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Show W GREAT INCREASE I EN BUSINESS This Will Re Record Year for Railroads in This 1 Section. 1 ADDITIONAL FAI IMTIES ARK NOW NECESSARY f More Railroads Must He Rnilt to ( ope With Increased Traffic. 'Th growth r.f builnait, both pasf.ngrr H ond frlcht. In thin and al)rutu territory " H Mid a railroad man. who e;ak with eon- E rldraMn knfivlK.ljt of conditions, to a. Trlh- une rpr'S'ntativo yMoMnv. in ru. h that It J hu exroolod the capacity of tho railroads to 1 handl It. This rnfera to both thn Rio Grand and Orecon Phnn T.ln and moor partloularly Hl Is this tho rao In Idaho and Montana. I More Railroads Necessary. I "Additional railroad facilities are an ftbso- i -.ato r.ec.sslty. both raat and west Tho cqulp- in.nt tnd po'c- of the pront roads rannot j i begin to coi v:th the buslncM and handle. It PJ expeditiously and In tho manner In which It H abould be handled. The fact Is tho roads B running In and nut of hero are In a con- PJ getted condition. Yards Are Blocked. 'Tho various yard.' of tVo rr.T.ts ore virtu-M virtu-M ally blocked- WlthtearS loadfl Willi all kinds Hi (.f freight that cannot i. moved on account PJ of the lack of power, and more especially is PJ thin th caae In Idaho and Montana. At many H shipping points there l a continual and IB- Hi cCUant cry for 'cars 1 more cars' to n."-" thfl H minora and products, and the rondo are un- B nble to meet the demand. At Glenn's Ferry. B i. i.i thi other daj I m n train of in itooi HHV ran being deadheaded west tu mw-t n more I urgent all, hi-n nil over Idaho a car fumtnr eclated. Year's Business a Record. "It Is Imperative that more railroads should b built Into this section At tho end of the year the buslnoss of this countrv will make a new record, and every year nmt It will In-i In-i r-;isc by leaps and bounds, and railroad facilities facil-ities must tie provided for the movement of I the crops so that development shall not be retarded." re-tarded." Country Being Developed. Whin asked as to the cause of the enormous record the gentleman replied: '"The natural development of the country Is the cause. For year colonists have been locating in this section. sec-tion. Of course, through time they n.-rame producers. and with Increased production there must necesaarlly bo Increase! facilities to handle It The production of all crops has Increased. Then there la a tremendous bull-Mae bull-Mae In the shipping of mining and agricultural agricul-tural michlnery and tho ore from the mines. Tho sugar beet Industry has grown to an enormous extent and the business of stock-raising stock-raising Is continually on the Increase. In fact. It Is a staple Industry These are the causes which create Ui. demand for additional lines of transportation." With such a condition existing as that depicted de-picted above the Western Pacific, the Moffat nd and the Burlington ennnot enter the field any too anon. Progress ought not to be retarded, re-tarded, cannot bo retarded, and the greatest ngent In tho work of development Is the inll-roeul. inll-roeul. -- |