The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-11-21

President B. F. Bush, head of the
Gould system of railroads, arrived in
Caldwell Thursday evening week
ago from Winnemucca, Nevada. He
had come overland from Winnemucca
and experienced a hard but not en-
tirely unpleasant trip. Mr.. Bush ex-
pressed himself as greatly surprised
with the country through which he
passed. He was amazed at the pres
emit and prospective tonnage for rail-
roads and especially at this end of the
proposed Winnemucca Northern rail-
road.
Mr.. Bush did not say that the Win
nemucca Northern would be built.
He did say that it would not be long
before such road were constructed
and that if the Western Pacific did not
enter the field some other road would.
1t is impossible to think that Presi-
dent Bush would make the trip he
made without some very definite plans
as to railroad building if he found con-
ditions as represented. The country
was greater, the resources greater and
the conditions better than he had been
led to believe.
In an interview given out while in
this city Mr.. Bush said:
You have great country here.
You produce a great tonnage in food
products. the most important of all
for transportation. There is more
of it than any one railroad can handle
and you are bound to have Compel
ing railroad and when it comes there
will be business for both of them. |
was with the Northern Pacific when
it built to the coast. We wondered
If the investment was safe. Soon
thereafter the Great Northern was
built and there was more business
than both could handle. Then the
Burlington came in and now the Mil
waukee has built through to the coast
and all of them are busy now and do
ing big business. You have a better
country in many respects than much
of that through which these railways
pass. You have an irrigated country
where crops are reasonably dependa-
BILE every year. l cannot say that the
Western Pacific will build here but it
will not be long before there will be
a competing line of railway in this
section"
President Bush and party went from
Caldwell to Boise where they were
entertained by the Commercial club
and business men of the capital city.
They visited the great government
dam at Arrowrock.
From Boise Mr.. Bush went to Salt
Lake. At Salt Lake he declared that
the Rio Grande car shops when re-
built would be the most modern in
the country showing conclusively that
the Could system intends making
some great improvements in other
lines than building feeders and
branches.
Local Men Feel Confident of Road.
All the local men of Caldwell and
Boise who talked with President Bush
and members of his party feel conf
dent that work will be started upon
the road in the spring. They are con-
fdent that it will be in operation by
the summer of 1915. The enthusiasm
with which President Bush spoke of
the country through which he had
travelled; the fact that he had with him
eminent New York inanciers; and the
fact that he made the trip at all con-
vinces the people of this section that
the railroad is to be built.
The Western Pacific has been de-
scribed as railroad with magnih-
cent beginning and magnificent end
ing but nothing in between. To fill
the gaps feeders and branches are nee
essary The Winnemucca Northern
would tap richer country and assure
more tonnage than any proposed rail-
road in the country,