New-York tribune., 1893-11-27

AN EMPHATIC DENIAL FROM q. q.
DENNIS.
lie LIVES IN THE ENTERPRIsING CITY, AND HE
TELLS ABOUT ITS REMARKABLE GROWTH
AND BRIGHT PROSPECTS,

lie LIVES IN THE ENTERPRIsING CITY. AND HE
TELLS ABOUT ITS REMARKABLE GROWTH
AND BRIGHT PROSPECTS,
| G. B. Dennis. who is staying for a few days at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, is one Of the representa-
tive citizens Of Spokane as well as Of the State Of
Washington. In talk which Tribune reporter
had with him yesterday, Mr.. Dennis said:
II panied to read in The Tribune of the
2ith the telegraphed news of ruin and riot In
Spokane and 1 desire. without any qualification
whatever. to denounce 1t in toto as a fabrication
emanating from a most irresponsible source. At
time since the foundation Of thar prosperous
and enlightened city has such thing as riot or
disorder OF any kind been known. do think
such thing is possible in a city governed as 1t is
intelligence being the basis Of local government
The question Of the location Of the city water
warks has been thoroughly discussed, both pub
licly and privately, during the two years past re-
suting in its location upon what is called the up
river SITE. The dissenters to this location have
graciousy acquiesced, and the matter restS
What was telegraphed az riot, boodshed and trou-
ble was simply the speculation OF a deluded men,
tality, terminating out of an injunction granted
by Judge Of the court, restraining the city from
further action, and which In the imagination Of
the mind of the correspondent seemed to forecast
trouble-trouble that did not and could not hap
zen.
Spokane through it's people, its enterprise and
its history Is by no means unknown to the people
Of New York, many of whom know 1t by personal
visit and have invested capital there. Ten years
OF unparalleled commercial success-complets
building reconstruction after the great fire of 1882
a growth in population from 1.2N to $1,000; rail-
roads, three of which are transcontnental; street
railroads, electric lights; Touring and other mills.
all of which derive their generatye force from the
ditIons under which Spokane, labors, is
thn t..at fiexan xv,ax la m
city or the 1900 heads OF families, it Is safe to
say that 5000 are workngmen. know Of no such
gree Of thrift. The majority OF them own ana oc-
eupy their own homes the result Of their Industry
turbancc The efficiency of the public schools y
S fa aust as % Prize Ga S neS the se
passed upon the work of the children as shown
Financial circles in this city are well informed
regarding the credit of Spokane. While 1t is true
that the rapid growth Of the city. both In wealth
ness, nevertheless its bonds find ready sale In
this and other markets. and command always
cities there is not nor ever has been anything like
boom. Conservatism is exercised by the people
most any other city, it is surrounded by wealth
of natural resource, which. under enterprisng yet
and commercial Importance to the community. To
the mind OF the thoughtful and practical business
man 1t appeals ana demands verdict The agita-
ton OF the silver question has unquestlonaby. ior
the present had its effect upon Spokanes great min
silver as a commodity shall have asserted itself.
and its price shall be at least equal to its cost or
production. which must be not less than eighty :,
cents per ounce, the great mines OF the Occur
D'Aenes. Colville. Okonogon and Slokan Will again
employ their past quota Of men, thus giving re-
newed activity to this industry. The timber inter:
es,s OF the State OF Washington need no special
mention except 10 say that the supply Is practi-
cally unlimited in quantity, and in quality equal to
that of any section OF America The states aeri-
cultural lands. yielding for 1888 at least twenty
millions of bushels of wheat with only one acre IN
ten under cultivation tell their own story and this
wheat is 10 be ground into -four at Spokane.
Commercially, and by virtue OF its many rail-
roads, Spokane becomes the great distributing
nolnt for a large region. Spokanes phenomenal
growth IS the result of geographical and CONNER:
clal necessity. Under the qu!ckening influence OF
railroads and conitions and the spir!t OF enter
prise that anlmates it. the city will continue to
march forward In its line OF progress: In conclu-
sion | desire to say that no good citizen OF Spo-
kane will ever be tarred and feathered as was in
tlnnated In the dispatch of the I'D from that city,
a NJ Cannon is one OF the oldest citizens
man popular because of his enterprise. and thor
ough,y respected by every citizen in that COM
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