The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-17
SOUTHERN IDAHO IS
COMING TERRITORY
FOR RAILROAD TRAFFIC

G. NJ. Fraser, travelling freight and pas
senger agent for the illinois Central re-
turned home to Salt Lake yesterday af-
ter an extended trip through Idaho and
points farther west and south lie reports
that much snow in oregon has lately de-
layed traffic over the Idaho roads and
that because of late trains he was held in
Boise several hours. In Idaho there has
been considerably more snow than usual,
but not sufficient to delay traffic.
Southern Idaho is a coming territory
from the railroad mans point of view,
said MIR. Fraser yesterday. The new ir-
rigatiOn enterprises are beginning to bear
fruit, and from now on the railroad bus
mess is going to increase rapidly from
that section. Several new irrigation en-
terDrises are just being framed UP. The
Idaho Southern is now finished from
Gooding to Jerome, and will be a valua-
BILE feeder for the Short Line. II runs
through an irrigated section that is bound
to be most productive and that country
is settling up wonderfully fast.
Il find that the suburban roads out Of
Boise have prOspered beyond all expecta-
tions. The Boise & Iuterurban line be-
tween Boise and Caldwell, the first one
opened, known as the W. E. Pierce line,
has been a wonderful success, and when
/ was in Boise a few days ago the COM
pany was receiving material ordered some
time ago for improving the line very ma
terially. As soon as the weather Will per-
NIT the line kyill be double tracked its fuli
length and extensions will be built This
road is considered one of the best
equipped and constructed electrical rural
lines IN the west. and it is matter OF
record that it paid expenses and interest
on investment from the very first day II
was opened for business II has been
gradually improved until -slOw IL is well
equipped with rolling stock and has neat
passenger depots all along its route, =; a
model power plant and the company VIII
soon have a beautiful amusement resort
at Pierce park, four miles out from Boise.
This park was opened last summer and
to be spent in installing all kinds OF
amusement features. A pretty aruIiciat
lake has been formed by tapping Boise
river and already some fine features have
been installed: The dancing PaViiihon there
is one of the finest in the state
Mr. Fraser was asked regarding the
wool situation in Idaho. He knows many
of the growers in that state, ana mas
done a great deal OF business WITH most
of the eastern buyers.
ATdaho growers" he said 'are pretty
well lined up for the storage warehouse
idea in Chicago. Most of the growers OF
any prominence have pledged parts OF all
of their CLIPS but the buyers are not Idle
bv sny means. Lots of wool is being
contracted for by them in loaho- mus
ually good prices are tempting the sIlial :
/ er producers to sell their clips and l
| found several men who have pledged their
/ wool to Chicago also making contracts
/ with eastern buyers
/ "Thev are selling what wool they may
have over and above what they have
/ pledged for the warehouse scheme3 was
| suggested z.,s
/ yes" was the reply, land 1 also sus-
meet that they are selling their own Wool
| expecting to buy cheaper grades TO make
up their quota pledged for Chicago Ihey
| are only nledged to furnish a certain
number of pounds for Chicago; there are
NOT agreements as to grade. Those who
/ have fine grade wool are selling 10 tne
| eastern buyers at the fancy prices nov
offered. expecting to buy from others
/ enough lower grade wool to supply the
/ amounts pledged to the warehouse
| scheme. That's the way / have II tls-
ured up, anyway"