The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-11-20
PROPOSED ELECTRIC LINE TO HANDLE
WAROMER.kEll0CG FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS
THE ENTIRE coeuR oALENe CAMP NEEDS coNNEc.
TIoN-oTHER CAMPS WITH RESOURCES
FAVORED IN THIS RESPECT

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gun a most important movement in
proceeding at recent Informal meet
ing to bring about the construction Of
an electric railway from the railroad
depot and mills in the lower part Of
Kellogg to the settlement in the up
per part Of Wardner and within tram
ming distance of productive upper
workings of numerous mines. The
ore tonnage is big item and passen-
ger traffic both ways is not an incon-
siderable one. And the grade is said
to be entirely practical
Electric power in the Occur d'Alenes
should be as cheap as in any other
part of the west, except perhaps the
Twin Falls section in southern Idaho.
where numerous direct falls in the
great Snake river and tributaries con
stitute probably the biggest bunch of
power In small area to be found in
the United States. The Occur dAlenes
Is tremendous consumer of power
now. and the demand is growing fast.
Beyond the use of all available local
water power, this camp gets four
fifths or even nine-tenths of what it
consumes by transmission, near 100
miles, from Spokane or Post Falls.
Two other great power develop
ment enterprises near here are under
way. That at Thompson Falls is from
Is to so miles distant from the power
consuming sections of the Occur
d'Alenes. That at Kootenal Falls
libby, Mont.) is as near here as the
Spokane Post Falls plants They are
very likely to look in this direction
for a market.
Not only is the Wardner-K Kellogg
electric line practical, but lines to con-
meet all the producing parts of the
Occur d'Alenes should be practical
with proper rates for power. This
camp has a payroll Of between 5000
and 5000 men, rapidly Increasing. That
means population of probably 5000
or more people. It's output is near
$2G,000.0O0 annually.
What necessities or conveniences
we should have may be judged to
some extent by what other western
mining camps do have. Take thu
Black Hills, for instance. With an
output of little over $7,000,000 year
and a payroll of 5000 men, the mining
district is a perfect network of elec-
trio railways, and every facility is
afforded the handling Of the product
of new yldeveloped mines. and quick
transportation creates travel.
The Cripple Creek district affords
another example. With a payroll of
considerably less than that of tins
camp, and an annual output probably
a quarter less, it has every advantage
for handling ore tonnage and quick
transportation.
Both these camps and others which
might be cited have no right claim for
cheaper electric power than the C,eur
d'Alenes.
Following is the Wardner News' re-
port of the recent informal meeting
held there:
Mining and Business Men Confer.
"As result of efforts made to sat-
isfactorily solve the transportation
problem from the Wardner mine
leases to the mills and railroads, the
Twin Cities may soon have street
car line In operation and the question
of ore and freight hauling solved for
all time to come. The matter Is I'M
der serious consideration by some Of
the prominent business and r,inilg
men of this section and definite an ,
nouncement may be made at an early
date.
Probable Passenger Business.
1.-THE passenger traffic from the de-
pot and between the two towns is u
feature not overlooked by those TAX
ing up the matter. Some figure that
this service alone would pay the op
Grating expenses of the road as the
travel up and down the hi. is very
heavy at all times of the year and