The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-09-30
SSoQUALMIE PRAIRIE. W +,
Sent % 1870.

oept ID, 1917.
The letter written from Falls City
gave quite description Of the means
81 communication to and from this val
Icy, yet something more remains to be
said ON this subject.
Daring the past year the County
C)mmissioncrs Of Suohomish county
have appropriated literally for the i'm.
provcment of the roads up the valley
from Snohomish City. This money
las been SO judiciously expended, to-
ge.her with the road work oil the dis.
tricts along the route, that there is now
good wagon road FROM Snohomish
City t. Park Place, on tho Skykomish
river. Along the river bank there is
also good wagon road up the river to
Goo Saunderss place. three and half
miles above Snohomish City; from there
good trail goes up the bank Of the
Snohomish river TO the Forks.
Just below Chas Doty's clearing .
rocky bluff come, to tho edge Of the
river. and a foo. trail passes close to the
edge Of the water at the foot OF this
bluff. 1t is expected tina. this tall the
rocks will 10 blasted, so that q wagon
road eau DO made between it and the
river. As soon as this is done q wagon
road will b Gu. oat from Ssunders's to
Doty's places This will give . good
wagon road from Snohomish City up to
the mouth Of the Skykomish river, on
the north bank of the Snohomisn. There
is nov good roaa up the Skykomish
river for some eight or ton miles.
1t is expected that road will be laid
out before long from point on the
Park Place road near Chas Cedcrgrens'
place, SO ~ to strike the Skykomish
river between one and two miles above
its mouth.
In opening up this route logging
roads will be utilized. 50 that there will
DO very little moro to d, to make il q
good road.
In the forks, between the Skykomish
and tho Snoqualmie. q good wagon road
extends across thi, very productive set
element from Hayriman's and Johnson'.
places on the Sky komish tow II Reeves
place on tho Snoluslmie river. From
point on this road near the Fitxmau
rice place trail. now passable. is being
cut out in excellent shape over the high
lan'i to Rocky Point, on the Snoqual
mic. From here there is a good trail
Ter SOME miles up the river.
The King County Commissioner ap
propria,ed seve;a. hundred dollars K
Gu, on. the real from the Suohomist
cuua,y line. at M. Days place, up tn,
river to Falls City. This share Of th,
work is being very thoroughly dore
An The money Is well expended.
Enough has besn said OF the roads tC
Indicate the progress being made in thai
direction, although no mention has beer
made of the trails on the south bank Of
the Snc9uslmie aud Snohomish rivers
these. not attordiag IS yet . eon.inuouI
line of travel. are Of less general inter
est. From Falls City new road i,
being cut on, that will avoid some 81
the worst hills between that place and
the Sqaak valley. IL gees down ths
bottom some four miles and then make.
series %. easy grades. thereby avoiding
,he deep canyon aad materially improv.
lag the route 90 Seattle
Falls Csty IL now quite centrally 10.
Gated as regards mail concentrations
there beiug two mails week by carrie,
from Seattle. via Renton and Squak
valley. and one each week from Suoho-
mish City up the river.