The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-06

l 4 Ian, WkSsse TIE sdEsEk%1b
ryang around bank aooks ard are
writing checks" said Nelson Rich.
Gre Of the Iea5ing citizens Of Prosssr TO 3
Poss-iEtegisserScer reporter q. the Hotel
NortnegT yesterday afternoon. While NJ.
Rich Ia . prominent contractor fE WASH
oysEt0n on general business matters can BE
depended upon, Al he has AZ Esfferen. times
ben identified with many OF the foremost
projects os the state. He and his partner
have just been awarded The grading COT
tract for she Hew railroad that liz TO De
built al once fran Carbonate to the rev
Goa. mines AZ Fairfax. In an interview
pertaining 10 the contract jEst awsrcrl.
ard also 70 the ooss1ifiens in the Yakima
valley, and at Prosser, which is located In
what Is known a. The .'Horse HEAVIER
country. only short distance from tae
Yakima valley. Mr.. Eict said.
tile firm u Kieh * Ding.s. % which
j am q member. has been awarded thu
contract TO do the work Of grading. prior
20 The construction Of the railroad from
Carbonate 20 Fairfax. where Is located
the ree coal nsines. TIE railroad az4 coal
properly Is ia be operated by III. w. Nj
Neil ard mis- associates ard the pans O.
the projectors have been fully published
zB tire Post -Tnteilixenaer
Contractor Zfndorf. OF Seattle, IS 10 DO
the so-k nf Gearing and byidging The
railroad wih - seven miles long. and the
work If building II WI afford employment
10 small army Of .TaeE. The fact that the
coal nssrsss viii also give employment; 70
many zsoge men Is equally as We'll known,
ard ths enterprise viii la every way be
gre2E beIseIst 10 the state. The PoKsalisi!c
cry that there is no work for men IN the
state a Washington Is now a dead letter,
Es ssze greatest trouble we row have is 20
ssrure sufficient number o. men TO per-
form the work we have ahead of us. We
have already established a camp at Car
bonafo. and have some men at work. hut
Ne want as mary more as We can get. We
wsnt an ia az and now that we have
four5 that we viii not he able 10 secure
ar adequate number sn Seattle or as
matter OF fact In the state OF Washington.
we were compelled 70 wire Chicago firm
today TO dispatch as many woTkmen as
possible TO this city.
the ropuis;s are compelled to ADM.
that there is work for az many men as
there are In the state. but nevertheless
their new calamity howl il that the East
ern states are full OF idle men
'"The farmers in our part Of the state
are happy ard are confident that their
expectations OF rich grain ard fruit crop
VIII be realized. They assert that the fruit
crop VIII surprise the people. while they
expect that the yield OF grain will he equal
~ as surprising inasmuch SIS the acreage
Is much larger and The average yield per
acre will also be greater The first cutting
ef hay II already In stack while the other
II ready TO he cut. The first cutting is of
n superior quality. while the second prom
ises TO be equally as good
1.-THE sheep growers are prosperous and
row have money to loan. while the farm
ers are carrying around bank books and
-. "a.
prosperity never before existed and my
only hope II THAT the people OF the state
VIII sanction and assure "A continuance OF
II by electing a Republican ticket this fall.
For my part ] believe that the Republic
an party viii be al right and j have
not much doub. about the ou.cnme'
Mr., Rich also stated that one OF the
mines at Fairfax was now in operation
and he expected that the railroad would
DE completed in ahout four months.
II expect that branch Of the Great
Northern raIirosd viii penetrate the Index
mining country In the cAurse OF n year"
said Benjamin Evans. a well known min
ing man Of Index to "A Fost-intciligencer
reporter at the Hotel Diiler yesterday
afternoon. Evans In interested in q large
amount OF copper mining properly AT In
dex ard speaks well Of the outlook. He
said:
10 the Great Northern. ard its location
being very accessible TO the railroad makes
the value OF IL so much the greater The
Wilbur mine from which one carload o.
high grade ore was taken last year is now
IN operation and II IL expected that the
output this year VIII be much larger than
II WAS last year. The ore taken from the
mna last year aSssyed Sli.l9 of bromide
copper 10 the ton.
More properly speaking the exact ioc4~
ton Of the Wilbur mine as at South Mount
Index. The copper property Trout
creek. n tributary OF the Skykomish IS
being developed. ard the work Is far ad-
Vanced. as q crew of men have been At
work durn. the entire winter. /, Is cx-
peSafed that the ledge VIII he reached in
six weeks as the miners are nov cross
cutting through the granite. T'h9 goi1
property at TROUBLESOME on the north fork
81 the SkykansiSNa river is being Developed
by German syndicate. which has had
tweniy-siS mea at work there during the
winter under the airectson 81 a Tfabar.
who came from Germany 20 look after
the invest fnrtif President flHi OF the
Great Northern. understand. Is interested
with shs Germans iu This property. ard II
in reported at Index that ne II largely
responsible for the present activity In thai
par, of ths state /; Is foregoue con-
,.lusion that the Development Of the Index
property wNnld mean that the Great
Northern railroad would 70 greatly fsne-
tl;e1. ard foe ihat reason the work VIII
I've rushed forward more rapidly than Il
would ba under otter circumstances.
prcsliea. e 4 Mei'en st3h feeling sorne-
what sore aefrr his exfsericnce with Seal
ties city counCjl. spent ar hour in the
city OF the Fourth. after Inspecting the
iiae Of IRE Seaftse g International, A.
SO SeseiAf afternoon. steam bssaE 40 in
TIE engine vhleh pulled the Melien sn@cia,
tram. Ire president of the Northern IA
cfae gave the word ana the train stea me- {,
sra' ~ ~. city and headed fSg Tacoma. In
the quiet city IS CouirncHcemsnf hay. the
rr7sSsssn party passed the remainder nj
use national holiday.
Mr. Meuen had nothing 10 say ~ -
gg,7teYS after hts arrival frVsn the Sorejl
Monday iis keps closely wi'hsv his 7le-
eanf private car. receiving ani an%we~iag,
IL gfams All 3aS. lie wil rs; visit Seat
ue Rgasn far ~ months aad possibly
lanEog
e steel president az the Fslrhaven car