The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-08-16
SHORT SKETCH Of THE BOISE & NTERURBAN RAILWAY.

We are permitted to reproduce the following sketch of the
Boise Internrban railway from Handsomely illustrated
Boise and the Surrounding Country now on the
of the Joseph Collins Company:
Facts the convincing things in the world bnd,
f facts built the Boise Ineban Electric Railway and if is
itself chief fact in the growth DEVELOPMENT of the
Boise and Payette Valleys When W. E. Pierce backed bv
his business associates of the firm E. Pierce & Co con-
the idea OF an electric railway that would run from Boise
Through the valleys branching to all favored points he began
build the structure upon basis fact Enisting the co
operaton of prominent local he gathered the data 70 no
the feasibility and proftabeness the construction
the road For many months engineers field sur
veys were made maps drawn statistics gathered estimates
made until thoroughly armed with unassaiIabe facts
Pierce Pittsburg the matter with infinite detail
and before well known capitalists and quickly secured
their cooperation After necessary preliminary examination
under the supervision of of Francis H. Knox Pittsburgh
chief engineer of the road the nerran Railway
q Company incorporated with capital of $5OOOOOO and
work has been pushed energcay since the first line
of 80 miles connecting Boise with Caldwell the main line
the Oregon Short Line Railway completed equipped
with rolling stock and lines be pushed Payette
Nampa and other points, the company having expended pac
cay $1,000 and prepared lay the entire SIS 900
of capital subscribed work of railways Boise the
the central point.
The personnel of the company is as follows:
w E. PIERCE, of Boise President
JULIAN KENNEDY of Pittsburg, Vice-Prssidsau
]. E. CLINTON, JR. of Boise Secretary
T. B. McKAIc, of Pittsburg, Assistant Secretary
ALEXANDER c. THOMPSON, of Pittsburg Treasurer
quarters in Boise, Chief Engineer
EDGAR WILSON of Boise, Attorney
The directors in addition to Messrs Pierce Kennedy and
McKag named above H. Jennings Pittsburgh Michael
Murphy of Philadelphia A. Coate of Boise NJ B.
of Pendeton Oregon
Under the general plan of the company every point offering
paying capable of being developed the profitable
stage will be reached and the Boise and Payet Valleys wi be
made tributary Boise the very heart of the city be
reached in a short time which will permit of business
and employees living anywhere along the line perform
thei daily duties in the city.
The character work of construction is exceled
anywhereths being matter of especial pride with Chief
Engineer Knox, who became enthusiast the project
upon examination of the country to be developed and who
purposed the road built should be substantial and
tmeendurng The road bed is solid and well balasted and
7opound rails have been used with steel bridge
piers the Boise River The rolling stock consists
patented semconverble passenger which be
practically for and closed for winter They
Al inches length and contain % seats A
gers combination passenger and baggage of the
with the passenger with end set apart
baggage reducing the seating capacity to 3D. The express
light freight Al feet long and all the four
double 55horse power motors the passenger