Year: 1870




The toll road connecting Boise City with thi
city, or rather terminating at Turner's Warn
Springs, now owned by Judge Milton Kelly, i
not in condition which the franchise of tol
road requires, or should require. This road i
not only the main avenue of communication be
tween Boise Basin and Boise City, but with th'
outside world almost, looking toward the rail
road, from which nearly all the merchandis,
and freight of our merchants and business mer
passes over at the present time. To this is tC
be added the passenger and freight transit
which, to and from Ada county alone, is very
considerable. Hay, grain, vegetables, cattle
sheep, hogs, and nearly everything of an edible
character for consumption of luan and beast
must of necessity come over that road. The
tolls ought to be very profitable source of in.
come to the owner of the road. All our U. S.
mails from the East and West and South come
in that way by Pinkham Bros daily line OF
stages. These important considerations re-
quire that this main artery of commerce and
avenue of transit, travel and transportation
should be kept always, as far as may be prac-
ticable, in travelling, passable condition. This
is imperatvely demanded, as all will readily
concede. Inevitable accidents will happen,
which may temporarily render places impassa-
BILE, but every diligence should be used to keep
the road open and to repair bad places. Now,
at Cold Spring ranch, about seven miles below
this city, this road has been, for several weeks,
in condition which endangers the lives of par
ties passing over it, and of animals as we'll
Why does not the wealthy proprietor of this
road take efficient measures to repair such
places! Nearly three weeks ago the editor OF
this paper, with some five fellow passengers by
stage, were compelled to get out of the coach,
about one mile this side of the Cold Spring
ranch, on their way to Boise City, and to work
lard with shovels for nearly an hour, to open
he road so as to render it passabe for the stage.
With the passengers was Mr.. Jos. Pinkham,
me of the proprietors of the stage line, whom
he condition of the road compelled to 60 down
Is far as the Cold Spring ranch, to examine
md repair the road where necessary We
AVE heard numerous complaints from persons
,assing over the road of the negligence and in
attention of the proprietor to keep it passable,
" at least to use every reasonable diligence to
make it SO. We have no disposition to grum-
lie or to censure in the premises, but our at
ention has been repeatedly called to the SUBJ
ect, and our late trip to Boise City has salts
led us the complaints of the many were not
without foundation. Unless this matter shall
e speedily and efficiently remedied, which We
ope and TRUST may be the case, it will certain
y be incumbent upon those interested that leg
slative or judicial action be taken to ensure
he public the protection of their rights in this
italy important matter Upon similar thor
ughfares of travel, held as franchises in Cali
Drnia and in the older States, the owners of
uch fran .!.ises are required to fulfill strictly
he letter of the law, and to strictly and liter
lily observe all the conditions on their part to
e performed, and in case of failure or neglect
, do so the forfeiture of the franchise speedily
,llows With such a road as this. public in
,rests imperatively require the same course
, be pursued, and we venture the prediction
lat unless the proprietor of this road, in per-
IA or through his agents and subordinates,
lall properly and diligently attend to this mat
r. other parties, at the next session of the
laho Legislature, will attend to it for him
here is no alternative.