Waterville Rail Ideas Stir Western Douglas County
An interview in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports Waterville plans to build an electric rail line paralleling the Great Northern Big Bend route linking at the Columbia River with the Red Apple line from Wenatchee. Proposals involve Entiat power and a feeder from Spokane to Snohomish, Chelan Falls, and Wenatchee, with future integration into a regional electric system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Big Bend
Coulee City
Great Northern Railroad
Waterville
J. W. Scott
Columbia
Wenatchee
A. L. Rogers
Douglas County
Charles A. Barron
Snohomish
Spokane
Bellingham
Everett
Chelan
Rail line planned from Leavenworth to Wenatchee lake
Three surveying parties search for the best route from Leavenworth to Lake Wenatchee with ties to Red Mountain mining and Lamb Davis Lumber. Possible north bank path favored. Construction pending within a month with an engine on site and projected growth for logging towns and passenger traffic.
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Leavenworth
Lake Wenatchee
Red Mountain
Wenatchee Lake
Wenatchee River
Great Northern
Lamb-Davis Lumber Company
North Bank
Lumber Company
Chelan Consolidated Copper Company
Copper Company
Tun
Great Northern Railway
Woodspur
Here
Chewawa River
Chiwaukum
Wenatchee
Chewawa
Fire destroys Wenatchee buildings. insurance covers most losses
The Wenatchee fire started in a frame building on Wenatchee Avenue and, with wind threatening greater damage, was confined by the fire department. A woman and two children were rescued from a second story window. Losses include Bank Bar building about 1000 insure, Ole Sands & Co fixtures 2500 insured, Howard hotel 1500 to 2000 insured, Toggery goods 3000 insured. John Durieux is in France, his agent Columbia Valley bank. Browne says cleanup will begin after insurance adjustment.
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The
Echo
Wenatchee
Alarum
Wenatchee Avenue
Bank Bar
Ole Sands & Co
Howard
Wolfe
John Durieux
France
Columbia Valley Bank
Guy C. Browne
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Geo. Keating
Tumwater Light and Water CO
Emil Frank
Prop
Chelan Club
the Opera
Tholin @ Smith
Washington
L. Lamb
Clinton
Iowa
PINE
C. R. Lamb
Minneapolis, Minn
G. E. Lamb
P. Davis
Treas
Mer
Leavenworth, Wa
Durieux
Palace Meat Market
Cascade Orchards
Peters’ Avenue
Icicle Canyon
Chas. Hartshorn
D. W. Felt
Seattle
W. F. Prestere
W. C. Dreitzler
John Truax
Okanogan Valley
George Meyers
el Paso
Tex
James Which
Portland
Ore
A. E. Frost
Jacob Snyder Meyers
F. A. Drebis
W. L. Davis
James McGee
Kentucky
Superior Court
Davis
Columbia River
W. M. McCoy
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