The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-11-24
HAVE NOT GIVEN
UP THE RAILROAD
Gould System Still Has Eyes
on Idaho.
HILL BANKERS WILL INSPECT
ROUTE WITH PRES. BUSH
President Swim of Commercial Club.
Throws Light on Present Railroad
Activities.

The Gould System is still looking
for feeders for it's isolated railroad
main line between Ogden and Frisco,
according to the good news brought
back by President A. L. Swim, of the
local Commercial club, who returned
the first of the week from Denver
from attending the hearings on the
closing of the Ogden gateway by the
Union Pacific. Mr.. Swim was more
than little encouraged by the little
information given him by the highest
officials of the Missouri and Western
Pacific lines, who attended the hear
ings.
Mr.. Swim stated that from the Vice
President Brown, of the Missouri Paci-
fic, he obtained the information that
the Gould system has not given up
it's intention of running feeders into
Idaho and that in addition that the
route was not selected by any of the
officials. 1t was further intimated
to Mr.. Swim, that the approaching
visit of President Bush with the sup
posedly Hill system bankers had di- :
rect bearing upon the question of
Idaho lines. Throughout the hearing
Gould railroad officials, in conversa-
ton with Mr. Swim, kept asking per-
tinent questions regarding tonnage,
distances and topography, which show
ed more than passing interest in the
subject of southern Idaho
The following article which appear
ed in Mondays Salt Lake Herald Re-
publican bears out the contentious
of renewed activity and the entrance
| of the Hill forces into the fortunes
of the Gould railroads.
! Mystery surrounds the coming visit
| of B. F. Bush, president of the Missou-
| ri Pacific system, to Utah and Idaho
next week He was to have started
from st. Louis Saturday, but owing
| to the inability of New York bankers
| to accompany him his departure has
| been postponed until Monday. Accomp-
anying him will be number of bank
| ers, who have represented James ].
| Hill, the Northern Pacific, the Burling-
| ton and the Great Northrn roads.
| 1t is credited to James ]. Hill that
he saved the Gould roads recently
| when the Rockefellers and Kuhn, Loeb
& Co. sought the control when the
Missouri Pacific had to ask for extern
sions on its $25,000,000 gold note is
| sue. Whether he was given voice in
the management of the road for his aid
at that time is unknown, but since
| last spring the Denver & Rio Grande
and the Burlington have been working
closer together on the exchange Of
| traffic at Denver than ever before
| This applies especially to the passen-
ger traffic.
| The coming trip of Mr. Bush over
| the proposed line of the Winnemucca
Northern from Winnemucca on the
| Western Pacific to Boise again has re-
vived the rumbr especially as he is
accompanied by Hill bankers, that the
Hill roads in the north are looking for
an entrance into San Francisco and
that as the entire Oakland water front
is now controlled either by the South
ern Pacific, Western Pacific and trac-
tion lines, that he must use one or the
other roads In reaching the coast. The
Hill bankers are scheduled to make
the trip over the proposed Winnemuc-
ca Northern with Mr.. Bush and in
Boise the Commercial club is making
plans for an elaborate entertainment.
/ Several maps which have been re-
| ceived in Salt Lake recently by agents
for both the Hill and Gould lines
show a proposed cutoff through south
| ern Idaho to Nevada points. The cut
| off would save the Northern Pacific
| 1927 miles to San Francisco in passen-
/ ger mileage alone. This amounts to
about thirty-three hours In running
| time.
Mr. Swim stated to the Times that
the question of closing the Ogden gate
way brought out much favorable testi-
mony concerning the superior ton
mage attractions of the Twin Falls
route. Mr.. D. E. Burley, of the Oregon
Short Line, upon examination by the.
commission and Commissioner Blom-
/ quist, OF Idaho, stated that there wero
only two of the railroads Idaho bran
ches which were paying dividends-the
| Twin Falls and the Yellow stone
branches. This assertion waa
challenged by Blomquist. who wanted
to know about the Boise branch. He
was informed by Mr. Burley that his
first statement was correct and that
the Boise branch did not pay. Mr..
Swim is also hopeful that the inter-
state commerce commission will not
allow the Ogden gateway to be closed
and stated that In his estimation tha
testimony favored the peoples side of
| the issue