Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-07
NORTH IDAHO LETTER.
Moscow, Oct. 27. 1890

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EDITOR WoRLD:Now that Ii
election is over, psople are keginnin
: TO breathe moro freely. Eysrythin
2 passed of quietly; in fact, aroun
I the polls was the only place whsr
any stir was noticeable. Ii seems /
! be the general opinion that for tow
! 20 large there should be two Ore
/, cincts.
improvements are being made o
az SIDES. Splendid brick building
are taking the place of the old fram
structures, some Of which have bee,
removed BY FIRE. The Commercial
block IS really splendid edifce. /,
this building the Star Of Idaho ha.
taken up its quarters, OF which it N 4,
justly be proud. | understand ont
OF the bylaws Of the Council prohib
Its the erection of wooden building,
on Nam street.
/ Track-laying for the Northern Pa.
cifc has just been completed. W.
have now two railroads coming di.
rsctly into the city. One Of the mar
vels of the age is the patent track
laying machine. To describe II
woaid, in letter like the present, be
impossible, but you will be able to
form an idea Of its working when you
learn that two miles of track can be
laid each day-sixty tracks per hour.
In front of the locomotive are sever
al wagons laden with tracks, nuts,
bolts, &c., on enc 9 small engine fed
by steam from the larger one. This
small engine drives shafting which is
on both sides of the wagons and ex-
tends back the whole length of the
train, leaving space between itself
and each wagon to admit Sleeper
Each wagon is laden with sleeper
Two men are busily engaged on each
wagon, throwing those sleepers into
the space between the shafting, which
contains rollers that are worked by
the shaft, and thereby carries sleep
ers to the front of the train, ore sleep
sr on each side where several men
are waiting to receive and carry them
to their places. Holes are already
bored, and SO soon as they reach the
ground the tracks are thrown down,
the gauge is inserted between, the
bolts driven and plates screwed on,
the whistle blows and the train moves
along, track having been laid which
necessitated the carrying of sleepers
and track for wagon, placing both in
position, bolting down tracks and
uniting them by means of plates and |
bolts and those already laid, all of
which is said to occupy the space of
one minute. When the railroad is |
being brought into your city, which
will be, | trust, at no distant date,
you will have an opportunity of wit
Messing one of the marvsls of the nlne-
teenth century. You will also admit
that the men should take care of their
dollars and cents, as they certainly
work hard for them.
-Four years ago Moscow had pop
alation of 500; to-day it amounts to
1900. Our city is lighted by elec-
tricity, which it is expected will be
very much improved when the engine
Of greater power has been placed in
position, which will be in few days.
The accommodation in the public
school has been taxed to its utmost
capacity, the attendance having in
creased so that an extra room has to
be rented and another teacher en-
gagged to meet the requirements of
The increased number. The atten-
lance was at the opening of the term
over 800.
The farmers are jubilant over their
,rops. l heard of one man who had
purchased farm at cost of nearly
$4,000, from his first crop. He was
lble to pay all expenses, including
paying for seed, laborers, price of
arm and have surplus of sos. In
many cases the average yield of ,
wheat was seventy-three bushels to
he acre. There is great future for
we trust, and for Idaho City ,
md the State generally. There is
Tot vacant house in the city. The
dacgregor Hotel, building with a
rontage Of seventy feet and an ex-
ension from front to rear of ffty-slx :
Get, is almost completed. 1t will
contain ifty-six bed rooms, and dln- !,
ng and show rooms. II is a four
tory brick. The City Hotel, anoth-
IT LARGE huildino. is also naarinu COM :