The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-29
ALL WATER ROUTE
LEWISTON TO FRISCO
BOATS TO RUN FROM LEWISTON
AND CONNECT AT PORT
y
LAND WITH STEAMER.

From Idaho to San Francisco by
water is novelty promised those
ldahoans who visit the big Panama
exposition next year, provided they
prefer to travel that way. While 1t
will no doubt prove a popular route
to many, the main point which will
be demonstrated is that Idaho has
seaport and that the vast territory
constituting the northern part of the
state will have the benefit of water
transportation rates. 1t means much
to Lewiston and should result in MAX
ing 1t great commercial center, con-
trolling the trade Of q large and i'm
mensely rich section which now goes
largely to outside cities. The railroad
facilities of north Idaho will be Won
derfully improved during the next few
years, and 1t is not improbable that
Lewiston will have direct rail con-
nection with much territory that is
not now regarded as within her trib-
utary field. Situated at the head of
navigation of the Snake river and with
an open water way to the sea, Il
seems that Lewiston possesses advan-
tages which should enable her whole
salers to successfully compete with
the large cities of the northwest, and
in time make her one of them. The
inauguration of the all-water route to
San Francisco is told by the Lewiston
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ing:
Lewiston to Astoria by Boat.
All-water excursions from. Lewiston
to the Panama Pacific International
exposition at San Francisco in 1915
We're announced yesterday by Z. r.
Budd, superintendent of the water
lines of the O-W. r. & n. company.
who is a business visitor in the city
from Portland. The suggestion for the
all-water excursion came from Captain
j. f. Atkins of the steamer Spokane,
and negotiations are now pending for
the operation of such excursions by
the Portland & San Francisco Steam
ship company.
AS announced yesterday the plan as
now considered provides for bringing
the steamers Hassajo and Potter from
Portland to Lewiston for the river
trips, and at Portland the excursion
lists will be transferred to the ocean
going steamers for the trip to San
Francisco. The excursions will be ar
vi ,nr> co1c an,
when high water stages prevail on the
upper Columbia and Snake rivers,
which will assure safe passage for the
large, palatial river steamers operated
on the lower Columbia.
Opening of Cello Canal.
Discussing the matter Captain Akin
suggested that the celebration Of the
opening of the Cello canal should be
held at Lewiston on an early date in
June which would allow the first ex-
cursion party to San Francisco to de-
part Immediately after the celebration
here. Statement is made that steam
ers of the Hassalo and Potter class
can depart from Lewiston at 3 o'clock
in the morning and arrive in Portland
during the early evening of the same
day.
The distance from Lewiston to AS
tora, the mouth of the Columbia, is
approximately 400 miles, and such an
excursion as planned would allow the
Lewiston country to give advertise
ment to the claim of being the fartn-
est inland seaport in the west, and the
opening of the Cello canal, which re-
moves the last obstruction to naviga-
ton between salt water and Lewiston