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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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h it is intended shall eventually serve all the and Moscow. The former route is 110 miles long and the latter100 miles long. The territory tributary to these two lines, whichcareful study has shown to be the most feasible routes, is now occu-pied, as may be seen from the map, by trunk and branch lines ofthe Northern Pacific Ry. and the Oregon Railroad & NavigationCo. At the present time these steam lines operate very few trains,and the schedule of these is inconvenient for those desiring to dobusiness in Spokane. From Moscow to Spokane the NorthernPacific runs two 4-car trains each way daily. These are well pa-tronized. The fare charged by the steam lines in Washington is atthe rate of 3 cents a mile, and it is proposed to establish a rate of2 cents a mile for the competing electric lines. The principal product of this territory is wheat, and it is statedthat crop failure is unknown. At Wavcrly is a sugar beet factory,to which are hauled each year about 40.000 tons of sugar beets.
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THRESHING OATS IN IALOUSE VALLEY, NEAR SPOKANE rich territory lying between Spokane and Lewiston, Ida. Mr. JayP. Graves, who was instrumental in promoting and bringing intosuccessful operation the Coeur d .Mene & Spokane Ry., and whois president of the Spokane Traction Co. and manager of theGranby mines and smelter, is promoting this extensive electric rail-way undertaking, which will make tributary to Spokane a territoryas yet undeveloped along electric lines. Associated with him asdirectors of the company are Messrs. F. A. Blackwell, F. LewisClark, John Twohy and Alfred Coolidge. These men have beenclosely identified with many of the more successful enterpriseswhich have helped to build up Spokane and the adjacent country. There is no coal and very little timber in this vicinity, so thatfuel is high priced and must be hauled long distances. The timberbelt on the north, ends 10 miles south of Spokane. It is anticipatedthat the distribution of fuel will prove a profitable source o

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