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Show SHORT LINE TO SPEND $3,000,000 1 IDAHO I .. HiiH DOUBLE TRACK BORKTOKGM IISMY I Improvements on Line Will Be Rushed for Heavy Traffic in Fall MANY TOWNS BENEFIT Nearly Half Mihon to Be: Spent Improving Shops in Pocatello j :1SE. Ida. May 12 Definite aS-j nice of the Immediate, beginning i 1 1 the expenditure of $3,000,000 on1 rdditlpna and improvements Of the! I Oregon Short Line system in Idaho i were given here lodn by H M Ad-lams, Ad-lams, vice president of the Union Pa-. Pa-. ific, f(jllpwiiB a conference with Gov-; error 1 )a Is. The fust and most Important work will begin Imniediatelv. ;he officlr.l ; stated, in Elmofc county where more than a mtlliorntollar will b. expend-, ed In double trackinc the main line from Medbury to King Hill through' Olenns Perry. Necessity for having the work com-, r , e ),; fall w hen heavy traffic will, start, Adams 9ald, forces the company to beln work on theso additions at once. At Pocatello there will bo $450. 0f 0 spent on the shops. Nampa will get additional trackage, improvement of the water system and ice storage facilities fa-cilities Payotte. Soda Springs. Idaho Kalis and OtHor points are Included lh the cities to receive a share of the expenditure |