Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-01
POWER COMPANY
EXTENDS line TO
CANYON COUNTY
Beaver River Company to
Supply Electricity to Cald-
well and Nampa-Build-
ing at County Seat.
(Staf Correspondence

Caldwell, Nov. 3o.-The setting Of
the high line poles for the Beaver
River Power company from Boise 10
Caldwell. was completed this evening.
The heavy copper wire for this Boise
Caldwell extension is expected to ar
rive most any day, and 1t is expected
this wire will be strung to Caldwell
within two weeks. This wire will car
ry $4,000 volts. 1t will be strung from
Boise through Meridian, Nampa and on
to Caldwell.
1t is stated that the Beaver River
Power company has secured many
contracts for the use Of its power in
each of the towns of Meridian. Nam
ia and Caldwell, and that these towns
are soon to be completely wired so
that the electric juice can be deliv-
cred into the business and residence
districts of these towns. 1t Is under
stood a subs station for the Beaver
River Power company is to be built
in Caldwell at an early date.
$4,000 Depot for Caldwell.
The Idaho Traction company, own
ers of the Oregon-I Idaho Light d
Power company, will build in Caldwell
at once a combination subs sta ton,
freight and passenger depot, 100x1o0
feet, at cost of about $4,000 The
location for this building is Fifth and
Main streets on the north side OF the
street. Cox & Miller. Caldwell well
drillers, are drilling for this combin-
alton sub-station and depot an ar
tesian well, which now is down over
900 feet. Storey & Murphy of Boise
have the contract for this building,
which will be pushed to completion as
fast as weather conditions will per-
nit. Boise vitrified brick is to be
used in the construction of this plant.
New $4,000 Masonic Temple.
The Masons of Caldwell are plan
ming the erection in Caldwell next
year of a Masonic temple on the cor
ner of Sixth and Arthur streets, TO
cost approximately sl2,ooo The plans
for this structure are being made by
Wayland e. Fennell Boise architects.
Preliminary plans for the temple may
be seen in the office here of the Cald
we'll Traction company, of which Wal
ter Sebree is the manager. This tenn!
pie when completed will be fully
equipped for use by all the Masonic
bodies here.
The ground plans have just been
completed for the state home of old
and INDECENT Odd Fellows and or
phans, at a cost of $4,000. The ground
for this worthy Odd Fellows enter
prise covers 90 acres, located on Cald
well heights just at the northeast edge
of Caldwell. Ross Cartec. the famous
landscape architect of Boise. drew the
plans for the identifying of the 20
acres. There are beautiful driveways
and provisions are made for a fine la
COON, trees of all kinds. shrubbery
flowers. beautiful lawns. etc. The
grass for these lawns and parkings
Will be planted next spring, as will
also the trees, shrubbery, flower beds,
etc
This Odd Fellows home will be a
very important enterprise In the course
of the next few years. For instance
the administration building alone will
cost in the neighborhood of 100000.
New $4,000 Library.
The excavation is completed for
the foundation for the building in
Caldwell of a Carnegie library to cost
when completed about s12,O00. This
library will occupy the northeast cor
ner of Eleventh and Boulevard.
The following residences in Cald-
we'll are now under course of con-
struction: ]. F. Pemberton. $4,000
residence; Ed Miller, $4,000 home; o.
y. Berlin, $4,000 house; Tom Cochran,
$500 residence.
Building Prospects Are Fine.
There is a good deal of building go
ing on In the country tributary TO
Caldwell, in the shape of homes, gran
aries. dairy barns. sheds. ETC. Local
lumber dealers say the prospects for
new buildings next year are fine.
Freight Business Doubled.
Robert Farrar, the o. S. l.. agent at
Caldwell authorizes the statement
that the freight business at Caldwell
for the month of November just closed
is mere than double of that of No
vember OF last year.
Big Returns From Potatoes.
The Canyon Commission company of
Caldwell this season will have ship
led out IS ears of fruit aad potatoes.
G. F. Smith, n rancher In the Deer
Flat country. from one acre of land
get yi,'j &C a4,6eG pounds Of pota-
toes, which 10 scld f,r 90 cents per
hundred 1t is seen that even at this
low fieurc. this enc acre of potatoes
brought a casl; return to Mr.. Smith
Of $123.s9.
! The potato acreage around Cald-
we'll will be increased next year. Sew
eral potato growers here have already
announced their intention OF largely
decreasing their potato acreage next
fear.
At a meeting of the Commercial club
Friday evening to hear Colonel f. r.