New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-07
THE PASSING THRONG.

H. B. Montgomery. OF Seattle. Wash. is at pres
ent in this city on a business trip and in speaking
yesterday OF affairs IN the most
4 BOOM AND Northwestern State Of the Union
COLLAPSE. said:
when the great boom in the
State OF Washington and the Northwestern terri
tory generally ended in the early eighties, ire
mendous reaction set IN. and all that part Of the
country suffered but the blow told nearly on
Tacoma and Seattle. Previous 10 the pricking OF
the bubble. everything had fictitious value and
commanded a ready market. Town sites sold
guIlibe Fasteners and equally gulllble foreign
which existed either under the water or at
points far distant from human habitations, or. in
cases. only in the Imagination OF the seller
remember myself seeing young Englishman with
a map OF the town site he had purchased in his
hand. vainy trying to locate It along the shore
front. Examination OF his map however, showed
that his lot situated some half mile or so
out from the shore under the waters OF Puget
Sound. That just before the end, and when
that end came II brought ruin to many in its train,
and for those that were not ruined hard times that
lasted number OF years set In II Is only OF late
that We recovering from the blow, and business
The discovery OF gold in the Klondike has helped
amazingly. Many miners not only ship from our
town for Alaska, but purchase from US. supplies as
well. The gold discovery was great thing for the
many cases comes TO or through Seattle, and there
expends much Of his hard earned wealth. Salmon
canning is also an important industry with US, and
particularly so since canned salmon has been adopt
ed part Of the Army ration. Alaska does not
furnish so much as formerly. think they are be-
ginning to exhaust the supply they have drawn on
dearth Of the fish in puget sound It is curious
thing. but fishermen tell me that the Pacific Coast
led an English Admiral OF scotch extraction. who
time commanded in Alaskan waters during
and Canada over the seals 10 remark. And why
night over the country the sawmon I'll nae rise to
the fac"
Joseph B Mayer Of Buffalo. who is spending a
few, days in the city at the Hotel Netherland, is
enthusiastic over the wonderful
HARVESTING progress already made toward har-
NIAGARA's Messing the power OF the Niagara
POWER. River
There are at present" said Mr..
Mayer two great companies engaged in this work,
the Cataract Power Company. OF Niagara Falls.
and the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Company The
former company has already under control 5000
horse power and the latter 5000 The first named
company although operating there az a separate
organization and under different name. also con-
trolls the rights on the Canadian side which are
not yet utilized and they have just obtained an
extension Of eighteen months in the time within
which they have their plant in operation.
There is practically limit 10 the power that
the river Is capable OF furnishing, and it is being
brought into rapidly as possible. II takes
from year 10 a year and a half TO get a ten thou
sand horse power plant under way.
"Of the enormous amount already In use all but
1000 horse power is used az the FAILS for the
local manufactures The Pittsburg Reduction
Company alone utilizes 1900 horse power 1000
horse power used IN the city OF Buffalo 1900
by the General Electric Company 10 light the city
and 600 by the Buffalo street railway companies
10 run their All the street railways IN tnat
vicinity. both on the American and Canadian sides,
have been consolidated by J. P Morgan s Goi,.,o,,
10 be held at Buffalo in 1901 is TO be given oyer 70
electrical dspay and y WIZ nhaGuG,eGy De 70
show what the future of Niagara Falls promises.
The recent labor troubles In Colorado" said A.
W Wei, q lawyer Of Denver, at the Plaza Hotel
yesterday, although lasting but
COLORADO's the short space OF two months.
LABOR have proved serious blow 70 INC
TROUBLES State. The gross receipts OF all the
railways alone show a falling on OF
from $4,000 to $4,000 week, and all branches OF
trade have proportionately suffered statute 'na'
was passed making It a misdemeanor for the "oih
OF those employed by the smelters 70 exceed e'sH'
hours a day originated the trouble. The law was
10 20 into effect on July l. and for some time pre-
vious TO that date the labor leaders throughout the
State were at work upon the managers o, the
shelters with a view OF having the law mace eI-
fective and failing in this, strike was deterHiheo
on Many attempts at arbitration failed but niiaiy
a State Board OF Arbitration consisting OF three
prominent members. agreed on d schedule OF wages
for smelter men based upon an average day or
about ten hours for which pay was 70 be made at
the same rate formerly paid for twelve hours
work The Supreme Court without giving It's rea-
cons has handed down opinion that the Ia" -
Unconstitutional and hope our troubles are nearly
al an end as the only point Of difference LETT is as
TO whether or no union labor shall exclusively De
employed. $3.50, . III,
The question OF bmetailism is no longer prin-
cipal street corner topic since all the thinking
citizens OF Colorado appreciate the fact that al ire
next election there viii be but parties in the
State, straight Republicans ard straight Demo
Gratis and In my opinion, when the trial O. strenRIn
comes the State will 90 Republican. since 1895
the straight Republican party In the state OF Colo
RADIO on account OF that bugaboo fusion, mas oeSn
more or less lost sight OF. and has been variousy
merged into the POpullstic Democratic and Silver
Republican parties That Is all over. ana We can
row look forward with certainty 70 the Idea o. Two
straight parties and parties only. In the state