Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-11-17
lTREET CARS FOR
COEUR D'ALENE
pop ARGUMENT IN ITS FAVOR
is PRESENTED BY A PROM
INENT CITIZEN.
kIieVes the City Is Ripe and Local
Capital Should Take the Step.
(By NJ. G. Whitney,

NY M. ". W4lLuSy.D
The report has been current for
me time that Occur d'Alene is to
We a street railway. To the pres
time, however no definite move
that end has been made; and the
cry arises as to whether or not
eh a project is practicable one
this city.
Sandpoint and Lewiston are both
les smaller by two or three thous-
than Occur d'Alene; yet the for
sr is now successfully operating q
eet railway and the latter has its
rminals in, the lines in both cities
wing been put in wholly by local
pital, the capital stock in each in
ance being issued in shares Of the
lue of 500 per share.
Standpoint will have, so we are in
rmed, Ave and one-half miles of
ack, when completed, which is esti-
ated to cost $4,000 per mile to
lild, with the initial equipment. con-
sting of two passenger coaches and
be fiat car, costing an additional
5000 And while the Bonner coun-
fair was in progress there the
ty Railway company put into OPP
alton so much of its line as was
mpleted at that time and the re-
pts for the first three days amount
to $405. That certainly was an
spicious opening, very gratifying
the stockholders. and naturally
ey regard the future as holding
eat promise of success for their
pme enterprise. Neither that city
pr Lewiston is better adapted to the
lsy installation of street railway
stem than Occur d'Alene; and there
pes not seem to be anything in the
andpoint proposition that would be
any way impossible to this city.
oeur d'Alene has the capital. We
ould regret to think that 1t lacks
be initiative and the ability to or
an!ze and develop such an under
aking.
We are reminded that the ques-
Eon Of power is a momentous one.
Fhile so, 1t is not necessarily an In
lrmountable obstacle. Standpoint
md every other city that ever put
p street railway had the same
ping to meet, and they met and
olved it; getting their railways. And
Se undoubtedly have men here who
fould In a practical way solve the
ame thing for this city we're they
Q take hold of. the matter.
Would the traffic be Forthcoming
% support a railway. is also asked
me lines, once in operation, would
e found to develop traflc. They
you'd accommodate the residents oil
ne entire city, and especially those
~ The outlying districts through
which the lines would pass. A street
railway is a metropolitan necessity
one that not only provides a public
convenience out that also contrib,
|ntes materially to the growth of tbs
city The number of people havinl
no means of conveyance who would
almost daily avail themselves OF tht
transportation facilities thus afford
ed for reaching the business dlstric
OF the city would be surprising. ant
we conjecture that many OF the shop
pers who now. take the Inland cleo
trio trains for Spokane would, witt
street car service in our own city
take the local lines to reach the bus
mess houses OF our home merchants
That tendency in human natur
which leads people to avail them
selves of every opportunity AFFORD
ing new and unusual experience
would be satisfied within our owl
city. The fact that street railway
are metropolitan" would tend L
make our city such. thus ineidentail
holding much business within on
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