, 1890-05-01
NEIGHB0RH00D NEWS.
Development of Medical
Lake Granite Quarrios.
A SUPERIOR BUILDING STONE
Sudden Death of Colville Ranobe er
Tho Crops and Com
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MEDICAL LAKE, April IS
Among many other enterprises oi
this little burgh, one In particular Ia
attracting much attention, aud Il OF
great benefit 10 spokane Falls at tho
present time, This IL tho quarrying
of granite for building purposes,
which is being conducted by Mcs-rs.
GrcUnway n Phillips, who dispose
Of their product to Spokane Falls
contractors Tho stone IL Of tho
variety known rs gray granite, and
for building purposes Can not be
eScclled. Tho deposit IN practically
inoNhaustibie, as II covers nearly u
section of ground, and In some
places reaches to IA great depth. A
force of about fifteen men arc vt
present employed, and as the
granlto IL mostly shipped In the
rough and worked up at Spokane
Falls, this force Is enabled to quarry
aud ship from fifteen To twenty tons
per day. The shipments nlO made
over the Seattle, Luke shore aud
Eastern, which will soon luy u side
tmck to tho quarry, thus reducing
the cost of shipping, and making II
possible to deliver granite at
Spokane at very low price. Com
tmctOrs who have used the Medical
Lake grnito pronounce II Of u
lNttInffiftfH ftftstltlNH mud ~
Phillips are receiving order. daily.
/ was first used in the JmnisOn
and Whittier blocks, and gave suuh
satisfaction tllut at present It IL be-
ing used in II majority of tho build
ings in the cotlrsc of erection at the
Falls. Not ouly is the granite su-
perior for building purposes, but us
It takes n very fine finish, IL Is dos-
tined to be- in great demand for
monumental and furniture work.
Your correspondent was shown n
piece one day this week which had
been polished ON an ordinary grind
stone, the surface of which present.
cd thouppcanuce of vnricgatcd mar
ble and was bright enough to reflect
ones image. II Is expected that IL
VIII hc necessary to greatly enlarge
the working force In IA short time
aud put in machinery to facilitate
lts handling.
One of the beat represented busl-
ncsses at Medical Lake Is that of
real estate. There are engaged In it
at present siX firms and individuals.
Property here commands good
figure, but is not higher than the
prospects of rapid growth of the city
would Justify. Good business lots
on the main streets can be had for
from $50 to S25 per front foot, while
residence lots range from 500 to 500
per lot. But little property is chang
ing hands at present, but the deal
ers are not discouraged and predict
I'm unusually active summer. y
number of Spokane Falls residents
have purchased lots here fronting
ON the water aud will erect summer
cottages thereon.
The regular train ou tho Central
Washington Sunday morning
picked up the Spokanltes who at
tended the f. o. O. T.. celebration
here ON Saturday. They were a
Jolly crowd, aud made things lively
during their visit. Owing to u
scarcity of rooms in the town 10
them, quite u number
of them were compelled to put in
the night hoat-rldlng and other
wiae but no complaints were heard
and all seemed 10 enjoy their visit.
Farmers IN this vicinity report
better crop prospects than Tor many
years. The unusual fail of snow
last winter hns flied the grlund
with moisture TO IA great depth, aud
experts say That enormous Yields
are thus assured, even shuUld no
more rain fall this season. The
ground is In oNcpl'put condition for
seeding aud the acreage .o hr pat in
in this vicinity viii more DIAN
double that Of amy preceding
year.
Last Tucsdoy evening the first
icecrean s0cia of 'he season was
glvcn nj llallotrs hall, and Was very
wcil attended, Tho weather during
the past fcw vcci.s has hecn such na
20 create 10 ,lemMl Tor thi. LUXURY,
and everybody INDUCED. a nnc
literary ard musical programme wus
rendered by the host local talent.
The affair was pronounced succc.s
both socially and financially.
Since The extra train has been
added by the s., l.. Is. & f., Wo are
enabled 60 receive thc REVIEW on
the morning OF It's publication.
Heretofore IL did not reach hero tlu
twelve or fourteen hOurs old.
Gus Erickson conlenipintcs the
erection thi. summer OF II fuc bank
on his lot on the corner Of
Lake and Broad streets. 1t will be
Of brick with granite front.
sam Vinson, we'll known at Spo-
kane Falls, now OF North Yakima.
was in attendance a, the celebration.
and kept the boys la roar from his
arrival to his departure.
Harl Cook, of the Spokane Falls
real estate firm OF Cook 4 Byers, IL
in town, looking over the situation.
SUDDEN DEATR.
And a Batch of Othor Interesting Ncv,s