Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-05-11
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
PORTLAND, April 80, 1882.

to some of the questions being discussed
at that point. Inste.d of getting off
on the cars at halfpas I pm. on Fri
day evening, We were detained TIL
about nine, awaiting the train from
Daytop and South Texas. This gave
US opportunity to note the depot facil
tiles Of the company at Walla Walla
which are neat and not CANDY, and DC
cupy fine site just out Of the city,
and afford the hack-men a good oppor-
tunity to make few dollars aside
from the free rides furnished by the
hotel keepers to their guests. These
grounds are amply large for workshops
Of the company and are said to have
been furnished to the company with
the expectation, that the company would
build them there. But the company
have decided to build at Prescott, and
we have been told that the reason as
,sipncd for the change was because the
company could not obtain water facil-
tiles at Walla Wall1, as desired. At
Q O'Clock we entered Pullman sleep
ing car, equal in accommodations, if
not superior, to many we have entered
in the Atlantic and other States east
Of the Mississippi, and a rarity for
travellers in tho North West. The
bedding was clean and the fidelity and
attention of the men who had charge
was all that could be wished for One
sof them had long been in service in a
similar capacity in the East and seemed
to know the requisites and came out
with the car when it was shipped for
service along the Columbia river. Be-
ing tired from much walking the streets
Of Walla Walla we took to our bed
early and consequently were unable to
observe the changes made at Wallula
junction with the Northern Pacific, or
in fact we were rather otlivious Of the
road and stations and passing events
It'll we were called when nearing The
Dalles. At this point we could only
observe things as we viewed them from
the car while passing slowly through
to tho steamboat, which was awaiting
to take US forward to the Cascades. 1t
had been announced that the road from
The Dalles to the Lower Cascades
would b in readiness for passenger
tfavcl and freight on the oath of this
month, and We had expected to travel
over this road But as we learn owing
to the necessity of uncovering on" Of
the main tunnels from the upper por-
tion Of which large pieces of rock oc
casionly become detached by the vibra-
ton produced by the cars and thus
cndangering the safety Of passengers
and cars, the regular travel over the
road is deferred. We further learn
that the company propose to place in
proper position about SO, 900 of powder
and ignite it at one blast in unroofng
this tunnel. From the steamb at we
could, at distance, note the work
which had been done along the line
III removing rock and grading this por,
tion Of the road to the Cascades. Many
difficult points have been overcome,
several were points where at an early
day old settlers in Oregon and Wash
ington who had observed them while
going up and down the Colunbia had
predicted that no railroad or even a
good wagon road could never be con-
structed. But these have all been
'osercome within the period of few
months time. We disembarked at the
upper Cascade at the usual place on
the Washington side and look the care
over this portion and re-emb rked on
the steamer at tho Lower Cascades.
We observed no particular. changes that
have been made within the five years
last past. We, in looking across the
river, could discover that some progress
had been made in the construction of
the Cascade canal and locks since we
had last been along the river, but to
= man who is anxious for the day to
STRIVE when steamboats, can pass with
out interruption bet ween Lewiston and
tide water, the progress made in this
work seemed much less than we had
hoped. There can he little doubt that
this whole distance will be spanned by
one, it not mere, railroads long before
this canal improvement at The Dalles