The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-08-01
gssTgR~ WARRINGTON.

We clip from the las. Wslia Walls
Uh6n as follGws:
Recently the Firs. Sationai Bank Of
WaIls Walla surrendered the L. 8. De-
posi'ary part OF their charter, because
IL did not pay This s0rreIdeE a:da
%. 900 70 the svsiisble funds of the
baok.
1t i, reported that the party If en-
gineers under Mr. kennedy. engaged
ia surveys in the Palouse country, s1f
fered terribly from the lack Of watct.
A party Of eng,neers. unlsr direction
Of Mr.. Hale. are busy locating the lire
Of railroad from this city to the mouth
Of the Tuksnnon. The general route
taken is that followed by the MullsD
road.
The work Of laying the track on the
Weston extension vas commenced this
week and IL being pushed forward a.
the rat. Of FIVE miles week. The
grade has been finished - the Oregon
Dry Creek and for some distance on tina,
stream.
A party Of engineers under Charles
A. White has been organized and il now
al work examining the Yakima country
for the best route for tine branch line OF
the y. Z. Railroad. Col. Dosne, the
chief engineer. is reported u have said
that 1t would take three years careful
work 70 find the most practicable pass
for railroad through the Cascade
mountains.
When last heard FROM, the party Of
engineers under ID. ID. Clarke was about
forty miles from the mouth Of Snake
river. They had found a good route for
the road through q barren, sandy coun-
try. During four week. Of the time
this party were at work on this route. q
four mule team was kept constantly
busy hauling water for the use Of the
engineers
A party Of engineers under II. ".
Mccartney. one Of the most accom-
plishel civil engineers in the country.
has gone to examine the Clearwater
route TO Montana. This expedition was
sent out at the earnest request and on
the fsttering representations made by
the people Of Lewiston. Should Mr.
Mccartney find the Clearwater route
as represented. it is possible that the
Pen d'Oreille route will be abandoned
The citizens of Yakima city ard vi
cinity have raised O purse of $3.50 for
the purpose OF starting q weekly news
paper at that place. The matter WIS
worked up by K. V. Chadd. a we'll
known newspaper man, who is to put
up the balance Of the money necessary
to procure the nhterial. aud who will
run the paper when started The
starting Of newspapers in various parts
Of Eastern Washington is an infalliblc
evidence OF its rapid increase in popu-
latiOn.
The survey by tho Utah Northern r
X. Company came to dead halt ut Cc.
lilo as soon As the purchase was closed
with the y s n Co. We gave an ink
ling Of this at the time Ii now turns
out that the matter Of immediate build
ing down the river was ruse. The
new company has secured the 0 5 n
Company's interests. and now We predict
that they will he in no hurry to build
the road down the river. II was given
ont ct the outset that the survey would
be made as soon rs it could be done. and
direct to Portland; but having com.
pleted the purchase. the whole pro-
gramme Was changed and the surveys
were dropped after reachins Cello.
On the 18th Of July the Register and
Receiver Of the WallA Walla Land Of
flee received the plat showing the route
for the branch limo Of the N p r r Co
and the limits Of the withdrawal oil
lands. forty miles on each side, made
for tho benefit of that Company. The
new withdrawal includes al that por-
ton Of the Yakima country lying along
the stream of that name which had
hitherto been left out Of the railroad
limits, and throws open to pre- emption
and other settlement lands north OF
Lake Chelan. This new withdrawal
does not. as We understand it. open
much country in the Walla Walla Land
District for settlement, because most OF