The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-11-08
OUR NEW DEPOT.

WIN NEW OWk OIs
The following article from the
Boise Statesman shows how we are
seen by others:
A large force of men began work
this week on the new depot fol
Blackfoot, which is to be the equal
: of the best in the state in size and
their superior in arrangement.
For several years the people of the
Grove City have been agitating for a
larger depot to replace the one
erected 20 years ago, and so marked
has been the development of the
town that for some time the leading
men of the place have been asking
that nothing be done about 1t until
the company could or would erect a
building adequate for the town as it
is expected to be 10 and 20 years in
the future. Acting upon this chal-
lenge, the officials of the Short Line
designed fine structure 42x132 ieet
on the ground, to be built of gray
stone tipped with pink, with large
platforms extending nearly two
blocks, and a general Encouragement
of the yards commensurate with a
city of 10000 or 10000 Inhabitants.
The warehouses and the old depot
are being moved out several blocks
from their former position and the
stockyards moved out above the fair
grounds and their capacity increased
New Passenger Depot.
The new passenger depot is to oc-
cupy central position in the town, a
position selected jointly by the Off
Gals of the road and the people at
large to be bordered by broad cement
walks and another fine park, and
the tracks are to be arranged so that
there will be but one track in the
heart of the town and the switching
will be out at the extremities.
The building itself is to contain an
express office, baggage 70 I'M, mems
smoking room, mems toilet and lava
tory, general waiting room, news
stand, ticket office and drinking
fountains, women's waiting room,
women's dressing room with lava
tories and mirrors, women's toilet.
All doors will be double, with vesti
bule to protect against draft; the
heating plant will be in the base
ment and the building will be well
lighted inside and out.
Has Two Branch Roads.
Blackfoot had two branch roads ex-
tending into rich territory that
yields much trade the Mackay branch
extending IS miles into the Lost
river country and the Aberdeen
branch extending "a miles into the
American Falls Carey tract. The
former has daily train passenger
service by train and the latter a |
daily passenger service by motor car
connecting Pocatello, Blackfoot and
Aberdeen, making a most delightful
service for the settlers in that region.
People Work Together.
The people of Blackfoot are pos
sessed of the happy faculty of getting
together on whatever they do. When
they finally decide that they want
anything be it sugar factory, a
branch road, school building, a de-
pot or whatever the object, they can
vass their differences thoroughly and
get together on some common ground
that enables them to combine their
forces and succeed. At this time
they are all happy over the harmon
ious arrangements made with the
Oregon Short Line, but the pressing |
demand for workmen in every branch
of building and in the fields makes s
it hard to get help enough to carry I
the work forward as rapidly as the s
contractors would wish. {