Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-27
TRAFFIC BUREAU
MEMBERS MAKE A
TRIP TO EMMETT
Good Meeting Is Held in
Which the Support of the
Business Men of the Town
Is Solicited.
tstaff correspondence.l

Emmett, Aug. 27.-Six members of
the Boise Traffic bureau, including
Leonard Way, the secretary of the bu-
reau, met with the Emmett CONNER
cial club Tuesday evening for the pur-
pose of explaining the object of this
bureau and to enlist the cooperation
of the Commercial club here and its
individual members. The meeting was
q splendid success. The Emmett Com
mercial club, through several of its
prominent members, after listening to
what the six Boise men had to say,
made it clear that they deeply appre-
ciate the great good already accom-
plished through the efforts of the Boise
Traffic bureau and promised to CO.
operate with this bureau in it's future
operations.
DIR. B. o. Clark president of the
Emmett Commercial club, presided
over the meeting. The first of the
Boise speakers to address the meet
ing was Leonard Way. He gave a very
interesting detailed explanation of the
workings of the Boise Traffic bureau
and told of some of the many things
the bureau has already accomplished.
1t was clearly shown that this bureau
has accomplished great good not only
for Boise, but for practically the whole
of the territory lying between Twin
Falls and Huntington, on both the main
and branch lines of the Oregon Short
Line.
$1oo,oo0,oo0 for Development.
Richard w. Childs, secretary of the
Boise Commercial club, emphasized the
good resulting from the Boise Traffic
bureau. He mentioned the fact that
during the eight big years Of south
ern Idahos development era 800, 000,
900 of eastern money was brought and
spent in Idaho. He said the develop
ment era here is past and now Idaho
has entered upon its production period.
Max Mayfield OF the Falk Wholesale
company told of some of the many
reductions in freight rates resulting
from the efforts of the Boise Traffic
bureau. He stated Emmett was favor
ably affected through some of the rate
reductions thus brought about, illus
trating his point by saying that the
old $26 arbitrary for a car of fruit be-
tween Emmett and Nampa is elimi-
mated, thus giving the fruit shippers
of Emmett the same through rates as
main line points between Boise and
Weiser. He also pointed out the saw
ing Of money to merchants OF Boise,
Nampa, Payette and Weiser who are
having their freight bills audited by
the Boise Traffic bureau.
Sherman M. Coffin emphasized the
points brought out by the previous
speakers as to the good being accom-
plished by the Boise Traffic bureau,
and strongly emphasized the fact that
the Boise Traffic bureau, aided
through cooperation with it by the
commercial bodies in all the towns of
southern and western Idaho, can Sc
cure anything it asks of the railroads
so long as the bureaus demands are
reasonable and just.
". n. Northrop OF the Northrop
Hardware company, also very strongly
emphasized the great good being done
by the Boise Traffic bureau and the
urgent need of the business men of
Boise, Emmett and other Idaho towns
to cooperate with the bureau.
Wisconsin Cheese Being Driven Out.
Reilly Atkinson, Boise's commission