, 1880-12-25


as veil az on the eastsrh end Of their ling,
II futhsr etidehced by the hews Iatnls
received aerss Thst hate cuhtrseted fur
5000 tcna of steel rails, as follows
With the Cleveland Rolling Milla for Ia,
600 tons; the Pennsylsania Steel Works,
O,NO, tcnsy and the BethehHm Iron
Works; l0,O0C Other eontreeta for rail.
have bser or ars pecn TO be let. OF thr
rails Contracted for, 10000 tons hare
been ordered for shipment TO thia rlars
70 be used on the Casrad. Division,
This quantity will be sufficient tc lay
track for nearly half the distance from
Tacoma to conhectiun with the Pend
dOreiile Division at Ainsworth: 1t will
make track hence beyond the summit
and for q considerable distance intv the
Yakima valley. In ADDITION to these
tsils An order has been given by the
company to the BALDWIN Locomotive
Works for twelve locomotives, eight OF
which will be shipped 20 Tacoma, for nee
On the Cascade Division. On "wednesday
la.t General sprague let contract to Han
son. Ackerson Il Co. for tbs lumber re-
qulred in building 300 cara for use on the
Caseads Division. o. these cars half arg
to bo platform and half bux. The asles
and wheels for them hays been ordered
trcm the East The other castings re-
quired in this CONSTRUCTION will probably
be furnished by Listers foundry.
such ,s the news respecting the Cascade
Dlvision. The locomotives and irea will
arrive here about this first Of Nav, the
funds arc in hands eager for it. disbursea
ment IN repairing the roadbed and the
ruling stock has been ordered at the
Tacoma shops.
Preparations are being made in all
necessary thing: looking to tho expeditions
building and operation of read acros.
the mountains. The engineers are at
Sora On ne~ pass. A fessible and com
pnretively cheap routs has teen already
reported There Is warrant fer the
statement that whenever the report on
tbs Tacoma Pass shall have been submit
ted and considered the york of clearing,
preparatory to grading, will cegin imme-
dat ,ly. Should the report be adverse,
the Natehese route would probsbly be
adopted without delay.
The latest news from the surveying
party was by letter of Col smith, dated
the I'd inst. at the point on the Yakima
where the line by the Tacoma Pas. would
form junction with the survey already
made eastward along that river At the
Date Of his writing there we're Is inches
OF snow On the ground, and the snowfall
continued. He stated that should there
be much greater depth, engineering
operations rculd have to be suspended.
Sheets and his party had returned &c the
eastern side Of the Cascades. and were
then near their base Of supplies
Respecting the Pen d'Oreille division.
at lsst report the track had been laid out
beyond the first trestle, in all 81 miles.
Late reports from there fail to mention
progress III track laying. The cold snap
had caused an ice jam in the Yakima river,
the breaking Up CT which by the ttaw that
followed, liberated ard carried beyond
control 1000 log. and about 10000 ties,
which were all flooded down the Columbia
and lost. This is the frs seriou. loss Of
material belonging TO the Yakima drive.
The large ss--mili at Ainsworth, operated
by agents of the n, P, R. R. Co. under
direction of Gen. sprsgue, is well supplied
with logs and cutting ont lumber rapidly.
The work of this mill is first class, and il
has capacity for working $1,000 feet per
aay' rimbers for trestllny end ties will