Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1880-08-27

THE DALLEs, Aug. l6, 1880.

ne ". N. ~ ~. w.. Hdft oCCil anu
are now pushing their enterprises to
meet the transportation wants Of the
Columbia basin with great vigor.
They have completed the grading of
their 10 'Diles road from Cello to
Wallula and removed most of their
men employed in grading to the road
from Walla Walla to Grange City, a
residue of about 200 Cinnamon passed
through Wallula on Friday evening.
The grade of the road is much nearer
the river than we had supposed, in
fact some portions of the road were
submerged by the recent high water
and will have to be elevated to make
a safe road at all seasons. There were
comparatively few places where the
work of grading was difficult. Some
portions of the road will be liable to
be covered by sand drifts, especially
in the vicinity of Umatilla. The piers
and abutmen.s for the bridges at the
crossing of the Umatilla and John
Day rivers are all constructed and in
full view from the steamers as one
passes up and down the river The
bridge at the Dechuttes appeared to
be fully completed. Tomorrow track
laying commences at Wallula towards
Umatilla. The portion of the road
will be narrow gauge at first and as
soon as the remainder Of the track is
laid to Cello, which is to be standard
gauge, then the eastern portion as far
as Grange City from Umatilla will be
changed to standard gauge also. The
road from Grange City to Umatilla
will be in operation before that from
Umatilla down, while the boats of the
company having the larger carrying
capacity, will take the grain at Umatil-
la brought over the road from Grange
City and intermediate points and
transport it to Cello till the track is
laid upon the lower portion. This
arrangement we are informed, has
been made in consequence of not now
having sufficient rails to complete the
whole track from Cello to Grange
City. Thus the upper Snake rive,
country as far as Lewiston may resi-
assured that their wants for transpor
tation will be supplied the coming
Fall as two boats will be kept above
Taxas ferry to carry from Lewiston
and intermediate points to the Grang'
City. terminus of the railroad. Wha
will be done on the road from Thu
Dalles to Portland this Fall is not We
made certain, although it is claimet
for the company that they will emplo,
a large force on this portion Of tn,
road during the coming Winter
This company are greatly enlargin!
and improving their shops here at Tn
Dalles and although the remarkabl
extent of the high water of the pres
ent season has somewhat Illustrate,
unchanged their original plansand de
stroyed them somewhat, yet the termi
nation seems to be, to make everything
permanent and above the reach O
high water in the future and to max
the shops here the permanent worl
shops for all repairs Of the road cas-
of this place. Hence the Dalles mus
become place Of no mean importanc
to engineers and mechanics, for tn
ensuing few years at least. The tow
has greatly improved since we wer
last here in 1876. Notwithstanding
the great fire it has recovered from
effects and reconstructed new an
much mare commodious buildings tha
it ever had before. The two new he
tells, the Umatilla and tn Cosmopol
tan are as fine wooden structures a
can be found in any inland city on tn
coast, and their accommodations in re
spect to rooms and furniture and al
tae trensc'ent customers or the regula
alsd constant g3est could reasopahl
d@a's.ia III a new and growing country
Hanley l. Sinott are two we'll know
as caterers to the wants of the travel