The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-11-18
BUSH
FAILS TO COME.
Boise Visit Consumes Too Much
Time
BANKERS OF PARTY HASTEN EAST
FROM TRIP.
Twin Falls Boosters Disappointed But
Not Disheartened Over Failure to
Get Inning.

Twin Falls did not get the promised
visit from President B. F. Bush and
his party OF eastern bankers, due to
the Boise Winnemucca trail interven-
ing to delay his progress. Although
he was scheduled to reach Boise We'd
nesday afternoon and reach here
Thursday, he was obliged to telephone
Secretary Mcmillan of the Commercial
club, to cancel the promised visit. In
the message some consolation was
given by the friendly information that
they had not forgotten Twin Falls and
that the shorter route from Wells via
Twin Falls to Boise was under the
consideration.
AS soon as the news of Mr.. Bush's
change of plans was announced the
following telegram was sent him and
which was acknowledged by Mr.. Bush
late Friday, In which the boosting
spirit Of the tract was shown to be un-
daunted by the absence of the rail-
road magnate.
B. F. Bush, President, Western Paci-
fic R. R. Co., Boise, Idaho.
Twin Falls regrets that you have
been compelled to change plans and
that you go East without again pass
Ing our way. Our feeling of disap-
pointment is shared by representatives
of other towns In Southern and East
ern Idaho, who were coming here for
conferenc with you to add their urg-
ings that another railroad system en-
ter this territory and to give express
sion to the belief that you are the one
through whom the needed relief viii
come. Our disappointment, however,
does not in the least abate our pro-
gressive spirit, destroy our activity or
lessen our concern in you or the in
terests you represent and we renew
the assurance given you when you
were here that our people will do all
that may reasonably be demanded to
encourage the building to us of line
to Southern connection. Our harvest
surpassed our expectations and the
belief Is universal that this great val
ley Is only in its infancy of CONNER
c1al development. During the month
of October the railroad traffic of this
tract amounted to 1000 cars and ex-
listing transportation facilities were
entirely inadequate to move our crops.
We know we need you and we feel
that you need us. The members OF
our club and the public generally ex-
tend to you cordial greeting on the
occasion OF your second tour OF in
spectiOn and an expression of hope
that we may soon have from you a
definite and encouraging statement of
your plans 80 far as they may effect
us. We had arranged for Mr.. Salla-
day to carry in person our messages
to you, but his illness has prevented
He joins us in our good wishes.
TWIN FALLS COMMERCIAL CTIIR
By NJ. J. sweeley. President.
Salt Lake, Vi III, Nov. Is, 1918.
NJ. ]. Sweeley, President Cont. Club,
Twin Falls, Idaho.
I highly esteem cordiality expressed
in your message of fourteenth. We
had anticipated with much pleasure
again visiting your city, but as advised
over telephone practically all OF our
time was consumed in traversing the
line Winnemucca to Boise, occasioned
by the unusually heavy roads. Thank
ing you for the friendly feeling you
have manifested and asking that you
convey our regrets to the Commercial
club for any trouble they were put to.
B. F. BUSH.
A letter received by the secretary OF
the Commercial club from a promin-
ent booster for Southern Idaho. who
interviewed both President Bush and
the bankers, stated that the project of
the Western Pacific road to Twin Falls
from Wells with lines both up and
down the Snake was the most probable
outcome of the recent visit of Western
Pacific officials and financiers.
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