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1. The 'Spokane & Inland division at Oakesdalo,
Wash', 53 miles south of Spokane. Passenger and
freight service was opened to Oakesdale on April
15. 1907 ,
' 2.- Mt Hope depot and substation, located 25
miles south of Spokane. Spokane .& Inland depots
are built, of, brick, with concrete foundations, eco
nomical in maintenance and fire risk. The sub
stations are located every 10 to 15 "miles between
Spokane, 'Colfax and Palouse, and serve to receive
and reduce the current from the hiirh-tension line
from tha power-house in Spokane.
3. Crabtree Station, on jspoxane s Inland, show-:
lng type of granaries being operated this season on
the rew electric line. A chain of 30 warehouses iff
now in operation, each having a. capacity of 40,000
sacks of grain, or 50 carloads. It is estimated that '
fully 10,000.000 bushels of wheat and 40,000 tons of
barley and oats were produced this year in terri
tory tributaiy to the Spokane & Inland. Traffic
agreements have been entered into with two of the
principal steam railroads entering Spokane
4 The Spokane & Inland's depot at Garfield,
Wash. 5 miles south of Spokane.
6. Coeur d'Alene Electric dock, where the Ooeur
d'Alene division connects with the Bed Collar line
of steamers for Harrison and shadowy St. Joe Elver,
points.
6. Colfax tunnel, on Spokane & Inland.. This
tunnel-is located a few miles north of Colfax, it
being found cheaper to bore through a 200-foot butte
a distance of 622 feet "rather than follow a one-mile
detour of. th Palouse River
7 The Spokane & Inland at Palouse. Wash. 'Te
enier Palouse at the required grade a long trestle
was built, which obviates, all grade crossings. The
road is now bein? extended, aonth from Palouse to
Moscow. Idaho, a distant of 16 miles
8 Cour 0Alen Electric ; Terminal Coeur
d Alene has grown from 1000 population to 8000
fince the opening of the electric line, in December,
1903. It is a lumber town, having six big lumber
mills '
9. Valleyford, 16 miles soutn'ot Spokane." on Vne
Spokane & Inland division of the Inland Empire
system. This town is but one year old. has a church,
hotel and several stores, and shoxs what rapid
growth is being made in tKe section being served by
the " new; electric line
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