Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-08-24
TO BUILD ELECTRIC LINE.
Project on Foot to Construct Road
from Montpelier to Bear Lake.

IIUSCt Oh COOL 10 construct N0at
from Montpelier to Bear Lake.
The following article, which wa,
published in last Saturdays Desere
News, accompanied by larg.
sketch showing Bear Lake and the
route of the proposed electric road
from Montpelier to the lake, will
be of interest to many of the Exam
liner readers. While we are moi
anticipating that we will have the
pleasure of taking a trip to the lake
next summer on an electric car, we
believe that some day in the not
very distant future, an electric road
will traverse Bear Lake valley,
and that the beautiful shores of
Bear Lake will become one of the
most popular summer resorts in the
west. The News article is as fol-
lows:
NFor many years people of both
Utah and Idaho, have had their eyes
on the great Bear Lake as the ideal
spot in all the Rockies for . water
ing place and summer resort. Many
plans have been formed from time
to time, looking to the erection of
q hotel on its shores and the plac
ing of pleasure boats on it bosom,
but obstacles Of various sorts have
interviewed, and the great body of
water still lies virgin to the hand Of
the promoter. Now, however, there
is another awakening, and from all
indications the matter will not be
allowed to fall back into slumber.
The fact that those back of the
movement are this time largely
made up of people living near the
Bear Lake, and that they haye Den.
yer capital associated with them,
renders 1t likely that the plans they
nave in hand will succeed.
"Daring the week, Mr.. G. r. |
Slusser, formerly of Denver, now
If Paris, Idaho, president of the
Bear Lake Valley Railway d Elec-
ric company, has been in Salt Lake
md held conference with w. H.
Bancroft, the local head of the
system. Mr.. Slusser's
proposition is to build up feeder,
which, he thinks, will be especially
'aluable to the Oregon Short Line.
Briefly outlined, his plan is as fol-
ows:
''The Bear Lake Valley Railway
b Electric company is a concern
'aving $1Go, 1000 capital, which at
present lights Paris, Bloomington,
Ovid and part of Montpelier. The
company proposes to build an elec-
ric. road eight miles in a straight
inc from Montpelier to Paris, and
o continue it another eight miles
rom Paris to st. Charles, which
les on the north shore of the Bear
lake. Next they intend building a
arge freight and pleasure steam
'oat, or possibly two crafts, one for
reight and one for passenger traf-
ic. These boats will ply between
It. Charles and Laketown, 40 miles
listant, touching Fish Haven,
Garden City and the other beautiful
'laces that dot the shores of the
axe. While the plans are not yet
ully settled, they may include the
erection of hotel at some conyen-
ent point, with view to building
Up the summer tourist traffic. The
biggest money, however, will be
'elied on in the freight department,
IS the Bear Lake valley district ships
n annually large amounts of wheat,
provisions and merchandise, and |
'ends out annually heavy shipments
# stock, hay, creamery products,
ito. Bear Lake valley has an altl-
ude of something over 5000 feet.
The lake for years has been popu-
ar pleasure resort for Idaho people,
'ut the difficulty of access and the
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