Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-11-11

aat Springs perhaps be latter. be-
cause fhers. j. never any see 10 IN
lerfer- with an electric power plant
tisese remarkable springs. Wtsich
rr 81 Teiuai IN character and VIII
furnish IA immense amount II
power II Is probably generally
kn0Wu o. the people Of Idaho that
.fae-e ereai springs are supposed 10
be the waters II the famous Lost
river in Blaine county, which find
tiieir outlet In the shape Of these
springs DO lower Lincoln county
fhere i- saia TO b. ample power
n salmon Fails and Thousand
Springs to run trains from She
STONE ~ Portland. While the grade
lrom Dwinza to Boise. along the
.ir Of The proposed cut-Off. l. said
fo be rather stiff Tor a steam road,
d j. i.-al for al electric line
When the Ownza-B0ise-p -payette
rm-0ff j. completed. the running
Of the numerous trains on the
branch between Boise ana Nampa
j. ie h. largely cancelled It l.
saia The running Of 20 many trains
On this branch line has never been
q paving proposition to the rail-
r6aa company. The completion
will 90 away with the long exasper-
aiing cesays that are now daily
occurrence at Nampa for ali pas~eH
gers Tor Boise from she east and
he WeS'
All passengers and freight for
Boise from the east viii then De
transferred al OVinza, ana all pass
engrr- and freight for Boise from
The west VIII Be transferred at Pay
etie This Wit relieve the great
freight coHgesiIon that for some
B4na past has almost blocked Nam
oa'S IS miles 0I railroad Yards. and
y ill gisr quicker ard better seryice.
iath freight and passenger Tor
Boise and all points between OWN
"a and Fayette.
New ana heavier steel rails have
h IN lard on the o. : l. from Pa
catello lo Shoshone- Il / Hndef-
stood that the d. :. ]. Tor three
wears past has refused 10 put down
this heavier steel between ShoSil0ne
and Huntington until the plans f0e
the tlwinza-Boise-Payette cutoff
were lully maiured New that the
.. :. L. has maiured Hs plans. ami
has determined 10 build this cutoff
Il i now engaged Ia laying the
heavier steel 80 Huntington Car
loads Of this steel turing the past
several weeks nave been piled up
III the Nampa wards. aua d large
force Of men l. busy laying this
steel east of Nampa Il L thus
seen that Nampa Caldwell and the
other towns between OWIHza and
Payette are to remain on the main
liue
Ihe cuf-off nos cnly wiAl give 70
Boise mann line service. but the
sectrifyiug of the eut-0ff viii add
practically d third interurban rail-
road to Boisr's already splendid IN
.erurhan railroad service which has
seen largely responsible Tor Boi>e'S
remarkable growth and progress
.n.re these electric railroads have
leen built
Many eastern cities have 9uit the
practice If offering bonuses io 81
.ur. factories and are devoting theif
.nersv and funds DO securing eiec-
rir interurban railroads which arr
Considered Of more permanent value
o the cities and surrounding COM
ry than factories.
The entrance Of the Q. : l. inte
ne Boise and payeite valleys a an
.leetric line would probably also
result in giving to Emmett New
Plymouth and Payetie electric rail-
-oad service. This could easily be
accomplished by eleeirifylng the pa
sette Valley railroad. at present a
steam road which recently COM
o;eted lis extension from New Ply
mouth to Emmett
Thus the new o. :. L. cutoff,
nov said to be- fuliy determined up
IN. i seen 80 be- run Of many in-
.eresting developments for tne Boise
and pavetie valleys
The town Of Shoshone Is now IN
.he midst OF wonderful building
IRA. ana th.s r relieved to ne oue
IA the fact Of the new eOt-oif
which it i understood Will pass
ShoShone on It's way to
Isoi>e ana Pavei'e-
shs branch line between Boise
and Narn.a wilI continue to b. used
sfSr ff.4 cus-6ff i completed. but
aos - extensively a. now It Is
understood from the source inSpIr-
~ th,, art,sfa Uhirh source. Tor