Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-06-28
North Side Electric
Contract to be Let July
IS, Begin Work Aug
uSt l--BOom town
of Jerome.

Big things are doing with the
Twin Falls North Side company
these days.
An office building. 5OxS0 feet,
and two stories high, is to be built
at once at Jerome, the new COM
pany town in the center of the
tract. This will be ready long be-
fore the opening of the land for
settlement, October 1st. The open
ing is to be held at Jerome, and the
company will be ready to handle
the crowds at the time.
The big we'll drilling outfit, that
just finished boring a fine we'll
along the line of canal construction
for the house OF the workers, is
now in Jerome ready to start on a
well there. The other VIII is 314
feet and has so feet of water.
While the general opening of
town lots in Jerome will not be
held until October lst opportunity
will be given those who wish to
buy and start into business within
the next two weeks. Ii the open
ing is to be held there it will be
necessary to make some provision
for caring for the people, and the
company decided to encourage the
establishing of businesses there as
soon as possible
The electric line from Miner
through to the main line, travers-
ing th- North Side tract, is so far
developed that the contract is to
be let July 10Th for the building of
the section from Miner to Jerome,
and work is to commence by the
first Of August. Work will be be-
gun from both ends of the line, so
as to rush it to the quickest posi-
bic completion.
Electric power will be ready for
this road long before the road is
re ,dy to use it. In fact, power
will be ready within a few days at
the farthest One of the units OF
1000 horse power from the great
power plant at Shoshone Falls is
just about ready for operation, and
others will be added as fast as they
are needed until all the falls is
utilized.
A new transmission line is now
being built from the plant in to
Jerome, the line now being within
three miles of the town. 1t is ex-
pected the electricity for lights
and power will be available not
la er than August 1st.
The company has an office in
Shoshone where great quantities
of literature are being distributed
advertising the North Side tract
and the big opening for October 1st
A stage line is already established
from Shohsone TO Jerome.
1t is understood that the con-
tractors are already ahead of their
contract in completing the first
section OF the canal which is
to water the land thrown open at
Miner last spring. They are to
get bonus of $17,50O if they COM
plete the work by Jan. 1st, and
all indications point to their win
ming out'by good margin.
Ifan, thing has been neglected.
Or left undone, that the company
,ou d do to advertise or promote
The interests OF the great reclama-
ion project in its care, the micro
;copic or telescope vision of the
oessim:st has not yet brought TO
light.
/. B. Perrine and Paul S. A.
Bickle drove over from the Blue
Lakes Wednesday to take the train
or Boise where they go on business
with the North Side
Twin Falls company. They re-
,ort that things are on the rapid
move down on the great irrigation
ract, and that the new townsite OF
Jerome, Il miles south of Shoshone,
las already begun to boom.