, 1881-01-22
Railroad Rifles.
Til. year 4 great Hosm so he vnansHrna1d
The .. q. 4 Go. ard =. =. Folks y III
Natter~.. MisreIIanss and Fersonaa'

The Nor,hern Pacific seems anxious to
ush their road ahead and they viii leave
no stone un.urued to complete that portion
Of II between this point and the Sound AZ
rapidly as possible Conclusive evidence Oh
this is found ia their advertising Tor prcpos-
ais {, furuish 1000 ties AMI i0,ooo'o"o
fee. of log, anil there being now on The
WAY 10 600 tons of steel rails for this d:ris-
IAN The surveying parties under engineers
Sbeets anl Kinysbur1 have been ont through
the winter g determine on pass throuSh
the Cas>aieS, 10th having the "a '-e ONE
tive poiu;. that Of the Iaeuma pass Two
additional plf;ies are s"on to % sent ou'
and the X lisations ere .aa: the directors are
SERIOUSLY - EARNEST
which would no. b tie ease, considering the
season Of tae year, in which these Operations
are set on foot, Il they did Mt believe that
il was Of VITA importanoe to push the Cas-
cade division ahead as rapidly as possible
From A,nsvorsh tie tack nov eXt-Fids ter
f,,rtr old miles aud the work Is -:iii ghug
q, Tn. half uIi'e e tr.-tlc a,rS i.ey""d
tia. place has been fms. ed ami the tack
laid over il. At Cheney tn laying of rails
has l,.e., commenced iu- MOVES SloSiy oT-
inr 10 the severity al weather, averaging o'.iy
aboat halt a mile per day. Harkness
Cos, saw mill, now Gnd-r the railroad COM
pany's control has stopped saving. Tor the pre-
seut. the Yakima river being frozen at the
mouth max NJ 1t impossible to 70" down
I,gs Gen Spra.,ue Informs Us that as soon as
HI. weather wi. permit the actively on the
road VII be rplOedented and that without
doubt the Northern Pacific will have cars
running frouu the Sound clear through :" the
East by Jalv, l>sS.
THO r. NvD :. G iHrASf.
We are assured Cn reliable authority that
this will positively be the last year that We
VIII be shu. cf from the balance OF the
world on account Of the freezing ue 81 the
CoIumbil liver aud tia. in two years the
road 20 Or;en via Baker City viii he cont
p,..ei. The .. Il. ( Y g.. he's recently
purchased 10000 tons OF heavy steri rai:s
which are on their way here. In year
from now this company expect t. have
standard gange road in operation from
THIS CITY To PORTLAND,
A distance Of III miles, and TO tOifaN VIA
Grange city, a distance Of ll2 miles. Be
.iies there will lie tie Dayt narrow gauge
branch, which wall b. equipped with the
rnIIin. stock now in Use on the Walla Wclla
and Columbia river road The road bed be-
tween this place and Grange City, is fast
approachng completion and the contract has
been let for the grade from the Snake river
to Colf.x. Early in the spring the force OF
men now at work above NaItsburg Will be
transferred to the Dliles To lay tracks on the
80 miles oi road bed already graded. This
will leave hut So mil 5 Of road To be built to
make through connection with Portland.
RAILROAD RUMgLINGS.
Contracts have been let Tor 260 900 ties
on the line OF road be.wenn Uma.illa and
Baker City.
The road to the Blue Mountains will have
grade of 10 feet to the mile.
1t is understood that the o. r. & n. Com
panv have obtained Sl2. COG. coo 10 pay for
the speedy construction ot the II roads III this
country.
The d. T. & y Complny's Ror%men are
building at their sh9rs at the Dalles, -
dump and ol2 box, fat aad baggage ears.
J. B. Montgomery, the we'll known con-
tractor who has jus. completed So miles of
rad for the o. T. K. Go. t.imi;edj has left
for the east and viii probably visit the .'old
country before he returns.
T. F. 0akes, Esq, manager of the o. r.
& n. Co. is in San Francisco for the purpose
of purchasing large amount Of property.
The Northern Pacific Is paying 81 and
- - per day to Iaborers who board them
selves.
The present working force OF the o. X. &
n. Company, above Waitsburg is compris d
OF 200 VI hi.e ncn 100 Cinnamon.