. Electric railway review . which goes to Wallace, Wardner and the Coeur dAlene miningdistricts. The distance via Coeur dAlene over the electric lineand by Red Collar steamer to Harrison is much shorter thanby the Oregon Railroad & Navigation, which makes a long de-tour to the south. The Oregon Railroad & Navigation trainfor Wallace and Wardner leaves Spokane at 8:30 every morn-ing, while the Shoshone Flyer leaves the Spokane terminalat 9 oclock. The majority of passenger traffic for the CoeurdAlene is carried over the electric line, as it has proved inthis instance, the same as in all others,
. Electric railway review . which goes to Wallace, Wardner and the Coeur dAlene miningdistricts. The distance via Coeur dAlene over the electric lineand by Red Collar steamer to Harrison is much shorter thanby the Oregon Railroad & Navigation, which makes a long de-tour to the south. The Oregon Railroad & Navigation trainfor Wallace and Wardner leaves Spokane at 8:30 every morn-ing, while the Shoshone Flyer leaves the Spokane terminalat 9 oclock. The majority of passenger traffic for the CoeurdAlene is carried over the electric line, as it has proved inthis instance, the same as in all others, that people prefer totravel the clean, comfortable way. The Spokane & Inland division competes directly with theNorthern Pacific Railway and the Oregon Railroad & Naviga-tion, both in freight and passenger traffic for the Palousevalley towns. Here, also, the electric service has made deepinroads in the passenger traffic formerly handled by the steamlines. Recent estimates from agents at Palouse points give. Inland Empire Parlor Car Service—Observation Platform atRear of Train. the electric line 90 per cent of the passenger business to fares; the round-trip rate to Coeur dAlene is $,one way 60 cents. This rate has been in etfect since theelectric line opened and was. of course, met by the NorthernPacific Railway. On the Spokane & Inland division the rate isapproximately 2% cents a mile, as against 3 cents on the steamlines. Preparing in advance of the completion of the electricpower plant now under construction on the Wenatchee river,the Great Northern Railway has placed an order with theGeneral Electric Company for four 100-ton electric loco-motives, which will be used to pull trains through the Cascadetunnel. They will be of the three-phase motor type. Sincethe opening of the Cascade tunnel in December, 1900, theGreat Northern operating officials have been convinced that,because of trouble from the gases generated by the steamengines, the company must ultimat
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