Ogden Daily Standard | 1913-11-18 | Page 5 | Idaho Falls Watching for Railroad Builders

IDAHO FALLS WATCHING FOR RAILROAD BUILDERS Idaho Falls Ida.. Nov 17. G G Wright, assistant general manager of the Consolidated Wagon &. Machine company, who divides hla time every week between Salt Lake and this city, says he has no doubt as to the Chicago & Northwestern roads com ing into Idaho Falls in the noar fu ture. In fact, the graders, he says, may be expected any day There Is. of course, no secret of the fact that the road has long desired to enter the Snake river valley, and from there obtain an outlet to the Pacific coast, and for that purpose all sons of surveys have been made from time to time for years. The pro j posed extension would start from a j point about 30 mlle6 west of Lander, j Wye . pursuing a northwesterly course to this section, from whence the course would naturally be west, In conformity with the topography of the state of Idaho. nr