The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-07-02
THE NEW ELECTRIC LIFE.

THE HEw ELECTRIC LIFE.
Cosur GAlenSs Opportunity to Secur
Rapid Transit.
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A large and enthusiastic meeting O
the citizens Of Ceur d'Alene, was hel,
Thursday evening, in Graney's Hall, T.
listen to the proposition of the Spokan,
4 Ceur d'Alene Railway & Nsyigatio,
Company, In the matter of building a
electric road from Spokane to Ceu
dAlene City, for the transportation O.
both passengers and freight, at which
were present Messrs. Norman, Bolster
kiblet and Appelquist, as representa-,
the company.
Mr.. George B. Wonnacott was an
pointed chairman.
The proposition as laid out by tn.
projectors, at the meeting is to build :
road through the Spokane prairie, via
Post Falls, along the shore line of the
river to Ceur d'Alene. The road to be
built Of standard guage with heavy
steel, as heavy as that used on the or.
binary transcontinental road; the grade
to be the lowest attainable, the greatest
grade being l per cent, encountered
after leaving Post Falls. Power plants
would be equipped at Post Falls and
also ut Spokane, where the water of the
nyer would be used for driving the
machinery. The current
would be carried along the track with
the ordinary overhead suspension.
1t Is proposed to equip large and ele-
CANT passenger coaches, 4 blue print of
which was shown at the meeting, and
Is now on view at the Office Of the Ceur-
fAlene Inn. These coaches have seat
ing capacity for sixty people, with /.
magnificent observatory.
They can, besides, accommodate six
IONS OF express freight They are de-
signed to run at a speed OF forty five
miles per hour on the open prairie, and.
including stoppages along the line, it is
expected to reach Ceur d'Alene with
n an hour after leaving Spokane.
The cars viii be heated and lit BY el-
,ctricity.
1t Is proposed to run the cars every
,our during the day. and it can readily
'e seen that this feature, especially dur
ng the summer months, would bring
m immense influx Of people to Ceur
rAlene, and would enable the capital.
sts and residents of Spokane to have
heir cottage homes along the line of
he Spokane river and on the many
spots surrounding the lake; |
o go to town in the morning and trans |
ct their business, and return after
BUSINESS hours to their homes in time |
or dinner and fish or row on the lake.
Mr.. Norman stated at the meeting
hat the rate for passengers between
pokane and C9ur d'Alene would not
xceed fifty cents per passenger, and.
18th the growth of travel, he believed
nat this rate would speedily be reduced
least fifty per cent.
The freight service will he operated
a specially designed electric loco
'otive, capable Of handling the oriin-
y freight train, and as the road is to
E built standard guage, this freight
'rvice will bring Ceur dAlene City,
ost Falls, and all intermediate points,
thin reach of all trans-continental
hes centering in Spokane; for instance,
the Ceur d'Alene mill wishes to shin
lingles via the Great Northern to
elena, a Great Northern car will be
1t in to their sidetrack and turned
'er to the Great Northern in Spokane.
he freight tariff will be absolutely up
the mileage basis, and it was stated
the meeting that lumber rate could
made to Ceur d'Alene City of ap-
S cents per thousand feet. ,
This means of communication with {
e transcontinental roads of Spokane s
one of great Importance to C@ur d.. {
|ene. and C9ur dAlene will reap the (
netit Of the vast expenditure of time. |
oney and energy which Spokane has I
ade, to gather within her fold the {
rec transcontinental lines which now {
eet there. h
She will get the benefit, too, without @
y expense, of any other railroad de- l.
lopment in the same direction. which S
" take place in that city. c
Mr.. Bolster, who is possibly one of ]
most experienced real estate men $
the Pacific Coast, made a statement \
the meeting that the building Of this S
ctric road meant an enhancement in il
ue OF every foot Of real estate ira. b
sed by 1t; that it meant that the 81
h people of Spokane, Of the farming Il
rms through the Palouse country, and $,
the mining towns in Northern Idaho IL
l Washington, would have their n
mes dotted along the line; homes of Al
m two ten acres, where a man could n
re all the luxuries and conveniences Il
,ity life, with all the pleasures of W
al surroundings. Within three years W
er the construction Of the line he ct
ieved we would see the Spokane d.
sr lined with the homes of the af- W
mt and wealthy, which meant that iii