Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-04-30
MORE RAIL
ROADS NEEDED
Interesting Letter TO Milwaukee Road
Urging Them to Build
Into Idaho.

We have secured copy of the
letter sent to the Milwaukee rail-
road by the Woolgrow ers associa-
tion inviting that road to enter this
section of Idaho with it's line.
The letter is filled with SO many
good points concerning this section
of Idaho that it makes interesting
reading matter as well as valuable
information.
Idaho is outgrowing its present
shipping facilities and not only in
this one instance are railroads be-
ing encouraged to enter the state,
but along the Snake and Bruncau
rivers in the southern part of the
state surveying parties and corps of
engineers are busy in finding road
beds.
Boise, Idaho, March 6, 1908.
Mr.. A. ]. Earling, President,
c. M. & st. Paul Railway,
Chicago, Illinois.
Dear Sir:
The Idaho Woolgrowers in con-
vention assembled at Pocatello, Jam
uary 10th and 18th, 1908, en-
powered the Secretary to address to
YOU an invitation to enter the state
with your lines, pointing out to
| you briefly the wealth of business
orig mating in this western empire,
sc 1T
company has already enjoyed for it's
haul east of the Missouri river.
while an even larger share might
be assured to it by an actual extern
sion of its rails within the borders
of this Commonw ,alth.
You are already at our doors in
our sister state of Montana and
from there access would be easy
and, with moderate expenditure,
considering the advantages to fol-
low, you could attain a command
ing position in Idaho.
Doubtless these fact are already
known to you and no doubt you are
in possession of information as to
available and easily accessible
routes from territory INTO which
your lines are now being extended
to the valleys and stock ranges and
mining camps of this state.
The great southern and south
eastern portion of Idaho is today
served by but one through line of
railroad, the Oregon Short Line and
its ally, the Union Pacific.
The past few prosper Gus years
have so burdened the capacity of
these lines that their facilities have
proven quite inadequate to the
proper handling of the business of
this great section, which is increas
ing by leaps and bounds.
Some one will build them, why
not you?
Your inc is alrea we'll known
here and we'll patronizcd for the
short haul cast of the Missouri
river, comparatively inexpen-
sive extension will bring you here
in imme date touch with a raw
cling and shipping public, who all
already thinks well of you. who
have the business to give and who
sta : ready 10 increase the tonnage
moving by your lines to the fun ex-
tent OF your capacity to handle it SO
5000 as your rails rcacn us.
We respectfully direct your at
tention to these facts:
Southern Idaho as an area of
600, 90 squa-e miles
Southern Idaho has population
of $50, 600.
Southern Idaho has land under
irrig alton under private and gov
ernment projects of 1881, 743 acl es.
Southern Idaho ships annually:
Wool, 500 cars; Fruit, 600 cars,
Cattle, 2,so0 cars; Horses, 500
cars; Hogs, 1000 cars; Sheep.
4, 500 cars; Potatoes. 1000 cars:
Oats and barley, 200 cars; Wheat,
9, 900, 600 bushels; Ore, 500 cars;
Lumber, $50 cars; Hay, 100 cars.
Hundreds of cars of mining ma
chinery, implements, hardware,
groceries, cereals, seeds, wooden
ware, paper, buriap, bags. corn.
butter, eggs, etc, are shipped in
here annually.