Cascade Water Power Co launches five mile pole line project
Superintendent Wm. Anderson reports London ordered urgent work to clear right of way for a five mile timber stretch from Phoenix toward Cascade. Construction to include dam, power house, long flume and pole line of about 26 miles costing eight thousand dollars per mile. Branch office to open in Phoenix and local crews to mobilize soon.
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Wm. Anderson
Cascade Water Power Co
London
Phoenix
Cascade
Anderson
Simmons
Ontario
Porrible
Wm. Wolverton
Boundary Creek
Hewitt Bostock
M. P
Nelson Tribune
Ferguson Exposte
H. Johns
Suneet
Deadwood Camp
Roseland
Spokane
Mr. Johns
Cascade town news and mining notes in Greenwood camp
J W Astley a major Snowehoe mine owner visited Cascade on Tuesday. The Columbia Stage Co ends daylight service between Cascade and the Forks prompting livery business. Cedar shingles delay Presbyterian church work. Trade boards back Hope to Princeton road to aid Similkameen transport. Hamilton powder man Geo P Tunstall reports 100 cars of powder for the railway work. Road crew on the Cascade to Grand Forks wagon road shows improvement.
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J. W. Astley
Greenwood Camp
Columbia Stage Co
Cascade
Forks
New Presbyterian Church
Vancouver
Victoria Boards of Trade
Hope
Princeton
Similkameen
Geo. P. Tunstall
Hamilton
Henderson Endorsed as Attorney General by Acclamation
Alexander Henderson of New Westminster was returned by acclamation as attorney general for the province after his appointment. Opposition claims the government cannot stand with only 16 sure votes in the legislature.
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Alexander Henderson
New Westminster
Arson Charge Placed in Hotel Columbia Fire
Robert Cameron was arrested near the border and remanded to Kamloops on a charge of setting fire to the Hotel Columbia on July 17. Police anticipate further sensational arrests as investigators pursue the case and a possible reward rumor circulates among travelers.
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Kamloops
Dinemore
Grand Forke
Darraugh
Russell
Bossburg
Robert Cameron
Ed Forke
Columbia
Grand Forks
Therisoner
Demaire
Kamloopsail
Cameron
Spokane
Grand Forks Avoids War Over Rail Depot Name
Engineer Tye and Secretary Drinkwater of the C P R arranged a settlement with Mayor Manley’s town. The rail line will keep the Columbia station but be named Grand Forks so the lower town gains recognition while the potential clash over right of way is resolved. Tye and Drinkwater returned to Cascade then Trail.
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Tye
Drinkwater
The
Manley
Grand Forke
Columbia
Upper Grand Forks
Yale
Forks
Grand Forks
Courde
Thier
Char
Roreland
Trac
P. R. Columbia
Mr. Drinkwater
Cascade
Trail
Train arrives with eleven passengers on Thursday night
Superintendent Stewart reports no time lost at Grand Forke, with Greenwood to be reached by the end of September after laying steel at an average pace of about a mile per day, accounting for possible delays.
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Stewart
Grand Forke
Greenwood
Crossing to Grand Forks on Columbia & Western Railway
Track-laying on the Columbia & Western advances toward Grand Forks 18 miles away. George Roberts the lever and Conductor Haney in charge report the 180-foot Howe truss bridge over Kes tle river nearing completion. Crews lay 4,800 feet of track and improve side tracks and boarding facilities as work aims for Greenwood and Midway.
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Columbia& Western
George Roberts
Jever
Haney
Ketstle River
Grand Forks
Greenwood
Midway
Carcade
Gilpin’s
Edwards Ferry
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Cascade Water, Power and Light Co
Supt
Forrest
Here
Henderson
City of
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