Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-20

of erection a central fire station, Wher'
all apparatus, men and horses VIII Dc
housed under one roof, This depart
ment Is under supervision Of its able
chief NJ LIddell
Roads ana highways have been given
all the attention that modern days de-
mand Roads are graded and drained
and boulevarded, other places macad-
amlzed and some are laid out to be i'm
proved by brick payements.
The city recently purchased a steam
rock crusher and steam road roller Of
improved pattern for the purpose Of
being In line with the Nineteenth CEN
fury demand for good roads.
AMUSEMENT PLACES.
The Columbia opera House erected a
few years ago at a cost Of $4,000, fur
nishes a means Of entertaining the pub
lie. Chrlsensens hail and the Soma
opera House furnish the same means
on smaller scale Riverside Park,
right IN the heart Of the city near the
river has been fitted up at an expense
Of $4,000 for the purpose Of furnishing
outdoor amusement
The city. through lis enterprislng citl-
zens, purchased and equipped the fair
grounds at a cost Of $4,000 and organ
lied an association under the name Of
The Idaho Mountain Fair asso-
citation. The first fair was held In Octo-
Der this year and paid handsome diyi-
dend on the investment and the asso-
citation closes its books with not dol
lar Of Indebtedness against 1t and a
cash balance in the treasury
There are three first class hotels in
Boise and a great many smaller ones,
An are becoming too small for the
growth Of the population and there is a
demand for more hotels. for more bus-
ness houses, Tor more dwelling houses,
and no one need come TO Boise to find a
place to live unless he is able to buy his
own place Even the flats, such as the
Yeoman Flats. which houses 40 fam
HES, the FriedIne Flats, housing %
families, and a dozen other flats capable
Of housing over IS families each are all
occupied as fast as completed and
rooms and apartments spoken for as
soon as the plans are drawn.
A PROSPEROUS FUTURE,
The year 1903 with the remarkable
prosperity that Idaho is experiencing
I'm conjunction with an other stat viii
witness even a more remarkable growth
than has been intimated here.
Already the architests' offices are full
Of plans for homes, fats and business
blocks. It win also witness the compile
ton Of the United states government
building which win cost $4,000, made
and constructed Of stone terra Gotta
and iron. and before the year is over
the various officers Of the United
states government expect to be install
ed therein,
The population Of Boise must not be
Judged by the figures given, as the line
of the city limits established some 20
years AFRO has not been changed and
about 0Oo people tributary in their ey-
arv day life. both socially and CONNER
rlally. are over an imaginary line called
the city limits Besides Boise Ci'y.
having every advantage that ra'ure
and man can give. lahors under one
II is on the stub end OF
the Oregon Short Line railway. II II
were not for this one drawback II
would rival Salt Lake, Butte ard Sro-
kane. as It's natural advantages com
prise everything that produces wealth
and greatness ~ a community; AMI Il
furnishes more revenue TO the oregon
Short Line railway than any other
point upon this system between Omaha
and Portland Denver and Salt Lake
only excepted. This years income OF
the Oregon Short Line railway AZ Boise
for freight and passenger traffic c7n
safely be put at $4,000 and the ex-
penditure Of this sum alone by our REQ
ple will best demonstrate the enormous
wealth aggregated within our midst
There has been granted in the last
few days a franchise for a second street
railway. which proposes 10 lay three
miles or more Of electric street railway,
thereby bringing into direct communi-
cation the outlying districts outside Of
the city limits. facilitating the growth
Of Boise City by furnishing CHEAP
homes and easy access to the business
center Of Boise. There has also been
filed an application for franchise for
a third street railway and for a gas
plant. which viii. no doubt, be consii-
cred by the common council at an early
session.
There is also located here a military
post Of the United States. comprising
100 acres Of land. II is called the Boise
barracks, and for its extreme health
fulness and its excellent location has
been designated by the government OF
the United States as a government cav
airy military post Of the Pacific; and
there are at the present time cavalry
companies arriving daily 10 make this
their permanent home. There are also
located here four companies OF infan-