The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-07-15
NO BOOM TOWN HERE.
But a Good Solid Town with n Pay
Roll of over Thirty Thousand
Dollars Every Month.
Your town is growing"

"Your town is growing"
'Leavenworth is on a boom, isn't it,
These, and similar expressions, we
have heard made by visitors and non
residents.
Yes, Leavenworth is growing. No
doubt of that. You have only to look
around at the new residences springing
up in every direction, at the large and
substantial brick business houses in
course of erection, to be convinced
that it is growing. Booming it is not,
however. Nor does anyone here desire
boom. Boom growth is not desirable.
1t is not a healthy growth.
A steady, solid growth, such as is
warranted by the development of the
surrounding country is desirable. The
residence portion of our town has
grown in the past six months out OF pro-
portion to the business portion of the
town. There has been but two addi-
tions to the business portion OF the
community in the past year-a hard
ware and drug store. There are sew
eral openings, in business way, and
parties who are looking for an oppor-
tunity to engage in the clothing and
furnishing goods line, furniture and
undertaking business, and some others,
could fud a good and promising place
right here.
Just now the town needs first-class
hotel more than any other one thing.
Every night a number of people spend
the night in the railroad depot because
they can not get bed. Two hotels
have been destroyed by fire in the last
six months January oath and June 7th.
The former is now in course of rebuild
ing, aud will be of brick. The Cascade
was occupied by more than forty guests
on the night of June 7th. No prepara-
tions are being made to rebuild this
The owner, Mr.. Russell, lost every
thing and had no insurance. Six or
seven thousand dollars invested in
hotel here would pay twenty per cent
on the investment every year.
The railroad company furnishes em@
ployment the year round for from 12o
to $50 men and pays an average OF
eighteen thousand dollars per month.
The Lamb-Davis Lumber Co. has built
here one OF the largest, and without
doubt the most substantial and best
equipped saw mills in the Northwest.
This company employs at present about
as many men as the Great Northern
railway, and pays out large amount OF
money every week to laboring men.
The company has large force OF men
engaged in building brick power
house, planning mill, box, sash and door
factory and dry kiln, which, when
completed will give employment to
a large additional force of men, and
swell the weekly pay roll.
The sawmill of this company, has
been running for the past six weeks to
half its capacity. 1t is built on the
double plan, having a double edge band
saw and log carriage on each side OF
the log delivery slide. Only one saw
has been operated so far, but the other
is in position and ready for work as
soon as the company decide to set it 60
ing. All that will be required is to
turn on the steam. Some idea OF the
capacity of the mill can be had when
we say that with both saws in operation
considerable more than one hundred
thousand feet OF lumber can be turned
out in run OF ten hours.
For the past four months the lum-
Der business has suffered depression
on account of lack Of demand and the
prices are very low. On the west side
OF the mountains none of the sawmills
are running to the full capacity, and
many of them are shut down altogether.
The Tumwater Light and Water Co...
which is an auxiliary to the mill com"
pany, owns the water system and is now
engaged in putting down larger water
mains with which to supply the town
with water The water which is fur
nished to the town is taken out OF the
Wenatchee river about two miles up
the canyon, and comes down in hume
on the opposite side OF the river to the
mouth of the canyon where it crosses
the river in pipe laid on wire sus-
pension bridge built for this purpose.
From there it is brought down close to
the mill in a fume. On the hill near
the end of the iume large tank is be-
ing built into which the water will be