Grant Smith Co.
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- Dec 3, 1908Five Hundred Men and a Steam Shovel: Newport Becomes a Railroad TownThe Idaho & Washington Northern finally signs Grant Smith Co. to grade the line up the Pend Oreille to Ione — and Newport bets its winter, its wages and its warehouses on the boom.Newport, WA
- Dec 24, 19081,500 Men and a Steam Shovel: Newport Builds the Metaline LineThe Idaho & Washington Northern extension turns Newport into a construction boomtown, with subcontractor camps, mule trains, dynamite barges and a temporary hospital.Newport, WA
- Feb 18, 1909Cement Plant Rumors Swirl as the Metaline Rail Extension StallsCompany officials deny reports of an eight-mile I.W.N. extension to Metaline and a $125,000 water-rights deal, even as a cement plant remains likely.Metaline, WA
- Jun 3, 19092,200 Men, a Steel Bridge and a Tunnel: The Railroad Eats the ValleyThe Idaho & Washington Northern's Metaline extension is three-quarters graded out of Ione, the bridge north of Newport is spanned, and tracklayers expect to reach Dalkena by mid-June.Newport, WA
- Jun 24, 1909Blueslide Breakthrough: The Tunnel That Pushed the Idaho & Washington Northern ThroughAfter months of hand drilling, a crew of more than 500 blows a heading through the Blueslide tunnel — while the railroad’s general manager limps on crutches after a freak construction accident.Blueslide, WA
- Jul 1, 1909The Current Took Three Rafts Through Box CanyonA crew tried to beach three loaded timber rafts near Ione, but the Pend Oreille River swept them into Box Canyon. The men escaped in a rowboat; the iron cargo was lost and most of the timbers were recovered below the canyon.Box Canyon, Ione, WA
- Jun 2, 1910A Usk Homesteader Dies of Consumption Far From HomeAugust Norland, 41, worked summers proving up his homestead and winters as a blacksmith for railroad contractors. Tuberculosis took him in a Spokane hospital, with his neighbor at his side.Usk, WA
- Feb 8, 1924The Skagit Power DebacleSeattle's municipal power project sits millions over budget and years behind schedule, sparking a bitter blame game between city officials and contractors.Seattle, WA