The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-10
A WHEAT ELEVATOR
One Will Be Built in Spokane to Ac
cOmmOdate Local Farmers.
NEW TERMINAL RAILROAD
Trail Creek VIII Probably Have a
Railroad Before LOng-it Would
Be a Great Thing for
the Mines There.
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vator is to be built here To handle THO
wheat from surrounding districts.
Frank Cardin Of Minneapolis. formerly
president Of the old Northern Pacific
Elevator company. has been in the
city a day or two working up the
scheme. The prime movers are Mime
apolis parties, but at least one-ha1 OF
the stock will be held in Spokane. The
size OF the elevator has not been deii-
nitely decided on. but IL will have
capacity Of not less than 10000 bushels
and probably 100000.
The new Northwestern Milling X
Power company is constructing a big
boom in the river. 1t is over half
mile long and will run from the head
of the big island up the stream be
yond the railroad transfer bridges. ii
is being built of heavy logs and tim
hers bolted and chained together in
way that will stand almost any
strain.
The Spokane Terminal Railway COM
psny has been Incorporates pod ,,1 WIN Ihioa a
CAPITAL stock of Sl,O00.0OO. The OBJECT
is 70 build, equip, operate ana mann
tain a railway from a point in the city
of Spokane to, over ana upon the
islands, channels. banks and mainland
of the Spokane river. and upon the
streets ana dlltNS NlbiiAh NiiN 80 f~AN~
limits of the city.
The Following are named as trustees
IN serve until Dec. !, 1895: ). Open
heimer, ". r. Newport. r. j. Dyer. M.
NJ. Cowley, Jacob Hoover, ). :. Clio
den and Moritz Thomson. The trus-
tees are all prominent spokane citizens
and members Of the new Northwestern
Milling & Power company.
Articles OF Incorporation were nled
Yesterday for the Consumers Light a
Power company with a capital of $780,
900. The incorporators are ,. Oppen-
heimer, w. r. Newport. +. ]. Dyer, a.
ID. Hopper, j. w. Binkley, Nj. j. wal
Ter and II. A. Van Kempen. The OBJ
tect is TO build. maintain and operate
power. machinery and all appurte-
rEnces and accessories for the genera
ton and transmission of electrical cur
rents. The incorporators are SPOKANE
and Holland capitalists.
r. Lewis Rutter yesterday en1oined
the city from selling or transferring
lG 900 shares of stock Of the Spokane
Water Power company TO the North
western Milling & Power company.
The stock is held by the city as col
lateral for SIS, sS5 due it from the in
solvent Bank of Spokane Fails. or
which A. NJ. Cannon was president
II is claimed If the city transfers TINS
stock and receipts for the money ana
stock TO be given by the new enter
prise in exchange, IL will release eX-
Treasurer Eardlcy and his bondsmen
from all liability arising from the can
non indebtedness.
A new railway enterprise is reported
to be in course Of development, which,
IL perfected will be of much beneht To
all mines in the Trail Creek district.
Every effort has been made to keep II
quiet, but the facts are now pretty
generally known 10 the business men
of that region. For several days Peter
lnNutl Il
and T. L. Greenough, the wealthy Mis-
soula contractor. have been in and
about Rossland in consultation with
the principal mine owners and mem
bers Of the Townsite company.
The proposition is to build a railway
from a terminal in Rossland at point
convenient TO receive ore from all the
principal mines. TO the new town of
Trail, on the Columbia river, several
miles away. Thes length of the road
bed will be about 10 miles. Some heavy
excavation and trestle work will be
necessary, but safe estimates show
that the grade can be completed, the
tracks laid and terminal facilities ar
ranged at total cost Of not more than
$50. 900.
There is no difficulty in securing the
necessary funds and il is believed a
charter can also be secured easily. 1t
is possible. however. that there might
be delay in obtaining the charter, and
the projectors of the new line have
reason to be in haste. Accordingly they
have another plan. Should efforts To
procure a charter for the railway be
resisted and delayed. it is proposed to
build a heavy tramway covering the
same general line. 1t is claimed an
electric line would be preferred to n
steam railway, could the proper water
power be secured 10 generate the cur
rent. But UP TO the present the
"a
has not been a success.
Haste is one Of the main elements in
the speculation, as the promoters are
anxiuos 10 begin moving ore at the
earliest possible date. The trouble
over the charter Of the Red Mountain
railway and other causes make ii ex-
eremely doubtful If the line from
Northport will be built at all before
1896. But even 81 these difficulties are
removed. IL is thought the road will
not be in operation before November
or December. In the meantime the
War Eagle is turning out 50 tons Of
ore per day: the lie Roi nearly an
equal amount. and the Josie from three
TO five car loads a week. 1t is calculat-
ed that even should d. c. Corbin de-
eide TO construct his Red Mountain
railway this year, the Rossland & Trail
Creek railway can be completed and
carry enough ore TO pay for it's con-
struction before the locomotives of the
rival line come within whistling dis
tance OF the camp.
Meanwhile. railway or no railway
Trail Creek district Is booming. No
less than 1000 claims are now on file
at Rossland, at least half OF which
have been located since Jan. 1. At the
government Office the applicants for
miners licenses come so fast and so
steadily that a line Of waiting men is
almost constantly formed. and in many
cases men have been obliged TO wait
two hours for the privilege Of paying
their fees.
Everything is being located that con
tains a suspicion Of mineral Around
the big quartz discoveries at Gold Hill
the country is already staked out for
two miles or more on every side. and
wherever there Is a chance 10 wedge
in a fraction between two claims. no
matter how small ii is. there are plen-
~ OF eager candidates. The claims
closest 10 the boundary seem TO be
..,oet raCrular and ff is ono ~ tho arOIl-