The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-10-06
KUHNS HAVE
BOUGHT IN
BIG MERGER PREDICTED
IN BOISE VALLEY AND
BOISE & INTERURBAN,
Pittsburs Financiers Are After Ev-
erything Worth While in South
western Idaho-Statesman Has
Great Dream of Future Develop
ment in Idaho.

4OdlOs
| A deal has just been closed ac-
cordlng to stories emanating at
Boise which means the future devel-
opment of the Boise Valley, Caldwell
and southwestern Idaho on a scale
never dreamed of. The deal means
the consolidation of the Boise & In
terurban railway and the Boise Val
ley railway; the completion Of the
extension proposed, viz: the extern
sion from Caldwell to Roswell and
the building of the extension OF the
line from Caldwell to Nampa; the
development of great electric and ir-
rigation projects in the Boise and
Snake river valleys.
1t is said that $3,700000 have been
spent By the Kuhn interests Of Pitts
burg the purchase of the Swan
Falls Power plant, $l,0O0,00O; Boise
& Interurban, 100000; Boise Val
ley, $4,000; Boise city railroads, in
Guiding Natatorium, 100000; max
ing a total investment of $3,700,000
Improvements in Nutshell.
The Boise Statesman of yesterday
says that the following improvements
and extensions are contemplated:
South Boise terminus to fair
grounds, completing city loop, three
miles.
Nampa to Warm Springs, around
Deer Flat reservoir, distance of Ia
miles.
Nampa to Caldwell, completing
Boise Nampa Caldwell triangle, nine
miles.
Garfield school house,in South
Boise, to Barberton, up the valley,
seven miles.
Main street line from Sixteenth
street to Soldiers Home, one and a
half miles.
From Eighteenth, along Riden-
baugh to Eighth street, completing
loop, one mile.
Total extension tracage, 35H miles.
The details of the deal as given by
the Statesman follows:
In brief, the deal involves the trans
fer of the Boise & Interurban Railway
company's entire holdings and the
entire holdings of the Swan Falls
Power company to J. S. Kuhn and
w. S. Kuhn of Pittsburg, Pa, firm
known to every man in southern Ida
no as Kuhn brothers.
, Just what was paid for the two
properties will never be known, ex-
cept to those directly interested in
the deal but it is given on the best
authority possible that upwards oil
81 100000 was paid for the lnterurban
} properly, while approximately the
} same was paid for the power plant
This deal has been under way for
: months, and when some time ago w
E. Pierce, head of the firm of w. E
Pierce &, Co., left for the east with
the announcement that he might be
, detained on business indefinitely, II
became certain to many that unusual
, developments were soon to be an
= nounced.
Yesterday the official Information
came from the east that the paper:
had bech signed and that the BOISE &
. Interurban and the Swan Falls pow
er planr were from this time hence
forth the property of the Kuhn Bro
S theirs. The formal transfer of the
= property will take place Nov l.
5 Confirmed by MacWatters.
The Statesman, as soon as IT re
5 ceived the information of the sale
= communicated with D. c. MacWat
tiers, general manager of the Kuhn in
i. terests in Idaho, who was in Wen
! dell He confirmed the statemen
that his principals had made the pur
r chase. but aside from that was un
2 able TO give details of the transaction
Samuel H. Hays, counsel for tn
Kuhns, declined to make statemen
for publication, though he conhrme'
the deal.
: In buying the Boise & lnterurban
the Kuhn Brothers secure IS miles o
fine road directly connecting Bots
: and Caldwell, together with Pierc
: park and a franchise that carrie
e them into the heart of the bushes
: district of this city with valuable ter
minals and stations.
Y In the purchase of the Swan Fan
/ power plant, the purchasers secur
): not only a plant of immense value i
) itself. but they add a link of vast i'm
portance to their chain OF power run