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Show , . SODA SPRINGS LINE AN ASSURED FACT Harriman System Contemplates Construction Con-struction Immediately on their Utah-Idaho Line. Line i;Will go From Logan to Franklin And Branch Off Direct North From Whitney, 'Idaho. .j 1 When the seventy million dollar Harriman Railroad bill of expenses for tho Oregon Short lino was totaled up at the commencement of tho year, It was thought that something would be doing -for these parts. Now that it is an assured fact that tho Hurley cut off, reducing tho route to Portland, Oregon, by seventy miles, which will go west through tho prosperous pros-perous Curlew Valloy country,, and tho construction of which will commence com-mence immediately, it was also thought that some portion of that , seventy million fund would be spent for extended Improvement through v our prosperous and prolific Cache Valloy . It now comes to us on excellent au- ' . thorlty that tho Harriman Interests have definitely decided on tho Soda . , Springs lino from this city. Tho new "routo will go direct from Logan to Franklin, and will converge east from tho prosperous town of Whltnoy Idaho, following cast of tho Worm Creek Hollow straight north, going probably through tho Narrows on the 13 car River, west of Mink Creek canyon, can-yon, or some other more feasible out-lot, out-lot, on through tho prosperous Gentile Valley country to Soda Springs, Idaho. Tho greater portion of tho trade to the Gentile. Valley country has been going through I'rcston. With this new line, much of the freight that has gone, through that source, will bo handled direct, thus cutting .out a great deal of business that I'rcston formerly had. In stead of tho western portion of Preston becoming the prosperous pros-perous part of the town, It Is now highly certain that tho beautiful land situated cast of Preston, will In Umo bo cut up Into smaller holdings and diversified farming will be tho ro-suit ro-suit and land in that portion will' enhance en-hance In value. It Is given out from the same source that work on this extension will be commenced sometime this year. This new move of the railroad company will doubo tho amount of business going through the Logan depot, and make Logan, Instead of a branch station, a direct, working, throbbing port of tho great Oregon Short Lino's main system. sys-tem. & Prominent patties have often claimed claim-ed that this would bo the outcome of all this railroad talk, but no one was sure that the much needed Improvement Improve-ment was right nt our very doors. |