The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-09-09
BOISE and WHINE
MUCCA NORTHERN

Veys or the Wlnnemucca Northern
railway will be completed to the
Snake river. While Mr.. Bush is in
Idaho he will decide upon the route
the road will take through the valley
from the Snake river and also the
northern terminus of the road. It is
doubtful whether the road will ever
reach Boise as that point is out of
the way and not accessible. At one
time the inducements offered by Boise
seemed to assure the capital city of
the railway. AS ever. Boise in her
hope and assurance, become arrogant
and esurient. The capitalists of
Boise began to think that it was abso-
lutely necessary for the road to 60 to
that city. II that necessity existed
they could see no reason for putting
up "A bonus. 1t is understood that in
a moment of liberality Boise offered
10 cents per head as a consideration
for the railway. One man put up 30
cents but he Immediately repented of
his generosity. He now wants to
know what became of the extra Is
cents and his demands for an account
ing has temporarily stopped all rall-
road building so far as Boise Is con-
eerned. When it became known that
the promoters of the railroad might
demand an additional bonus of three
cents per head panic seized Boise bust
ness men and they are still in a state
of the greatest detection. 1t has been
suggested that Caldwell put up the
extra three cents for Boise This
would amount to about $51.00 if the
population of Boise, when used for
90 l.. IL
the basis; or $500 if taken on Boise IS
population after the state board of
equalization has met.
Col Y. r. Place has been in Boise
for several days trying to come to an
understanding with the Boise railway
magnates and promoters. 1t IL stated
that Boise attempted to flimflam Col
Place and his Winnemucca associates
by ignoring them and dealing with the
Western Pacific direct. The Western
Pacific refused to be party to any
such deal and as result the Boise
people will have to reimburse Col.
Place and others or else do without a
railway. 1t is hard to tell at this time
which course Boise will pursue.
Ii experience can guide us it is safe
to predict that at the last moment the
capital city will decide to save her
money and do without the railway.
This will be perfectly satisfactory to
Caldwell as then Caldwell will be the
northern terminus of the Winnemuc-
ca Northern.-Caldwell News.
The above, from our Idaho ex-
change, was shown Col. Place, and to
the inquiry, "What's the matter with
Boisei" he replied:
Nothing She is all right, pos
sesses a bunch of boosters that would
go after the north pole and move it to
Boise if they thought there was a
show on earth to get it there. But,
unfortunately, they are hampered by
few handicappers' whom the
boosting element tie up to and allow
the self-bensft' bunch the debating
of the course to be pursued IN matters
of the utmost Importance to the whole
citizenship of Boise. The first move
the Handicapped makes is to find out
just where he is going to be benefited
personally without putting up cent.
The business and professional men
meet to consider some proposition that
has been put up to them wherein it
may require the expending of thous-
ands of dollars to bring about last
ing benefit to the community in gen
eral. The 'handieapper' is present,
and is forced to acquiesce in the gener-
al movement agreed upon, then he sees
that the citizens plan is going to cost
him a few hundred dollars personal
ly and the benefit to be derived is not
all going to him, so he sets himself
the task of picking flaws in the
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own, which relieves him of the pay
ment of any coin for the general good
and provides for himself the benefit
to accrue from the other fellows
money. He don't come out openly
and oppose but goes to the busy bust
ness man, who thought the matter in
question settled, and who hasn't time
at attend every meeting that is call |
ed and tells him GONE 'eock and bull
story to bolster up his plan, shows him
the flaws in the other and after a
long harangue about how he wants
the thing done right and at the start
how he wants to protect the ordinary
layman whom he states does not un
derstand these matters, the business
man says Go ahead and fix the deal
up. I'm ready with my money any
time. l haven't the time to give my
attention to all these matters
"Mr. Handicapper hastens to the
next one and says, Il have just had a
talk with Brown, who thinks we
ought to do so and so. Here and
there he has made Brown the father
of his scheme and the rest is easy.
Then if his plans won't work he has
killed the original wellmeant inten-
tions of the citizens in general and
cry goes up that Boise didn't do
this, or Boise didn do that, the out
side communities and newspapers 60
after them and they are partly justi-
fed because they see the results that
non-action brings and they blame
Boise as a whole. Let the city faith
ers of Boise frame IA ordinance en-
powering the dog catcher to impound
n s>fk h.. al An IaI h.