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Show BUSH S DECISION AWAITED P BOISE Boise. Nov 19 Southern and southwestern Idaho are awaiting with expectancy an announcement from President Bush of the Western Pacific and Denver & Rio (Imnde as to what action the financial backers of the Gould system propose to take in the construction of the Wlnnemuc-ca Wlnnemuc-ca Northern or Bolse-Wlnnemurca railroad connecting this city with the Western Pacific at Winnemucca, and giving western Idaho and eastern Oregon an outlet via that road to San Francisco. President Bush and his part;, recently completed a successful suc-cessful but unusually hard inspec tlon trip over the proposed route of the Winnemucca Northern. The trip was necessary, however, to determine what action would be taken with reference ref-erence to building it There is every ev-ery reason to believe that the building build-ing of this road will mean the rapid development of a vast interior coun try. The purpose of the recent visit of President Bush and his party to California, prior to arrival here, be- came known here today, when Information Infor-mation was received from Sacramen to that the Oakland AQtloch & Eastern East-ern railroad applied to the commls topers of that city for a franchise that will connect It with the Western West-ern Pacific and allow these lines Jointly to compete with the Southern Pacific for freight transport lon b-tween b-tween that point and Oakland The application for the franchise was made by Lester J. Hinsdale, an attorney at-torney rppre6entiug hoth companies Under tho traffic agreement the Western Pacific proposes to route all its overland trains from Sacramento to San Francisco over the Oakland Ant loch electric line and haul them by electric motor. The franchise proNldes for a double, broad-guage standard track with electric equip ment to be operated on some of the important business streets or Sacra mento It will allow the Western Pacific to cut out through bound cars enroute to San Francisco at its Sacramento depot and haul them by motor to a point where they can be attached to Oakland-Antloch trains It will also enable the latter road to effect direct connection of eastern-bound passengers to the Western Pacific. This Information coupled with President Bush's announcement here and at Salt Lake, where he declared the largest shops in the entire Gould system would he built, the coal pro duction nf Utah would be increased and nilifs of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad would be electrified. Is taken to Indicate that the Gould system Is laying extensive plans for the Invasion of new territory in the west, and that several millions of dollars w ill be spent to construct expensive ex-pensive feeders and place both th1 Denver & Rio Grande and the Western West-ern Pacific on a much firmer basis, incrpas their feeding territory and develop a vast territory that Is In crying need of transportation facili tips and has thp tonnage to offer a iipw road, thereby warranting its construction. con-struction. h lie President Bush did not announce an-nounce here when the backers of the Gould system would reach a decision on the final action that will be taken toward the construction of the Winnemucca Win-nemucca Northern, Information has reached here that it may be expect ed within a comparatively short time and that it will probably bo favorable to the construction of the road. |