Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-07-30
BUSINESS NEWS
INDUSTRY AND IMPROVEMENT

Astoria has voted for the issuance
Iof $4,000 in bonds for the erection
! of new school building.
The Cranbrook Brick Company
has incorporated at Cranbrook, b, c.,
with a capital of $4,000.
The council of Lewiston, Idaho,
has appropriated $4,000 for a city
hall, to be begun next month.
Construction work is about to start
on a 60-room brick hotel at st.
Maries, Idaho, to cost $4,000.
1t is reported that the Northern
Pacific will erect commodious brick
depot at Chehalis, Wash, with in a
short time.
The house of representatives has
authorized the construction of the
bridge across the Snake river in NAL
heur county
F. S. Hutchins of North Yakima
has been granted a $4,000 contract
for new brick school building at
Wapato, Wash.
The committee is rapidly work
ing out plans for the annual Western
Montana apple show to be held in
Missoula this fall
Stevenson, Wash, city council has
started improving the streets. 1t is
probable that $4,000 will be ex-
pended for this purpose.
Plans have been received for a
new $4,000 depot for Ellensburg on
the Northern Pacific. Work is about
to begin on the structure.
Work on the streets of Winlock,
Wash, has commenced and $4,000
will be spent on sidewalks, culverts,
drains, etc, on First street
A good roads meeting was held at
Rainier, Ore, last Saturday, and the
commencement of a campaign for
better highways was launched
The Idaho National Harvester
Company, of Moscow, Idaho, is erect
ing a $500 reinforced concrete
building for a manufacturing plant.
\ government official is now in
specting Wood river, a branch of
klamath Lake, and it is possible that
an attempt will be made to clear it
out and make it navi gable
Frank GROCER is putting up a $780,
600 brick building in Ellensburg,
Wash. The structure will be 61xS6
feet, two stories high. On the first
floor will be four store rooms.
Bids have been opened for regrad-
in and sidewalking the main bus
mess street of Wenatchee, Wash.
The contract will probably be let
to Allen & McKiyar of Seattle for
$5G,379.
Yamhill county has commenced
road improvement on an extensive
scale. Already a total of $24,277
has been set aside for highway ex-
penditures, outside of the OUTLAWS for
bridges.
In Eastern Multnomah county,
Oregon. extensive work is being
started on the roads, and hard sur
facing to cost 100000 will be plac-
ed on the highways, working out
from Gresham.
The town of ST. Maries, Idaho, las
granted a franchise for lighting to
G. II. Jay, who will install a $35, 900
plant Power will be taken from the
St Maries river or its tributaries,
The plant will develop 1000 horse
power.
The desert land board at Salem has
granted the request of the Deschutes
Irrigation & Power Company for the
opening of about 1900 acres of arid
land under the company's reclama-
ton project in Crook county, Oregon.
The board of fire underwriters has
issued a new rate for McMinnville,
Ore, reducing rates ten per cent on
the public school buildings and from
10 to ! 5 per cent on business blocks
within the city limits. The reduc-
ton was made because of the gray
ity water system which has been in
stalled there.