The Blackfoot optimist., 1916-06-22
BIACKIooT's PRoPosED
ELECTRIC LINE

veyors will begin a preliminary survey
from the Utah line to Pocatello,y begin.
ming at both ends of the line. The i'm.
preston given out by those who are fa-
miliar with the plans under considera
tion is that the line will be an exten.
sion Of the electric line that now
reaches as far as Preston. The route
will be continued up the Gentle valley
and will come out at a point near Dow.
ney, thence north to Pocatello and
Blackfoot and OH up to the Yellowstone
Park. This sort of connection would
mean great deal to POcatello, and in
all probability local street car system
would be built.-Salt Lake Tribune.
The Idaho Falls Register says: "The
latest development in the Improvement
era for this immediate section is to be,
from all present accOunts-and they
come from very reliable and almost un-
disputable s0urces-the buildilgfOf 1leT
tric traction lines which will Oihect
Salt Lake City, Utah, with all Of the
principal communities Of s0uthexstern
Idaho, including Pocatello and cities
and towns throughout the upper Snake
river valley and on to Yellowstone Park
anu tnc MOnthhH l1nes
Arrangements have been completed
for the surveys to start from the Utah
line north and from Pocatello south.
and to work toward each other. As
the feasibility of the plan has already
been passed upon by competent au.
thorities, the approval Of the engineers
is considered to be foregone conclu.
sion. A franchise has been granted in
Pocatello for the operation Of an elec.
trio car line throughout the streets OF
that community.
"An electric line, built by the Eccles
interests Of Ogden, is already in active
operation from Ogden north into south.
ern Idaho, and as is well known, an
electric line is in operation between
Ogden and Salt Lake.
The Utah Power and Light Company
mas built a great powe, plant at Grace,
Idaho, and with the power plant locat-
ed at Idaho Falls, and with other plants
which can be developed, it is not i'm.
probable that that, corporation is inter.
ested in the proposed new deal in order
that they may find an outlet for their
product.
''The building of the inter-urban
road north from Ogden to Frank lin,
Idaho, has opened to traffic great
and very rich and fertile section Of
the country which is cutting up the
large holdings into smaller tracts Of
highly cultivated land, and the dairy
business is being largely developed as
"a result, as well as orchards and other
smaller realty holdings.
1t was stated in Idaho Falls this week
by gentleman from Salt Lake who is
well acquainted with conditions there
and here, that the hex, railroad to be
built into Idaho Falls and this part Of
the valley will be the road in question
"a continuation of the electric line
which at present terminates at Frank
lin, Idaho.
''With that announcement comes an
| understanding of a number of recent
developments, all of which goes to
prove that something of real import
ance so far as commercial development
is concerned is not only being consid-
cred by big financial interests, but 10
well under way.
''The details may not be announced
for some time, but it is fact that can
be accepted that great deal of local
development as well as development
throughout all of the valley may be ex-
pected and looked forward to within
the course of the next few months.
. Railroads built on paper are not an
uncommon thing in the west and other
places throughout the country, but usu-
ally railroads so built end there for the
| reason that they are in the hands of
promoters of little responsibility. In
the present instance so little is being
said about the project, and the fact
that it is in the han.:s of interests well
able to finance the plan, and men who
know the country, that there is reason
to believe that there is great deal be.
hind the plans that is not being an