Great Northern Snowbound in Cascade Heyday of Tunnel Plans
Snow avalanches and snow shed failures plague the Great Northern in the Cascades as eight men die and track remains blocked. Officials weigh a 32.25 mile long tunnel from near the canyon to Skykomish to end the snow toll and cut 25 miles from the current route. Costs approach 75 million with electrification.
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Company
Carl Gray
Great Northern
W. D. Scott
Scott
Spokane
Cascade Range
Skykomish
Leavenworth
Icicle
Police Magistrate Reports Profit in Leavenworth for 1912
The Police Magistrate's office in Leavenworth shows a profitable year with fines and costs totaling 1059.20 and 108734 days of prison labor valued at 2174.50. Disbursements reached 1180.30, yielding a net city credit of 2053.40 after assets 3233.70. Arrests totaled 341 with drinking and disorderly behavior leading at 214 cases. The city expects a quieter year ahead.
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Leavenworth
Echo
Council Objects to High Right of Way Demand
City council, in a Tuesday session, approved a water system estimate of 9261.13 to Seaman and Quigg and passed paving assessment details. An Improvement District No 1 ordinance was read, health officer Dr Judah was sworn in, and Pat Sherbourne applied for water commissioner but was tabled. The Peters tract right of way offer stands at 250 while Peters seeks 400, likely prompting a suit. Lighting contract with Tumwater Light and Water Co. postponed to January 20.
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Cook
Seaman & Quigg
Judah
Pat Sherbourne
Wenatchee
Peters
Cascade Orchards
Tumwater Light & Water Co
Snowslide Blocks Peshastin Road
George Sinclair, a leading orchardist in Peshastin Valley, urges Leavenworth business men to fund and help clear the Peshastin road after heavy snows. Ranchers along the road have kept it passable by removing snow from the rock cut, but fresh slides again block the way, forcing travelers to detour over a longer, heavier climb. Sinclair notes about twenty five ranchers previously worked two hours to reopen the route.
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George Sinclair
Peshastin Valley
Leavenworth
Peshastin
Sinclair
Timber Cruisers Head to Lake Wenatchee Expedition
Ben Peck of Olympia and Pete Zimmer of Everett lead state timber cruisers arriving last Saturday and departing Tuesday for the Lake Wenatchee country. They will spend weeks cruising and estimating about 5000 acres of state lands, located at the lake foot in a Forestry department camp. Snowy road conditions may extend the month long effort as they trek on snow shoes through the mountains.
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Ben Peck
Olympia
Pete Zimmerman
Everett
Lake Wenatchee
Forestry Department
Mr. Peck
Washington State Highway Commission Biennial Report
The report reviews eight years of work by the Highway Board and related agencies. It cites about 200 miles of state roads built at a cost of $1,000,000 and 145.76 miles of State Aid Roads at $1,136,198.59, with $1,230,000 planned for the current biennium. It notes road costs vary by grade and materials and urges a trunk road from Easton to North Bend plus maintenance funding through higher automobile license fees.
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Sion
State of
Washington
Chelan County
Leavenworth
Peshastin
Permanent Highway Fund
Highway Board
Roberts
Panama Canal
San Francisco
Easton
Kittitas County
North Bend
King County
State Highway Fund
New $50,000 hotel for Leavenworth
Local business leaders push for a modern sixty room hotel in Leavenworth to meet night train demand. A company may be formed with stock offered to merchants, and a qualified management figure is sought to operate a first class property, possibly before next summer.
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Leavenworth
Snow Fighters Strike 100 Men From Tunnel
A special train brought 100 immigrant snow shovellers from Cascade who labored 12 to 15 hours daily for 20 cents an hour. They claim the company will pay only 2 dollars a day, with no meals or sleeping accommodations, and five comrades are buried under slides. Some left for the west. others seek a settlement as they face starvation and exposure.
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Northern
Cascade Mountains
Wellington
Tye
Cascade
Eastern capitalists to build steel plant in Superior
Eastern capitalists plan a Superior Wisconsin steel plant using the Washington Steel and Iron process for titaniferous magnetite ore. J L Torkelson has spent months arranging the site, with construction aimed by March and operation by November. The plan includes a Denver plant this spring and future plants nationwide, with Washington Steel holding 51 percent of all subsidiary stock and profits shared by holders. Prof Merrill calls the method the greatest improvement in iron industry in the past century.
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Superior
Mr. Robert
J. L. Torkelson
Robert
Three Co
Washington Steel & Iron Co
Denver
Colorado
Canada
United States
J. A. Merrill
State Normal School of Wisconsin
Echo
Mr. Roberts
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Mr. Peters
Echo Office
State Auditor
State Treasur
the Public Service Commis
E. H. Rotert
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