, 1890-05-01
THE MONEY RAISED.
A Telegram From Chief Engineer
Eendrick Assuring the Road
This Year.

The people of Spokane Falls have
watched with unusual anxiety the
progress of the negOt iatiOns between
tina people of Lewiston and the
Northern Pacific railway officials
with reference to the proposed cN-
tension Of the Spokane ~ Palouse
road to that city. The following,
from the Lewiston Teller, will there
fore be- received with qualification,
~ il assures the speedy construction
of the line:
one by one the difficulties that
have stood In the way have sue
cunlbed To the concerted action of
our citizens. The furry over the
bill for right of way across the Ncl
Perez reservation. was quoted upon
hearing that the bill had safely
passed the senate. The right of
way from the west border of the
reservation into Lewiston was se-
cured, with scarcely Il murmur, and
depot grounds and yards appro-
prlatCd hy the city.
There remained but one thing to
complete the work and that was
definite knowledge from the Officials
that they would accept and build
this year.
Tins knowlcdgc came Friday ev-
ouing last In the shape of u telegram
from j. w. koudrick, chief euyln-
Ger, aud stated In effect THAT the OIL
hcalS had decided to build this year
and would begin at olcc, when as-
-nred that the .G1, 900 subsidy, PROM
iscd by Lewiston, was ready. The
subsidy ut that time had reached
Only 81, 600, but II mass meeting
ut thc citizens was immediately
called and - earnestly ANA Vigor-
uu ~ did the committee work and
80 well did the people respond that
the following telcgmn was sent tu
Headquarters carly sunday morn
ing;
LEWISTON, April 10, 1890.
j. w. keudric<, care y. ktmling,
spokane Falls. \ bonus of si5, 900,
payable january |, 1891, or before, Is
raised, aud S2J, 900, payable one year
thereafter, will soon lie raised.
l2lghi-of-way and depot grounds
alrrady secured, Iod can begin
work. NJ. a. KELIN.
This arrangement for the payment
of the bonus was according To the
verbal contract made 10y j. w. Ken
dtcS and Dr. Nj. y. Neily. y let
Ter containing full particulars has
hecu forwarded to Mr. keuurick at
ST. Paul.
At present every dollar of the
500, OOO bonus can bc fully accounted
Tor ANA II secured by signatures 20 a
bona tidC contract.
Beyond II doubt the road will bo
hunt ut once. y LAKE telegram trom /.
j, j.. Nnilmcr, now ut headquarters
in Tacoma, ussurps the lsIuuny
people that the road vii reach them /
this year. In order to do that no
iuiteriug about can he indulucd in. |
pupcr. rom the North uiong the
tine report that work viii bepin
within ten days. Both Pullman
and Moscow are trying 10 make II
change la the route Hs lnid down on
the original survey to IHtuh city. .
lhr road on that survey takes oil
the maiu line at Nuaicu, and leaves
Moscow ont in the cold, going 60 che I
cas-, of thu0 place uear,y two miles. F.
y delegation from That place lately /.
visited lho officials of the road and /
offered a bCuus to have then build .
iutU Moscow instead Of along the I
old survey Pullman seeks to have .
the road leave the main liuc at that .
point, iu-tead ol at Whuleu. As .
Wr rs has been publicly known /
nothing has been determined deli |
nitoly about the route 10 Do taken.