The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-11-10

dtLlFe cues out IN the Tar west, and
that the day of the trolley car. the
rattle OF horses hOofs over the coDble
stones, the whistle of numerous fac
tories, and the bells Of the locomotive
was to be rel present in a city Of
nearly $1,000. Where thousands are
10Y gaining their livelihood and
amassing fortunes through their in
terests in the city and surrounding
country.
The beautiful falls of the Spokane
River were the magnet that drew the
first settlers. They never freeze in
the winter and have never been known
10 fail in the summer. The water
power here is second in Reliability
only TO that Of Niagara. They have
contributed more than any other fac
ton save the railroads TO the growth
Of the city. The state of Washing
ton in the western part is denseiy
timbered. therefore the fuel supply is
abundant, but the cost Of steam
power, / am told, is more than double
that Of electric power. The electricity
being 50 cheaply generated by the
power derived from the falls. The
electric plant is run on such an ex-
tensive scale and the power so cheap
~ secured that the consumer, 1 an
informed, receives the same schedule
OF prices as is granted to the con
samer at the falls of Niagara. Powe
is furnished 10 manufacturers at the
nominal price Of so a horse power
per mum. The electric plant fur
nishes power for numerous -four and
lumber mills, iron boundaries, brew
cries, street railways. situated here
and in adjacent towns. and power To-
al kinds Of mining lying at a distance
Ct 100 miles away. The plant also
supplies ali the lights used in this
sity and in all the suburban towns.
The source Of the Spokane River
IS the great storage reservoir of the
COur dAlene Lake. This lake lies up
il a timbered, mountainous country.
Is supplied from three rivers, Coel
d'Alene, ST. Joe and st. Mary's Rivers,
and wrains an area of something near
1000 square miles.
One OF the most important factors
that have helped to bring this north
ern country 10 the front and make
Spokane what she is today are the
railroads. This little city is so thor
OughIy connected with the outside
world as to remind a person of a
spider in his net. Four t~ranscontin-
entail railways run their trains into
Spokane. namely, the Northern Pa
ciic, the Great Northern, the Burling-
lCn, tower the Northern Pacific anG
The Union Pacific, Oregon Railway
& Navigation company, beside six
branch lines that aid materially in
bringing the city in touch with her
vast and varied resources lying with
in the boundary of the state. The
Great Northern and the Northern Pa
life each have large depots. The
Great Northern has a very fine depot,
situated on an island in the Spok-
4ne River. The building was erected
IN 1900 at the enormous cost of $780,
100.
Spokane is quite a numbering camp,
having saw mills, sash and door fac
tories, box factories and mills to saw
and turn all kinds of plain dressed
lumber such as ceiling, flooring.
moulding, rustic and n and all
kinds of ornamental pieces used in
adjoining beautiful residences. The
logs are sawed into the standard
lengths and then ioated down the
river to the mills where they are very
quickly turned from their nude state
to all kinds of building material. Al
though this industry is comparatively
in its infancy in the state of Washing
ton still last year within the radius
of but 125 miles of Spokane the mills
cut 200, 600, 900 feet of lumber. The
mill value Of which approached 500
000, 900. Owing to lack Of space in your
paper | will but mention that in the
center of Spokane are the mighty
falls, around which are clustered many
large -four mills. These mills send
their products to China, Japan, Ha-
waiian Islands, Alaska and South Am
erica; breweries, mattress and furni-
ture factories, besides many other in
dustries too numerous TO mention.
A little more than fifteen years ago
the first iron boundary and machine
shop was established. Judging from
the present number Of splendidly
equipped plants, it is evident that this
important line Of industry has kept
pace with all others. For the pur-
pose of illustrating that the boundaries