The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-08
BIG RESOURCES OF
A NE|GHb0R|NC CITY
COCUR D'hLENE ClTY HAS PAY
ROLL OF ABOUT TWO
MILLIONS.
Correspondence

NtotFtSF'iiatif't'
A recent issue of the Press of Occur
d'Alene City gives some interesting
facts concerning the industries which
support that place.
While a large part of the territory
surrounding Occur d'Alene is aGricul-
tura land. yielding diversified pro-
ducts and. more or less fruit, the chief
Industry Of the city Is its timber and
lumber interests Occur d'Alene is
also growing to be railroad center #
some importance and eventually the
advantage will tend to influence man
Iufactories in seeking location there.
Business Of the City.
The annual payroll of the city, ac-
cording to the Press, amounts to 81
,o0o,o 900
The timber cut during the past year
in Occur dAlene amounts to 100000
900 feet At an average price of SIS
per 1000 II would bring s2,6oo,0o0. The
estimated timber cut in kootenai
cuuHlS outSlut w tctHl u SAlSllS LILY
is one and one third times that cut
In the city
Railways, Mills, Boat Lines.
The Press says Of the city's mills
and transportation facilities;
H'The four large timber plants in and
ad ia cent to this city are those of the
Occur dAlene Lumber company, the
Blackwell Lumber company, the
Stack Gibbs Lumber company and the
Atlas Tie company
The city Is nov served by the Nor
thern Pacific railway, the Spokane In
ternational railway. the Milwaukee,
railway the electric railway. the Hay
den Lake electric and the Red Collar
boat line, which connects this city with
all the towns and villages on Lake
Occur d'Alene, the St Joe and S.,
Maries rivers"
improvements for 1914.
New construction work planned for
the coming year by two of the rail-
roads will be modern passenger and
freight terminals for the Milwaukee
and similar improvements by the Nor
thern Pacific This will amount to
not less than 100000 Steps already
taken by the Milwaukee in acquiring
terminal ground and in other invest
ments indicate extensive improve
ments at Occur dAlene and further
eastern extension of the road.
Another big improvement scheduled
for Occur d'Alene during 1914 Is the
erection and operation of sawmil
plant involving the expenditure of ST..
loco, 900, Appropriation for this Is sale
to have been already made by th'
Rutledge Timber company.
Brick and Pottery Clay,
Another resource Of almost unlim-
tied possible development Is mention
cd by the Press as follows:
Deposits of clay highly adaptable
| to the manufacture of building. pay
ing and fire brick and commercial PIT
| terry have been located in large ant
varied quantities in this county ada
cent to Occur d'Alene's city limits The
Occur d'Alene CLAY g. Products com
pany has had their clay subjected t.
severe tests. from which the best O
reports have been received. The com
PAW is doing considerable develop
ment work preparatory to manufnct
IRE Of products next year
Large manufacturers at Geattlc
have very recently made investigs
tions of other deposits in the county
and expressed themselves highly
pleased with the clay's characteristics
Il is believed they will give a furthe'
development to this industry before
the end Of the ensuing year