, 1874-01-01
Puget Soa,,d 9ispateh.
fhe Seattle and Wa!la Wa!la
Railroad.

The progress and prospects OF this
enterprise are of great interest to our peo-
pie; and ws have been kindly furnished
by officers of that Company with much
valuable information for publication in
connection with that project.
We are informed that Col. Thos. B.
Morris, late Engineer Of the N. P. R. R.
Co., is now in the employ of the Seattle
and Walla Railroad Co., and has pro-
cured and delivered over to the last
named company copies of all the maps.
profiles and surveys of the N. P. r. r.
Co., from Seattle to Wallula over the
Snoqualmie pass. This Col. Morris
has done by the express permission OF
Chief Engineer W. Minor Roberts, and
Gen. Cass, President of the N. P. r. r.
Co.
By this arrangement the S. & W. w.
Co. have received at small cost, what
would otherwise have required an ex-
penditure of from $4,000 to $40, 900.
Those surveys embrace several different
lines from Seattle to the summit of the
Snoqualmie pass, and line from the
summit down the Yakima to the Colum-
umbia to Wallula.
Col. Morris is employed also to make
some additional surveys on both sides
of the mountains, including line from
WalIula to Walla Walla ;and then to make
full and complete report of the cost
and probable earnings of the road when
built. This report will embrace esti-
mates upon different lines, and for diff,
ferent classes of narrow guage roads,
Thus it will be seen that the Company
have not only secured the services
best of the ablest en- ,ineer to be had,
but have advanced their work at least
one year by procuring these surveys.
If Gen. Tiltou and Jas. McNaught
succeed in obtaining the Legislation
they are now looking after before Con
Sress, as they no doubt will, the Coms
pany expect to commence the construc
ton of their road early in the Spring.
In the meantime. however. the people
mast continue to push forward the en-
terprise to the extent of their ability by
subscribing to the stock of the Compa
ny.
The amount of cash stock (that is
stock paid for in cash) heretofore has
been small in comparison to that issued
for lands, and as an additional amount
of ready cash is now needed to defray
the increased expenses of the Company
it is hoped and expected that there will
be more demand for cash stock at once
The stock of this Company is worth al
and more than all it costs, as the stock
holders have the full benefit of the tide
lands and all other donations or subsi
dies of which the Company becomes
possessed.
Our people ought to respond cheer.
fully, promptly and literally to meet
the increased wants of this Company
and thus encourage the prompt and en-
ergetic action on the part of the Com
pany that has characterized its move
ments thus far.
1t must be remembered that there
are no capitalists as yet connected with
this movement, but it is the work of the
masses, for the public good, and the eff
fort must be that of united people, ev-
cry one doing his Or her part, without
any shrinking or shirking from duty
and thereby imposing upon his
more willing neighbor double burden.
Now as the New Year is about to be
ushered in with such6avorable auspices,
it is most fortuitous time for a grand
rally by the people in the interests of this
movement. SO all important to the whole
people and the general, welfare of the
country.