picture of west
ern town, which is yet mostly on paper
While the spirit that animates the
address is particularly gratifying to
| Boise City, it is nothing more than due.
Without the aid of Boise City Nampa
wouldn't have been big enough for a
hog wallow.
The address and the taffy which the
! Statesman gives in return in short
editorial is conspicuous in at least one
characteristic. While protesting lib
eral interest in the prosperity of all
other towns and localities in Southern
Idaho they do not let the opportunity
slip of giving Caldwell thrust.
Well. gentlemen, Caldwell can stand
all the musketry you can bring to bear
upon her and still flourish. but we. of
Center Point believe ''there's divinity
that shapes our ends rough hew them
as we will"
Nampa may boast of her natural
advantages, which are so insignificant
that they need that kind of backing,
but her efforts, Delilah like, to fondle
the young Sampson-Boise City-and
harvest his flowing locks are amusing.
The address is full of truth-gum-ela
tic truth-but the Statesman isn't ION
to his racket
Now, gentlemen. you may build
railroads on paper, Engaging all around
over the plains in order to cue on
Nampa and pocket your balls in Boise
City, but the God Of nature has some
thing to do in shaping the mountains
and valleys for railroad purposes.
The glittering generalities of the
address are made to cover up multi
tude of sins in the way of facts and
figures. In speaking of the route Of
the North Il south railroad he fails to
delineate the route, but tells us it is to
be built ON the most practicable and
feasible route, and that Nampa is to be
the starting point. Taking Nampa as
the starting point the railroad would
run as follows: From Nampa to Succor
creek, where it unites with Snake river
is about % miles west from Nampa
east to Boise City Is miles, from Boise
City west to Middleton % miles, from
Middleton north to Emmett Is miles,
aggregating SO miles from the mouth
of Succor creek to Emmett via Nampa
and Boise City. Now we will compare
this with natures route. From Succor
creek to the crossing of Boise river at
the mouth of Sand hollow is miles,
from the crossing up Sand hollow by
wagon road to Emmett is 20 miles,
making q miles from the mouth of
Succor creek to Emmett instead of So
miles as by the Nampa route. The
line from Succor creek by the straight
cut to Emmett is over the smoothest
route in the county and is the only
route any sensible railroad company
would adopt to connect the Mineral
district on the south and the great tim
Der belts of the north with the Oregon
Short Line. Of course this would
leave out Nampa, Caldwell and Boise
City, but would build up magnificent
railroad town near Center Point where
the North & South road would make
its junction with the Oregon Short