, 1889-12-05
TEKOA THE LOCATION.
The o. r. & N. Shops Will Be
Built at the New City---The
Ground Already Purchasd.
Work to Begin Tomorrow on the
Big Roundhouse---The Shops
Will Be Built Next Spring.

There was great rejoicing among
the good people of Iekoa last Sat
urday, when it became definitely
settled that their town was to Ike
made the general headquarters Of the
eastern divisions of the o. II. 4 n.
Co., and that the most extensive
repair and machine shops OH the
rond would be built as soon as the
weather I'm the spring would permit.
For some months IL has been
known that the company has been
making an effort to secure ground
for the above named purpose, but
nothing could be taken M cOnclu-
sive till last Friday, when Mr.. A..
$. Watts, the company's general
right-of-way agent, consummated
the deal by which the company Sc
cured the land required by
them for building purposes, with
the owners, Mr.. John Nc
Donald, Mr.. ID. w. Truax and
Mr.. George II. Huffman. The tract
embraces all the valley on the east
side of Hangman creek, extending
from where the water tank stands,
i'm the north end of the yards, down
the creek to where the hills interscct
the stream, forming "a beautiful lit
tie valley of some twenty acres I'm
extent, and making splendid To-
cation for the shops. To the libef-
ality of the above named gentlemen,
who are broad-minded, far-sceing
business men, will be due much Of
the future greatness of our city. To
them is due the gratitude of every
property owner In the city.
The lumber Is now on the ground
for the large roundhouse, and the
work of construction Is expected to
commence next Monday. Owing to
nearness of winter and the scarcity
of building material, work on the
shops will not be commenced until
spring, but the grounds are laid out
and everything ready to begin when
spring opens.
A DEGINNING.
This Is the beginning of great
future for the little city that has
been sneered at for the past few
by her jealous and less for
tunate neighbors. 1t il one great
chapter in the history of what will
some day be one of the great cities
of Eastern Washington. No one
can compare our location with that
of any great inland city In the North
west without recognizing equal II
not superior advantages. We are
in the gateway Of one of
the most accessible passes I'm the
surrounded on all sides
by vast area of rich wheat produc-
ing land; favored by railroad facili-
ties and railroad interests, an mex
haustible supply OF pure running
water, II magnificent townsitc; lib
eral-minded, enterprising citizens,
and In fact every essential feature
that goes to make up the founda-
tion of great city. We are the
first city In an agricultural region
OH this side of the mountains, less
than fifty miles from the richest
district In the world, with IA
great railroad, itself interested in
our city, running right through
their very hearts. DO you realize
our situation? With the building of
shops and other permanent
will come smelters
and mining industries. We have
not now the money inducements to,
offer Eastern capital in order to re-
cure smelters, as Spokane Falls can,
but we can offer natural advantages
that that great city can not ap-
proach.
Our prospects are indeed very
bright, hut let us not loose sight OF
the end and tarry by the way. Let
.ls go to work with q hearty will to
make them brighter. Let us all
pull together in unison, dropping
all little petty differences with but
one aim In view, that Of the general
OF our town. What
helps one helps the other, and by
aiding laudable and subs tuntial en-
terprisc we may all bc benefited.
Let us go down In our pockets and
put up our mite toward forwarding
our town and lts enterprises.