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Show I NEW RAILROADS B IN THE WE8T. Twin Falls, Idaho, Is tireless in its efforts to have a railroad constructed . . J from Wells, Nevada, northward to the I Snake- river. I ill Sr ''Hill Thls acheme was ,n the alr twenty latp J was given out thai the Idaho Central, which was the name given to the pro posed road, would be constructed. Now the statement Is u.-rculau d that the preliminary location surveys between be-tween Rogerson, Idaho, and Wells arc to be made. The long life of' this "paper" road Is n reminder of the Sioux City air line which was to have been constructed con-structed to ogden The road. In all its details, WM built several times on paper, and more than one conference 'was hold in Ugden to celebrate thai commencing of operations, but the airj line always remained an air hue. The revival of tho Wells-to-Twln Falls undertaking is a reminder that I ten years ago a cut otf was to have ! been built from Saline, on the South era Pacific, to Hurley, Idano. A small stretch of the road, extending south from Buriey. was oonitrqcted. If ih. Cnion Pacific gets possession of that mileage of the Southern Pa-ClflC Pa-ClflC which was known as the Central Pacific in the old days, the short cut trom Saline to Idaho and the north- 1 west may be considered. U this direct route to the heart of Idaho and to j Portland would allow the diverting of much traffic which today b?aves the main line of the Union Pacific at Granger to feed the Oregon Short Line ID a lonp haul through Wyoming and Idaho. |