Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-08
To PLACE BOISE
ON MAIN LINE.
Conference that viii Put the Idaho
Capital on the Short Line.
LITTLE DOUBT OF IT NOW.
Boise citizens Have neen, Are, and
WIN Continue TO work TO THAT
End Unul triumphant.

a very important meeting was held
at the Offices Of tho oregon short Line
yesterday, the result Of which was civ
en- out last evening and will doubtless
cause the citizens OF Boise. Idaho. to
feel most joyful For a long time the
Boise people have been trying to induce
the railroad company 90 put that town
on It's main line. but until now have
met win little or no hucccaa Those
present nt the conference were Chair
man y. n. Hartman. Vice prcaldeut
Bancroft. General Traffic Manager Ec-
cl0H ana CHIEF Engineer O'Meivcny u
the Short Line and Hon. y. 10. U'rh-
ards, mayor 0f FJlF0: Congressman Ed-
gar Wilson, n. %. Eastman. g. W.
Moore. Peter Soma. Calvin Cobb of the
Boise Htntegmaut ana W. u. Pierce.
comprising the Idaho committee. The
meeting was held in Mr.. HBucrnfra pri-
vate office and the ldahohnH explained
10 the railroad officials Just what they
wanted. They realized that the visit uf
Mr. Hartman afforded au excellent un.
nortuniiy 10 mako nnnl effort On tho
dcsirvd direction, and they struck while
the Iron was hot.
Boise ir situated twenty miles or
more from the Oregon Short Lines
main line, and. considering the popuIa-
ton ~ the town. the manner in which
~ p" NNNNNNN NNA#MN ~" NNNINNN NNNNIN.
ltulfe o. reached hy q branch line ana
~ twenty miles east VI Nampl. ana
eighteen mllOH northwest of Owyhrc.
NoW what the people u that region
want IN that the company shall build
new road q ON Boise 90 Owyhoo and
abandon the line between Nampn TO
Owyhce. thereby placing Boise on the
This proposition will hardly be carried
out, however, unless the Boise people
render some material aid. Just how
much money they would have to put NO
cannot nt this time bo stated. but there
y no doubt that any reasonable amount
VIII Dc agreed upon. The exact route
% b. taken has not boon definitely de-
cldci upon, hut the statement was mnue
that Mr. Hartman gave the Idaho
committeeman 10 understand that their
hopes would be- realized. The railroad
hns had a number NJ surveying parties
ut work In that country and hy some ID
was deemed almost Impossible 60 build
a rad over the route Indicated. owing
to the grade. hut the statement IL now
made that line from Boise 10 Owyhpo
can Dc constructed. This route would
also AFFORD tho advantage III % good
water supply pre- the road now Travelled
N dry, iroay waste " lava beds. Ev-
.tything considered The line from Owy-
hee seems The feasible and likewise the
most probable one 10 be selected By tho
Short Line company.
II this project o. carried out Il ls plain
70 b" seen that no one will loose any
thing. IN the FIRST place. the business
outlook In Idaho and especially AZ
Boise u most encouraging and even N
the people them nnid out n 800. 900 or 10
they would aoun'get II back with double
Interest ON tho other hand. the CONF
pany Will loose little or nothing hy
abandoning the line from Nampn 10
pwyhee Tor there arc no stations be-
tween the tWu points. and the barren.
ness OF that country can hardly BE-
Imagined
At the conclusion on the meeting Mr..
Hartman made preparations FOR de-
pafturc, na was stated BY the News"
his stay would be- q short one. Mr.. Ilar-
riman went 20 ogden nt noon and late
yesterday afternoon boarded the east
bound Union Pacific train.
The contingent from Idaho went back
20 their respective d1miclios today,
feeling hlghIy cintcd over tho future
prospects u idahu'a pet town, nalae,