Show ON OX TOW I TUNNEL TO L LI BE I BOISE July 10 L. L N. N Farnum of New ew York chief engineer of the thc T J. G. G I White hite company of New York and ami II II I M. M L Dougherty of tho the same company of the work of have hl charge who j is to constructing tho the mammoth power plant at Ox Bow Or are arc on tho ground going over ocr details of the tire work and making I general geu preparations for Active e operations opera operations lions This electric l' l power plant is ia being built by the Idaho Orp Oregon on Light an and Water company compan at Ox Do Bow tunnel five fifty miles from huntington on the theline line Hue of the Short Line cutoff to Lewis Lewis- ton Considerable work was done dono thero there last fall but owing o to the financial nl depression de do operations cro ceased rl and also because that it was vas believed ed th the Short Line would havo its line completed com coui pl ted in iu tho the spring prin to that section which would give ho the contractors ens easy transportation for getting gettin material on the ground Wo We ha have hanot not decided decidE to wait Trait for forthe I tho the Short Line stated Mr 1 Farnum yesterday yes yes' yesterday CS but havo have already started operations oper oper- for camps and und as soon as quarters quare tors are arc completed work will be bo pushed on construction The tunnel to be driven u uis is 30 feet in Ia diameter an and 1 1200 00 in in length Tho The time of completion dc de- de- de I on how bow soon material can cnn be bo put on ou the grounds In addition to driving in tho tunnel the tho I has baa tho the contract for building I company river I 1200 OO feet a dam across the Snake r river cr wide and 50 no O feet hi high h. h By ny tIlls this means menns will be bo obtained ob ob- a a. tremendous water power tamed and tho the electric plant will baa ba have havea a capacity of and when completed will be the largest I plant in Idaho or Oregon It is the plan of the promoters to valley the tho Doi Boise furnish power er for the e Seven Devils Devil mining district strict and nd all the towns bet between tho project and this cit city i Weiser Payette Caldwell Caidwell and Emmett will probably receive electric power from this source and it is probable that towns along tho the Pacific Idaho Idabo Northern North North- em ern will be supplied Not Kot only wi will 1 this enterprise supply power for business and lighting purposes purposes pur pur- poses but will be bo the tho means of opening land between up a vast area of arid Star and Emmett plans having alrea been made for installing a l sinking a well for the purpose of supplying supplying sup sup- plying g water to this land It is also believed that man of If the ranchmen will ill use uso tho the pumping method of irrigating irrigating at in ing when power can be ue supplied at nt their ranches at a m moderate rate RAILROAD NOTES W. W II Bancroft vice president and ancl general manager or j J. J M. M Davis general superintendent D 11 E. E DurIo Burley general passenger agent J. J A. A Reeves Re general frei freight rt agent William Ashton chief I cn engineer and J. J F. F Dunn superintend superintendent ent of motor power of the Oregon Short Line ro returned this morning from a n tour of f inspection over tho the company's compans lines in in Idaho and Montana The party part traveled tra in a special train Will Darke traveling tra freight rei ht a agent ent for the Burlington has gone gono to I Idaho aho to look after woo wool shipments for his com company pan The TIre Utah Construction company which has the contract for tho grading of a large lareo part of the route of tho tIre Western Pacific in Utah and eastern Nevada Novala No- No vada vala is is increasing its forces with a aview view v of pu pushing hing its part of tho the work with all possible spee speed Too Joe Too Young superintendent of oC tho the Southern Pacific with headquarters at itt San Francisco is recovering from a long illness s. s Mr Ir Young Voting is a son eon of Judge c L Lo Grand Young Young- of Salt Lake Lako City and will visit his hi father as soon as he he is stron strong enough to travel tra to a T T. I. I Conway general fal live stock agent for the thc Santa f Fe c with headquarters ea at Kansas City and md J. J B. B Lynch western live stock a agent ent for the same road with I headquarters in Denver arc are in this city on business I I After Ailor a seven so weeks weeks' visit through h the east Edward Chambers freight ht tariff tarin director of tIre the Santa nta Fe 0 with i h l at San Francisco has returned nome and has this to say ay of conditions as at ho bo found them on ou his trip Business is it quiet but hut there arc are si signs Ds of a little improvement and it looks liko like better times all along the tho line I 1 was all over the cast talked with many p railroad men and heard hard their opinion of the general situation Tho The further you ou conic como west the thc less less' tIre the suffering because of the financial troubles and in iu California the conditions conditions condi- condi I have ha been best of nil in in New NewYork NewYork York probably the tho worst h because of tIre the direct effects of the at conditiOns that financial center From all sections of the tho country the reports are t that at the tho farmers have havo never been in such good condition as at pros pres ent and their purchasing power has never bc been en bo so O great Reports from froni man man- of agricultural implements emphasize tide this fact The Tho farmers are arc buying machinery and farm implements and tho manufacturers miulang such things are all doin doing good business Now New Now York is the tho worst off otT but Chi engo seems to be bc in a good healthy condition financially the tire p people talk en en- I aIl and aud business is good Chicago's Chi CM cagos cago's people are proud of tho the way wa watho time tho they camo came the tho financial trouble and sa say the they the arc are now flOW in in a stron stronger er financial finan cial position than ever ocr before |