Show I p Gate City Its Business an and ig advent of oCth old Utah fi fiT m T railroad on Oil tho nit Ill T now occupied by thu city ul o 1 lO marks tha tho of 0 the tha town eveni w h C I ur Cr I in i 9 Tho place Insl 01 until 18 when whon tho thu 0 11 4 nt nl hwe hefe t Wn I II Shor Short t live yearn only a I tow few building the thu ami all ull oi of erected c r on Thim tha cant ewt Mo tle ol 01 the t I II Ie track on were re th m mIn I 1 j the railroad shape were I ere in 10 In Kock Huel now I duh ond j from Pocatello In CO PI fal I s to t sI tow row months became be u I Ithe in a I the Utter I 11 tier considerable Importance From town o 0 time the tho railroad l 1 ho s tin to of ut th Ihl 1 the ll 1111 1 r railroad point was increased S u a III ft n ot or within three years utter after the Iho lo 10 11 n Lion Ion of ot the tho railroad r shops hero here Po 10 i llo bad become tho second cM tv in Idaho In point ot oC population a II aLe III Le I ce it still holds Ita Iti fully Holse tha tho state stille cap n er la 15 tie the only In which exceeds In population and nil the Is close cluse rill I In Shop As the Ih shops were originally Ih m III king of oC they continued to be its Important feature Tin lh number of or men employed In them ay U aw about bout i 30 O Tho main building ll llor of or He t lie shops covers nn un Immense area uren ben being ly ISI hy I SO feet teet In size Thena contain tho largest and most plant of ot thu tho kind west of ot the thc Missouri river and nto equipped with the th t modern machinery and an anS Vot example thelo crane Unit will life lICe a 1 big Mogul engine as If It It a toy Payrolls An n of ot railroad divided different departments dc mako thell and ro rl here The rho total number C tilt Ir pay pa who ar paid off hero here each month aver averages ages about 1300 and tho amount of or money disbursed on tho several pay His adl h month Is about This Y f u disbursed each month In u n ut t Hn n th size I o of cannot fall to 1 Ink it exceedingly exceeding prosperous prosperous Jt Is 18 no more than tho simple truth to aY y that there thero Is 11 more money per por m III circulation In than thanin in other town lon ot or us sl t in III tilt en n nIr lire Ir The only exception might bo ho some small rl h mining camp hired Etc town is I neatly and laid ort olT the diagonally with th tho of ut the tho compass The rail railroad road I lIllIs occupy u a con conI I area arell In tho thu center c lItel of ot the tho town nil tho It Into llIto tilt tle Ht ml PHI anft went side Tho buildings bull In th business district ato oa Os a rule rUI MU net ui J substantial and many of ot them III and Imposing Tho rho business ts present u n handsome appear an anc ancA A large proportion of ot tho thor r HIO lJJ lino buildings and thero ther are many elegant homes Tho number of oC h hIHI and costly church edifices ii d the city elt U Is one of ot the most pleasing and fea features ea tures of oC tho town The town Is I supplied with cheap dec Irl light und power by tho mammoth plant plaat of ot tho American Power Water uter company which Is do dole le In another I column and It owns Its water system a n very er fine II lie one h IH Is supplied by br reservoirs located In the die mountains Homo miles east cast ot of the tho city I educational lIal There are two tine and large public nh i hut but owing to the thu M 11 ot or population thelo lire aro not fuby tuBy adequate to till the existing m iti lint and ll will Ion 1 bo ht added The Ille mate academy Is located here Its and equipment cost over oler ami It Is 1 by h grounds At t present It contains nearly nearl M o There Thero lira tiro for tor forthe the th boyn and girls This Institution In la 11 uno of oC recent origin but It promises to become a u great credit to tu tho Ihl state slate large portion of ot the Iho Kort Hall In III Indian dian p r having the town ot o ID r n nr lIr Its It II center was as thrown or i to 10 public entry In Juno ISO and nn ta ur lids Kinds od odi i 1 about live five mlle north of or tUII has haM been covered with filing It i only for tor water for to I to bo he transformed lulU Into a 1 guidon l hut 3 t of ut the town Is Ii Isa a 1 magnificent natural cite lie for a 11 reser Ct fr ind Ihl it has hOM been withdrawn for Ih lul by the tho government At com ly a lake lala 15 l mlle n i can hero here b Lo created It would bo boff h ff I liv Iy tho Iho upper waters of ot the thc Little ma kroot river IIer Tho ot C CIhi this reservoir of ut n II to con COli conlU lU t its It waters to the lands surround surrounding ing In Pocatello would add Immensely to Hi Ih population and of or the town It II Is III only a I lion tion of ot when these public Im be made maLIc over liver river about IS Ir from Is a very crr largo be ly of ot land which will soon goon be L under canals A bridge will be built connecting this rich farming IV II tho town In limo the rost 10 t of the reservation will be opened so soI 0 III I will have farm farmIn In districts surrounding It Important 1111 II Point oiti ilo of oC Salt and Ogden Po 10 Ilo Is I the tho most Important railroad center In the tho states From It radiate late seven Iol n of ot railroad a follows UJ 1 South S to tu Ogden m 2 north to Unite Butte 1 3 tu cr In 4 WIt to 6 Twin via Mint oa iS 6 St IH via Ila Blackfoot 7 j lu i the conter Iller of If a allot network work ot or la II admirably situate 1 tu to become a u shipping ln point and the Iho only obstacle hat pre prevents vents Its III rapid dec these line linea U ts fact hut the Ih railroad has haK not yet et given the Ihl ton a II common cummon point I rate A commercial club ivus recently or organised and one une the objects of Its creation WIlK to this concession from the railroads 11 and there U 19 good reason to e that hat l the tho club will he u I In n ll lis efforts In this direction The town lown needs a Hour mill ant and la 19 in ina a II lo to olter to various manufacturers A of ot brick Is being out by b two brick yards In the town antI and re recently the manufacture of cement I building blocks wan begun by h a n com company comI pany I lIn whose members are arl sanguine that their enterprise will prosper Mining Tho rho mining Industry Is developing rapidly In the tho district east ea t of ut Within from three to tu 15 l miles of It the town there ale lh a It I dozen well developed minus miliuM several of ot which are 1110 profitable shippers and I there are ure many mUll promising prospects Within about miners and prospectors lire are employed who oil ob their supplies In Krom l the fact that so MO large a proportion tion of or the Inhabitants of the town lown are railroad It II might Lo Le Inferred I that social conditions were rather rough und and that law and ancl order would not be maintained as well as us In towns a II different class of In Inhabitants habitants Hut this I Is a mistake let lei order Is not maintained In III any town hi In Idaho than Is III observe hero and tho most refined and will hero lIero social circles of or their own kind Tho city Is well and econ economically governed and unusual tires urell have huo been taken tall en to and keep klel In the the llie vicious ele Ile element ment Business citizens gen generally much n public spirit and local patriotism und treat visitors and with wih cordial consideration There cnn can be he no question that tello has lias a n grout great future f w j X 1 I I X X X X r X t t t t t tt I 1 K x v M 1 SAINTS CHURCH POCATELLO lOCATELLO 0 h A 1 I y 1 I 1 y 1 o 1 S 1 y r J 1 1 X A t 1 y y y y A y Y A Y 1 J Y f A A 1 y Y Y y Y Y 1 y X X Y Y A Y A y X A i 1 x y 1 Y v 1 1 t A X XI y yI i I X I A 1 A AA X i W 0 VIEW OF CENTER ST S1 LO |