The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-08-10
Letter from Newcastle.
NEWCASTLE, Aug. 8, 1877


Ed. ISTELLIGENcEg As your read.
ers have not been bored from an over
dosing Of communications from this
section. will give few notes from
Coal Land.
The mines are being run On short
time, and with only half gangs at that,
as they are working on ten foot vein,
all clean coal. One year more will
bring them to tunnel No. 2, through
to Coal creek. Then this town can be
watered with pure cool ice water, and
if the S. Il w. w. r. r. wishes to con-
tinue through by way of Squak, this
tunnel will be on the route, and can be
made practicable.
j. V. Roach, the gentlemanly agent
of the Seattle Coal and Transportation
Company here, seems to be the right
man for .te position, affable ald ac-
commodating, but when aroused g. he's
aroused" AS Judge Oliphant said while
holding court at Seattle.
DIR. Bryant is well liked, and has
successful practice.
was out on the line of the S. & w.
W. II. r yesterday. and found engineer
Scurry with full gang locating the
line. The choppers caught up with
him at noon the same day. They are
one mile beyond this place. and Scurry
is ow quarter of mile. He will be
through tonight. The foundation of
the big trestle-work on Mays Greek
is all down. and the contractors have IA
full gang framing From Mays Creek
in to Newcastle there is not much
heavy grading. Walker, with his gang
of choppers, will be through by Satur-
day night.
We found claims being pref mpted
and homsaeaded along Oh the line of this
road. and old claimants have gone On
to their ranches clearing and improving
generally. Around the little Lake At
takatua. only one-quarter of a mile from
Newcastle, aud which is about 400 feet
higher than Lake Washington.
there arc four settlers improving their
claims. and but for the N. r. II. r. Co,
the odd numbered sections which they
urjustly claim, there would be at least
forty good claims within the three adj
joining townships
We visited the school here and | will
venture to say Of the seventy-two
scholars present, none' over fourteen
and under five, that fG good looks and
healthfulness none can compare with
them. Mr.. Jones, their teacher, has
the happy faculty of controlling this
large number ell in the same room, aud
for impsrting instruction l made a
remark at the hotel table about the
good looking children. when an old
bachelor said: "Orr babies at New
castle can beat Seattle two 10 one"
He was asked to explain himself. but
said if he did that that ubiquitous cuss
from Seattle would have it all down
and published in the DAILY INTELLI-
eENCER in the morning
tonny Lester, mine hest of the
Drum House on Lake Washington.
who owns and runs the skookum little
steamer james Mortie, has ono of the
finest locations for Summer resort of
any yet of note in Washington Terri
tory. He has sulphur spring only q
few yards from his house, and another
very significant fact that coal will
be discovered in his claim is that on the
Collins vein on Coal Creek, north So
west, they have struck similar sui
phur spring on the lake to that on
Testers place.
NEW ORGANIZATION.
John McAuliffe, of Walla Walla, or
gsnixed and installed Delphi Lodge
No. .. of X. If p, at New Castle, with
the following named officers: Thomas
Williams. G. c.; j. V. Jones. V. C; j.
d. Lewis. p; VIM. Nightingale. P. c.:
r. Hutchinson. NJ. A.; c. X. Jenner. X.
of r. n. s.; Thomas Armstrong. NJ. E.
After the installation. . bountiful re-
past was had at the Company's Restaur-
ant. under the supervision of Charles
Ross. and most pleasant affair it was
This new lodge of X. of p. has over Is
members already and n number of an