The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-06-10
Gould Line Said to Have Eyes on Short
Lines Bonanza Fields
Twin Falls Idaho on to Boise from Wells One Of the Planned
Extensions for Budget Of 1913-1914
From San Francisco Chronicle. }

(From San Francisco Chronicle.)
The Western Pacific railway will be
extended to reach San Jose, the heart
OF the Santa Clara valley; Twin Falls,
Idaho, the heart of rich irrigated
empire, and Boise City, the latter ex-
tension heading off the often dis
cussed line from San Francisco.
Plans for these extensions have been
divulged in the. last few days during
the Western Pacifics efforts to secure
sufficient money with which to make
the improvements
While among many Western Pacific
financial conditions are believed to be
far from prosperous, the company's s
actual financial condition will be
shown by the statement of the fiscal
year, ending June 80 of this year, to
have undergone rather remarkable
transformation.
The statement of the earnings of the
road during the year, to be announced
July /, it is believed by the Western
Pacific officials, will be sufficiently
encouraging to give the Western Pa
cific an opportunity to establish its
own credit instead of depending upon
its parent company, the Denver and
Rio Grande, and if it does establish
its own credit, the Western Pacific, it
is believed, will show far more encour-
aging returns than it has ever shown
before.
The proposed extension of the West
ern Pacific from Niles to San Jose is
but preliminary step to the COM
pany's encroachment upon what has
long been considered by the Santa Fe
and the Southern Pacific their exclu-
sive territory in the San joaquin val
ley.
1T is almost absurd" said one OF the
western Pacific executives yesterday
to suppose that the Western Pacific
would, In building new trunk road
approach within twenty miles of q
| city of 10000 population, especially
when that city is the heart of valley
of 10000 population" At the same
time this same official declared that
the road plans an extension to Boise
City and to Twin Falls, and that work
in the three extensions will be started
in short time.
| At the present time the Western Pa.
cific road is not overly supplied with
ready cash. This, for the most part
is due to the heavy expense it en-
countered in opening the road. But
for trunk line, its earnings haxe ex.
ceeded the most sanguine expectations
and the excellency of its freight serv.
ice has had remarkable effect ir
boosting it's earnings.
With the extension to Boise City the
company intends to head off the pro
posed building of line between this
city and Boise City. By the extension
to Twin Falls, Idaho, it expects to take
over large freight business in ore
fruit, stock, hay and potatoes.
By the extension to San Jose 1t ex
poets to compete with the Santa Fl
and Southern Pacific for the fruit bel
traffic, the San Jose extension beinf
only preliminary to the encroachmen
upon San Joaquin territory.
With these three extensions com
pleted before the end of 1914, tn,
Western Pacific anticipates rathe
remarkable financial showing. Th
dissolution of the Southern Pacific AM
the Union Pacific, Western Pacific of
i ficials consider, is bound to be benefi
cial to Western Pacific, no matte
what dissolution details are decide,
upon. For these reasons they antici