Show NAMPA A GROWING CITY staff correspondence nampa idaho nov 4 nampa is becom ing a railroad center in idaho and many of its progressive citizens believe it is destined to become one of no small importance as the resources of the state become more and more developed this is the point where passengers leave the main line of the oregon short line railroad for boise located nineteen miles away here is also the headquarters of the boise nampa owyhee owahee ra railroad also of the idaho northern railroad the two latter lines were creations of col W H dewey and they have already proven to be important feeders for th the e oregon short line the B N 0 road is thirty miles in length at the present time ending at murphy on the south side of the ana snake ke river ohp whery traffic of owyhee owahee county is received receiver the 8 greater part of which comes from the 0 the m mini camps of silver city and de lamar aning e the idaho northern road strikes off to the north of nampa and its present 6 terna terminus inus 1 at emmett one of the principal supply point for the thunder mountain country this TV road was originally intended to tap ane timber belt also to open up the mining sections of central idaho the announcement has been made that the coming year will witness the extension of this line farther into the interior and it is predicted that it will be probably the first line to actually reach thunder mountain the idaho northern enjoys a good business and it has already paid good interest on the money invested one of the finest hotels in the west the dewey palace is nearing completion and will be opened to the public shortly this mag ma ent structure was built by col dewey it would certainly be a credit to a city the size of salt lake denver or seattle many improvements of a public nature have been made in nampa in the past few months important among them is the building of a sewer system a better water system and electric lighting facilities the oregon short line railroad is constructing ting a magnificent passenger station here realizing that nampa is one of the important stations of its system the city is surrounded by a fine agricultural region |