Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-03 | Page 16 | Spur to Driggs Filed Assured

SPUR TO DRIGGS HEL0JB50BE0 Permission to Build Into Coal District Will Be Granted O. S. L. Special to Tb Tribune. POCATELLO, Ida., Nov. That tha Oregon Short Line will bo granted yer-mlsafon yer-mlsafon to proceed with the buildirjg of a spur track to the owal fields in the vicinity of Drlggs. In eastern Idaho. Is practically assured. In reply to n message sent to Director General Hlno by Governor DaVtl IliAt week, the railroud .-administration declared de-clared It would not interpone objection to the building of the spur, but final per-mlHlon per-mlHlon must b had from Hale HoJOrn. regional director for this dlbtrlct. This Information was conveyed to the officii hi of the Oregon Short Line. In sending a telegram to the regional director. Governor Dftvti r4Utta that official to communicate direct with II. V. Piatt, general manager of the Oregon Khort- Line, and in oil probability Mr. Pfaitt Is In POSMSSlpn of authority to proceed pro-ceed with the work. With the building of tho proposed spur, for which the material is on the ground. CM In sufficient quantities to supply th" ftiitlr stale of Idaho will b rMoasetJ. I' In nald tha' the matter of building the pur Is a small undertaking, with mm-pltttfj mm-pltttfj material on the ground, and but a short dlf-tMlCfl to build. it In Mid that ttM strike that Is now OA will havr no effect on the relenso of the large quantities of coal In the Teton valley, thero being thousands of tons actually ac-tually mined and awaiting transportation transporta-tion facilities, which tho coal company h.id bftn promised months ago.