Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-05-04

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The stockyards were too small and
should be moved out of the resident
districts
Mr.. Smith addressed the meeting /
for the officials and stated that E. C.
Manson assistant gener 7 superin-
tendent, would make a short talk Civ
ing the citizens some idea as to what /
the company could do along the lines
suggested.
Mr.. Manson appeared to be a man
of few words and to the point. In
regard to the subway the engineers /
had investigated and found it imprac-
tical, therefore a subway was prao-
titally impossible. However, he sug-
gested that a foot bridge arrangement
might be constructed allowing ped
estrians to pass over the tracks, sort
of an aeroplane passageway, but as
for the subway it was not feasible.
The new depot was out of the ques
ton at this time. There were several
stations along the line. somewhere be-
tween Cheyenne and Huntington, that
needed depots worse than Mountain
Home and after they had built de-
pots at these points they would take
up the questions of building a new
depot for this city. But when they
built the other depots he could not
say at this time, at any rate Noun
tain Home could not get a new de-
pot until all other points were we'll
supplied. Train No. Is was placed
on schedule to compete with the N.
p. and Great Northern traines for
the coast to Chicago traffic, and as
the time was very fast they could
make no new stops to accommodate
anyone. Bliss had made a similar re-
quest and had been refused, there
fore he felt justified in turning down
this city. bliss is a new town with
only few scattering houses.
The building of new stockyards
and trackage was agreed to and he
stated that the company was going to
take this question up and begin work
at once. This was the only point Civ
en- consideration and a point that
had been under adyisement by the
company for some years.
Mr.. Smith next addressed the meet
ing and told of the pleasure exper-
fenced in being able to thus meet the
people and get acquainted with them.
He stated that he hoped to see the
country grow and prosper because
it was necessary to the growth and
prosperity of the railroad company.
They we're anxious to do everything
possible to assist the people in a de-
velopment that would return profit
to the road and was anxious to have
anyone present with any fault to find
or a grievance, to make it known and
brought to the attention of the Of
ficials in order that they might know
the exact condition as met by their
patrons. He further stated that the
get acquainted" trips were to be an
annual event and he hoped much
good might result from them. He
wanted the people to be satisfied with
the railroad and the railroad people
to feel friendly toward them and vote
against the railroad commission at
the next election.
This concluded the main part
of the meeting and the party then
hurried back to their train and left
for the west after spending a little
more than as minutes in Mountain
Home discussing the relationship of
this point WITH the o. S. L.
What the true object of the dele
CATION was to Mountain Home this
paper does not know. AS far as their
visit is concerned they might have
better passed through without stop
ping. Before their coming we had
hope and this they took away with
them. We have been pointing with
pride for the past two years to the
new depot that was going to be erect
ed and other improvement that would
be made, but this delegation politely
informed us that we would not have
a new depot until sometime in the
future-after other towns along the
line had been supplied. We we're not
aware that our condition hinged on
the conditions of any other city or
town on the road The fact that Po-
Gaelic is disgraced with a dive for
a station is no reason why Mountain
Home should be denied decent accom-
modations. Payette, Caldwell, Nampa,
Ontario, Glenns Ferry, Gooding and
all along the line the Short Line has