Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-01-03
Public Building Memorial.

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Lewiston, Idaho, to the senate and house
of representatives Of the United States,
rendering free site for location of fed
eral building for use of United States
courts and other federal purposes, and
resisting the purchase of site therefor
at Moscow, in Latah county, Idaho.
| Your msmorialsts submit for consider
alton, in connection with the bill intro
duced by his honor, George l. Shoup.
senator from Idaho for the purchase of a
site and construction of federal building
at Moscow, in Latah county, Idaho, the
following, namely:
North Idaho, for which this building
| would be constructed, is about to enter,
and in fact is beginning the entry of a
period of great development, and Lewis
ton, Idaho, is situated in the center of
that development. There is no more
promising mineral section than the min
| ing camps of Pierce City, Newsone
Greek, Elk City, Buffalo Hump, Warrens,
Thunder Mountain, Florence and the
Imnaha and Seven Devils copper regions.
Lewiston is situate at the confluence of
the Clearwater and Snake rivers, both
navigable streams, navigated by the
steam vessels of the Oregon Railway &
| Navigation Company, which connect
Lewiston with these mining regions; also
with agricultural, livestock and horti-
cultural, lumber and newly discovered
coal regions, unexcelled in the Pacific
! Northwest. With an altitude about 900
feet lower than the Immediately sur
rounding country, and protected by the
Chinook winds coming up the river from
the Columbia, its winter climate is excel
led only by that of Southern California.
| The Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany reaches Lewiston by its Spokane &
Lewiston branch and is now constructing
what Is known as the Missoula cut off
from its main line at Missoula, Montana,
Through Lewiston, Idaho, To and connect
ing with its main line at Ainsworth ON
the Columbia river in Washington, which
will shorten the distance of the transcon-
ltinental line to the Pacific coast about
two hundred miles, and place Lewiston,
Idaho, upon the main line of the North
ern Pacific and al the focal point Of a
number of projected main lines radiating
from Lewiston to all parts of Northern
Idaho. The Oregon Railway & Naviga-
ton Company has projected, secured
right ofway for, and partially constructed
a line parellelipg this new construction
of the Northern Pacific, aud also con-
meeting Lewiston, Idaho, with the main
line OF the Union Pacific at Huntington,
on the boundary line between Oregon
and Idaho, in South Idaho.
Many capitalists of influence in the
east are now investing in the region trib-
utary to Lewiston, Charles Francis Ad
ans, OF Boston, Mass, having invested in
a land and irrigation project, a steel
, bridge over quarter Of mile in length
, across Snake river, and three-story
Office building with about 40 feet front
aye at Lewiston, between quarter and 8
half iuillion dollars, is now projecting ai
electrical power plant for manufacturing
purposes and the operation of stree
railway between Lewiston, Idaho, ant
Clarkston, Washington, over the recent,
constructed bridge across Snake rive
and is even considering the construction
tof a bridge from Lewiston across tn,
Clearwater, to connect the city with
large tract OF land he owns immediatel,
adjoining the city limits.
The state of Idaho has selected thi
place for the terms of the supreme cour
Of the state for No.th Idaho, and there i
located here the Idaho State Norma
School, Offices Of United States commits
sioner, referee in bankruptcy, dc putty col
lector of internal revenue for Nortl
Idaho, deputy United States marshal, tn
United States land Office and postoffice
the receipts of which are third in siz
of those i'll the state of Idaho. This poi,i
is also the headquarters most convenie,
., for the officials of the Bitter Root timbe
reserve, and will also, by reason of tn
y great tributory development in mines
p soon require a United States assay Office
The business of this, Nez Perce county
furnishes at least three times as much lii
igation in the United States courts in tn
n ,rthern district of Idaho as does I.ata
county in which Moscow, the present al
plicant is situated.
Lewiston is destined by force of til
Of development of North Idaho to be, anc
J. indeed, for two years has been, the mo-
s, important point In that section Of III
Is state. Its superiority is based on substai
$. tial and natural advantages which ca
We never desert it. II, and the county
m Nez Perce, of which it is the seat of ju
r tice, is populated by community tn
e. at all times has well maintained its con
IL nercial honor and respect for law al
ne government, and during the campaign
nv 1896 gave the largest number of vot
az in proportion to the total number
e. votes cast OF any place i'll the state
Idaho for sound money. There was
failure Of any its banking institutions
commercial houses during the panic
1898.
- Three of the four banks in Mosco'
Idaho, failed during the panic Of IS
aud afterwards. and number of il
portant commercial houses The larg,
commercial house there, Dernham
Kaufman, Ltd. are now withdraw
their business from that place. One
those banks caused loss Of a large 81
of money paid by the United States Go
ernment TO the Nez Perce Indians, a
others of them causing the loss of I
city and county funds. The panic a
developed there large forgery of couI
warrants, and recently the city of NJ
COW has been notified from England
the existence of bonds OF the city CLAIM
by the city officials TO he spurious.
Ill The Judge of the District Court Of
Iii Second Judicial District of the State
= ~ - Idaho has there been called before asse
80 - BLEED bodies OF people to answer for
@ conduct in the discharge Of his dut
and been threatened with personal ,
lcnce, and it was only by accident a
fortuiious circumstances that a la
. commercial institution was preven
Som wreckage by explosion Of dynau
lS anarchists. These are matters OF p