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Show BOISE WILL BE ON 'MAIN LINE' 0. S. L. Makes Conditional Offer to Build Road to Idaho Capital BOISE. Idaho. Nov. 20 Twenty-two years of almost continuous effort ti lirlnpr the main line In Boise," ended In conditional victory through Boise's ! acceptance of tho offer of the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line to build a railroad lino (from Orchard to the capital lct. Tho railroad company will spend approximately $1.200,000 In and near Boise to comply with Its end of the contract. It will build a new passenger passen-ger station, n. well as 27 miles of new l trackage with bridges and a tunnel and will enlarge Us freight terminal fnrlilt s i n Poise The citizens will provide under their lend of the nKreement, the new rights or way and Will nlso place in trust a j fund sufficient guarantee the railroad rail-road against extra tax expense should the taxes on the new construction ex-ceed ex-ceed $1000 a mile during the next 25 years. |