, 1889-11-07
ALAND HOPE
The City Of Spokane Sits
at the Gateway.
C0LVlLLE AND ITS RESOURCES.
An Interesting Sketch by a
Local Writer.
WHAT THE RAILROAD HAS WROUGHT.
Fertile Valleys, Clear Mountain
Streams, Beautiful Scenery
and Rich Mines.
COLYlLLE AND ITS RESOURCES.
WHAT THE RAILROAD HAS WROUGHT.

Tho REVIEW is under obligations to
Mr.. John II. Reavis of this city for the
following excellent article on the Colville
country. 1t is both entertaining and. in
structivo, and will do much toward adj
vertising magnificent section of coun.
try to the outside world.
The regular trains of tho Spokane &
Northern railroad began to run into
Colville, 81 miles north of Spokane Falls,
on Thursday of last week, or the Oath OF
October. Mr.. ID. C. Corbin, the builder
of the road, in speaking last May of the
completion Of the line to Colvillc, said he
expected TO have regular trains running
TO that point by October 20. He was
just one day ahead of time. The grad
ingis complete for several miles beyond
Colville, and by Christmas 1t is expected
that trains can run through to Marcus,
OF the Columbia river, q distance Of 1Oi
miles from Spokane Falls. Work will
then be suspended till spring, when the
road will be pushed on to the Little
Dalles, "a miles further up the Colum.
bia, and from there no doubt into the
kootenai mining country and British
Columbia.
The rapidity with which the Spokane
i Northern is being extended is one OF
the notable events In modern railroad
building. IL is doubtful If there is on
record an instance where equally ms
many miles of a separate and indepen-
dentline have been determined upon,
and provided for financially, located,
built, and put in complete operation ms
quickly as the line from Spokane Falls
to Cokille. Mr.. Corbln first took the
matter up last February. He went
through the country to Colville in cori-
pany With Mr.. A. A. Newberry, one OF
the most active of our citizens in calling
Mr.. Cofbin's attention to the project,
and saw that the road was feasible. He re.
turned 10 Spokane Falls and told the peo-
pie thathe would build the road If they
would assist him to the extent of $780,.
900. They raised the money in less than
a week. lie went to New York, com.
pleted his financial arrangements, re-
turned and engaged Mr.. J NJ. Buckley,
who had been in charge Of the operating
OF the Norhern Pacific railroad between
Helena ahd Tacoma, for his master
of construction and general manager,
put party of surveyors in the field, and
let the cpntract for the construction
work to Mtssrs. Burns * Chapman, who
had built the Cascade division OF the
Northern Ihcihc, the most difficult part
of that road, and who have done n great
deal of other heavy railroad work on
the Pacific coast. In less than two
weeks atter his return from New York,
Mr.. Cqrbiylh fuii corps engaged und
at work. On the first of. April. Aiessrs.
Burns & Chapman began the grading and
Mr.. Buckhy' and the locating engineers
were ahead outlooking for the most
feasible linz. The period ofactive opera
tions maybe said to have commenced
April /, 70 that the entire work of
building the road and putting 1t in run
ming orde, was done between that time
and Octtper 25, period of six months
and twenty-five days, to say nothing OF
the competion of surveys and the con-
structionof large portion of the line as
far as tn Columbia.
OF colrse such feat, involving so
much work and of many kinds, and the
raising nd expenditure of from 81, 500, =
600 to 3, 900, 900, could not have been
done successfully without high or
der of ability and efficiency from Mr..
Corbinto the last of his subordinates.
Thing have worked together like we'll
regulhed and perfect piece of mcchan-
ism. Mr. Corbin associated with him
Just ne right people. There are few
men s capable III the general scope of
building and putting in operation rail-
roads Mr.. Buckley, and in the actual
worlof building the line, Messrs. Burns
d Chapman have surpassed their most
successful work of the past. So mitch
for he organization and construction OF
the load up to the present moment.