The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-01

moter OF q number OF large enterprises Ia
Idaho, and IL now I'm Seattle TO purchase
machinery for the Lewiston Ice and Cold
Storage Company. OF which he il press-
dent
The mineral and agricultural resources
OF the country around Lewiston VIII soon
make 1t the metropolis OF Idaho." said
Mr.. Bouck at the Hotel Butler. The
city il growing at an Incredible rate
Buildings are going up everywhere. ana
all these erected are occupied. Vacant
lots, wherever there are any. are covered
with tents. making it almost an impossi-
bility To estimate the population OF tho
city. I think l0.8o0 would not be far frorn
the truth.
1.-The ,ownsite Is the only one on the
river for miles, and Charles Francis
Adams, ex-presldent Of the Unian Pacinc
and enc OF our greatest railroad men--
who, by the way. did as much to make
Salt lake and Denver as any other nan
has recognized the importance Of this fact.
He and = syndicate of Massachusetts, eapf-
taIists have now taken hold Of Lewiston.
and Mr.. Adams has said that he proposes
to make Concord. just across the river
from the old town. the erowning effort OF
his life.
THE syndicate has purchased more
than 800 acres OF land about the new
town and Is disposinx of IL at low prices
to settlers for the purpose OF encouraging
immigration. This colony is called Vine
lana ana Is INV IeGl OS3oW the iSStl u
the table land through which the river
runs The climate. even in winter. Is
warm and resembles that of Los Angeles
though on the upland the cold is severe
in the winter. The company Is spending
81 000.e00 in improvements. Water for irri-
cation has been brought from = distance
OF sixteen miles, and 4 steel bridge costing
$l500o0, and connecting Vineland with
Lewiston, will be completed within six
weeks.
1T is estimated that Lewiston will snip
100000 bushels Of wheat this summer.
and besides being the center OF a large
agricultural country, is the natural out
fitting point for the Buffalo Hump coun-
try and other mining districts. What the
mines Will amount to 1t is yet too early
to say with certainty. but my own opin-
the mines Of Old Mexico and Colorado. is
that they will prove rich. There is some
free milling quartz. but great deal OF
the ore 50 far discovered is rebellious
smelling ore and not for a poor man to
attempt TO handle. Near Mount Idaho the
free milling ore greatly resembles that OF
Cripple Creek.
One thing that should be borne in mind
by prospectors intending To go into the
Buffalo Hump country is thar ii will be
impossible for them TO do anything for
six weeks. There is sixteen feet OF snow
in the mountains now. and they Will be
forced to wait at Lewiston or at Grange
Vile until 1t disappears. Grubstake' men
should remember this. might say that
the stories about lack OF hotel accommo-
daflons In Lewiston are exaggerated The
city Is amply able to care for all visitors.
The ice and cold storage company OF
which / am one OF the incorporators ia
composed principally OF Minnesota capt.
tallsts. The capital stock of 500 900 is
fully paid up, and We will commence
operations within six weeks. manufacture
ing ice and furnishing cold storage for
the products of the. Snake river valley.
Our plant will be located at Vineand and
We VIII run steamer Up and down the
river to gather up fruit. vegetables, meat,
poultry, eggs, etc, which We will store
and handle on commit ssson.'
Among other corporations in which Mr.
Bcuck is interested is the Washington n
Idaho Development Company, which has
purchased what is known Marble NOUN
tain on Snake river, near the mouth Of the
Grand Ronde. He says the marble which
his company intends TO quarry and sell il
OF Tine quality. and that the white variety
has been pronounced almost as fine s the
Italian stone
Mr.. Bouck reports that rumors of rail-
road building are rife In Lewiston and
that the city expects TO have three trans
continental lines. the Northern Pacific and
TIE oregon Railroad and Navigation Com
pany having already located their routes
ana the burlington having commenced ne
gotiations for an entrance 10 the city
John Mccormick, Of New York city. who
mas been In Alaska for the pass year AS
the agent and representative of New
York combination of capitalists. talked
4. about that country