The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-01-02
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Steamer Imnahs Nearly Ready - Builders
Watching . Favorable Opportunity--iieav
Traffic Anticipated.
The Steamer Imnaha is nearing COM
pletion and the builders will launch the
vessel now at the first favorable stage of
water. The Lewiston Southern Naviga-
ton Co. will probably put the new steamer
in the water next week. The work on the
construction is progressing rapidly.
The lower cabin is on and the braces aud
hog chains up and work on the upper
cabin will be begun at once. The own
ers had hoped to have the boilers put in
before the boat was launched but
change in the order has delayed the ship
ment and the boat will be put in the
water before the boilers are placed.
The Imnaha is owned and built by the
Lewiston Southern Navigation Company
and will ply the upper Snake river be-
tween Lewiston and Imnaha. She was
built especially for traffic on the upper
river and is built very strong and will be
fitted with powerful machinery. The
Imnaha- is las feet long, as feet beam
and I8 feet wheel. Her powerful boilers
will carry $50 pounds pressure which
will give the powerful high pressure en-
gines force enough to carry the boat in
still water II miles per hour. "As the
swiftest current between here and I'm.
naha is IL miles per hour" said G "A.
Nehrhood president Of the company, I'VE
are assured that the Imnaha will have no
trouble to navigate the stream. With
due precaution however we have fitted
the boat with a steam capstan operated
by duplex engines and will be able to
draw the boat over any rapid even if the
wheel did not turn. The Imnaha is built
essentially for business and will operate
mainly between the smelters of the
Eureka Mining and Smelling Company
and Lewiston but we will carry all traffic
possible for intermediate points. The
steamer is powerfully built and is of light
draught. drawing only ten and one.half
inches of water light, Her machinery
will be of the best and its power can be
estimated by comparison with the boats
already on the river. She will carry 70
pounds more of pressure than any other
boat running on the Snake river. II the
engines will not drive the boat over
Wild Goose and Imnaha rapids we are
prepared to pull her over with steam
capstans and have 1900 feet Of steel
cable for that purpose with duplex en-
gines to do the work. The boat will cost
complete $as 600 and will be fitted with
. steam steering apparatus, and with
electric lights. The boat is built pri-
marally for freight traffic but is fitted
with 40 staterooms and will accommodate
passenger traffic for all points on the
upper river"
1 The Steamer Imnaha is only one part
of an extensive scheme for developing
1.-THE mining properties Of the Imnaha
mineral belt owned by the Eureka
Mining Smelling & Power Company Of
which Mr.. Nehrhood is secretary, and
the frst freight for the upper river will
be some IS carloads Of machinery for the
new smelling plant and some 80 to a
carloads of lumber for its construction.
The Eureka company will spend ovei
It3oo,ooo In the construction Of the smeit.
. ing plant on the Imnaha. They own 4
. group Of 81 claims Of promising coppes
properties. containing immense bodies o.
low gtade ores The smelling and re-
. ining plant will reduce the crude ores Il
chemically pure metals. The copper
gold and silver in the ore will be ready
for the mint when the snnelter and re
6ning process Is com ,,leted. This is tn.
only one Of the small smeiters in the wes
that also re6nes its product. In con
nection with smelter and boat the sam,
people also are putting in operation /,
teiephone line. Their work on the up
per river il Of greatest interest to Lewis
ton and 10 one Of the enterprises Of Il,
lnew year that promises great results 1
! the gate way city.
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