Ogden Daily Standard | 1890-09-10 | Page 7 | That City by the Rapids of the Snake River

T THAT CITY BY TUE THE OF TOE THE SUKE SIRE RIVER 0 FILLS FALLS many years ago a man by the name of taylor built an old wooden bridge across the snake river in eastern idaho ItIs said that 95 percent per cent of the tile people p ople who settled in montana during those early days crossed this bridge air mr taylor believed in the one price system and never was known to deviate from the tile scheduled rate of 5 for ft a team and wagon 2 forbach for each individual ta 3 per headford bead for single horses 2 per head for cattle and 1 per bead for sheep or hoa bog the hecei receipts pta some days would run up to of course taylor grew rich his ills charter from the territorial government of idaho wag was for twenty tw enta years ears and expired in june of 1888 it t ia is hardly to necessary say that the charter cl arfer WAS not since J juao duo of 1888 free travel has prevailed the rapids in the anake river at this point have a tremendous force 01 even in low water tho the depth has haa I 1 been variously estimated at from fro in I 1 to feet with solid lava 1 v a walla walls for banks an accurate roca in e ba be su rement shows the wat water power to t 0 horse power or nearly nearl double eliat tha t of no fall falls wash ineson A 1 I 1 format forest fifty miles in extent be begins gins forty fo AY miles away from this point on the t be waters of the river the cost would be nominal to establish logging and raft loga logs to t 0 the new now town of camps idaho falls and nod cut cu t tho bame same into lumber already the idaho falls power lumber company has ba been organized with a capital ca of V by alton thing aad new Y ork parties to do this very vory of real in this tills new town aro are noni nominal aa as yet but as the union rici flo is if reported as ail about to begin ork on a branch from this p point binl to the a national park ark it is reasonable to prices will boon goon materially advance this may y prove to be the most populous opu I 1 on city of idaho its location is 1 half between way ade I ogden and helena n and egut distant from denver denter to portland for further information lock box add ogden utah 1 ti I 1 t I 1 1 I 1