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PALI s a: >IAN
“ Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.”
—As You Like It.
PALISADE, N. J., AUGUST, 1907, PRICE, 5 CENTS.
[ Paul T. Brady Visits Far West.
Iesting Talk About the narvel-<
ms Growth of the Great North
est—Seattle the Wonder of the
ay — Such Prosperity Rarely
nown in This Country.
Paul T. Brady, of Palisade, has
;ly returned from an extended trip
; far West, including Montana,
ington, Oregon, California and
of the other great States en route
;lls some interesting things about
sit, and thinks Eastern people have
limited'ideas of the progress of the
West and the tremendous strides
are making out there in every
i kind of enterprise that builds
e country.
ttle, Spokane, Tacoma, Portland,
mento, Helena, Butte and other
[are all going ahead with such ra
\ that an Eastern city like Syracuse
jochester would wonder at their
[ of development. Mr, Brady
kservative, but says his eyes have
[opened. He was bewildered at
reatness and push of Seattle and
[nd. Seattle especially interested
If indeed he was not completely
[ered by its tremendous energy dis
"rahsadian representative Air.
BfH talked freely and among other
said
“Seattle is a new town but growing
grJ^Bapidly, and is bound to be a very
kJHty i i the near future. 11 20 years
tiHv.ll be mor.e than i.oco.ooo people
t&JBeyond question. They are spending
iataHimounts of money, and are going
tdf^tmous expense in rebuilding their
$tr<sj|gg and cutting down hills to pro
pe3®^»des and doing work that nearly
eva^BEastern city should have done
«HBgthey started. Some of the hills
thew^Ktve cut down were almost as
mountains. Buildings are going
up <»ry where and they are substantial
eita^Bes of modern s ee! construe ion
line as any in the East. 1 lie
HHS streets of Seattle are as full
ofcp^Ble as Broadwav, Xe.v York. I he
ct|g.;;$BsiU'atrd on an ocean harbor sec
ond ioj none in the world. It has good
facili'ies and more are coming
ti^i$frt le has secured a lar'e amount,
of /business fro m San Francisco si ic
I^^^Bhquake and tire, and is the nntur
iiy through which the large anr<
g business of Alaska must go
:ng man wishing to go West
v up with the country cannot
mistake in going to Seattle.”
uing Mr. Brady said: “Tacoma
than Seattle, but not so large
in<? very fast. It has also a line
ind the largest vessels can tie
»
up at its clocks. Tacoma has, also, good
railroad terminals, and a number of
good railroads have entered there. The
Union Pacific recently expended several
millions of dollars in the purchase of
terminal facilities, and the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul have done the
same. This money for the purchase of
these terminal facilities has been rein
vested in new enterprises by the city.
Buildings have gone up all over, and the
town is experiencing a business boom.
"Portland,” said Mr. Brady, “is more
like *t\ Eastern city, and is also growing
rapidly. The valleys around all of these
Improvements Going Ahead Fast.
fruit of every kind, and in such volumes
that 1 wondered where it was possible to
market it all. This is especially true
in sections where irrigation holds sway."
Of Spokane, Washington, Mr. Brady,
said : “Spokane is another wonder city
of the West, situated on the extreme
eastern side of the State of Washington,
and is destined to become a great city
The valleys around Spokane are consid
ered the richest on earth. They have
built and are continuing to extend a most
magnificent system of electric railroads
'hrough the section adjacent to Spokane,
and which will bring into the city a rich
harvest of nearby products of all
kmHc. Spokane is growing marvelously
and is a city of fine buildings, well paved
HOME OF R. R. BROWN, DEARBORN ROAD AND COLUMBIA AVE
NUE, PALISADE.
ci ies are among the richest in the world
1 from an agricultural standpoint, d he
| rovnta'ns arc filled with minerals, and
Idle .he forests have been drawn upon
Tree y they still hold enormous reserves
• f timber which will be many years in
exigence. I can see no hing hut pros
perity for these three cities of the far
W-st "
Mr. Brady further said : "I was im
1 -ro sed with ‘he enormous crops that
I were r rowing in the valleys, where ever
irrigation is used, d'ltc waters from
The mountains for irrigation is now
brought lorrr distances through canals
and wherever the desert sands are
touched by these waters, crops grow by
magic, and lands that were worthies
before canno* be bought for less than
$100 per acre and upwards. What
imnres'cd m**. also, verv forcibly was the
ereat quantities of fruit thev have all
through the Northwest. They grow
streets, and buildings of perhaps the
most perfect type of general good qual
ity of architecture of any in America.
The ci'.y appears to be full of enter
prise and thrift all over.”
"Butte and Helena, Mont., are also
premising cities,” said Mr. Brady. "Mon
tana is one of the richest States in the
union for minerals. Butte is an in
teresting place. There is scarcely a blade
of grass or shrub in the entire city
Everything that goes to sustain life ex
cept air must be brought in. owing to
the barren country; and second because:
of the destruction of all vegetation by the
smoke and gas from the smelters. Thi^
being a city entirely of mines, and the
mines being under the city at ail points
these inconveniences must be put uo
with. They are getting some vegetation
now because the smelters have been re
moved to Anaconda, and the poison in
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
The Summer Work Ahead of All Rec
ords in Palisade—Fine Showing,
and the Weather Helps -Supt.
Garfield Hay Tells What 110 Ital
ians Ate Doing for Palisade.
Supt. Garfield May says there wa3
never so much work going on as now.
i op dressing of 1500 cubic yards at
last received.
Whilst the summer has been dry and
warm, the weather has at least been
propitious for pushing the work of im
provements in Palisade. The force of
Italian laborers has now been increased
*0 no, and these are being worked to the
limit. They are kept busy all the time,
and having no bad weather to intefere.
have made wonderful progress.
Regarding the general situation Supt.
Garfield Miy said this week:
“Yes, we are making the very best
progress we have ever shown in Pali
sade, owing to the favorable season.
Everything has worked in our favor, so
far as weather is concerned, and nothing
else could have stopped us.”
“What has been done since your last
public statement?” was asked.
“Oh! a lot. We are oushing every
thing just as fast as we can. Our force
has been increased some, but we may
make it still larger. We are working
i IQ men on ’he roads for my work
alone. We have put in 1000 feet of the
Columbia avenue roadway on the South
side of the track, which is just finished,
besides redressing the North side of the
Columbia avenue roadway. Then we
have carried Edgewood lane out to
Drury lane, and finished Drury lane
from Anderson avenue to Washington
avenue. We have had a hard tussle on
the upper end of Washington avenue,
cn both the East and West side, there
being some difficult engineering feats to
jet over. But these are now finished,
~nd hope soon to have a force on
he other unfinished portion of Washi
ngton avenue fronj Bluff road to Dor
incourt road.
“We notice that Arcadian way has been
-topped after you made a nice begin
ning there?"
"Yes, I know that. But there was
some other work more pressing, and
we were compelled to let up on Arca
dian way for the time being. We shall,
also, soon get a start on Ber>ford Park
roadway, which will be one of the pret
tiest in Palisade. We have been con
siderably handicapped by a lack of fine
top finishing stone or dust for ihe roads
already laid; but I am pleased to say
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