Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-04-07
RAIy.wAV "A NAVIGATION NEWS.

RAILWAY ~ NAV IGAIEoN NLHs.
4 raft containing 100000 feet was
brought down from the Snohomish river
on Tuesday, to Port Discovery, by the
tug Mastick.
1t is said that the Oregon Short Line
railroad Will be the best bullasted and
most complete road-hed west of the Mis-
souri,, and all the rails are steel.
Capt George d. Korfs, late master of
the steamer Tacoma, went nntthv ard
last week to take command of the schoon-
er BedA, now in the Columbia river
Ninety miles of grading are completed
on the PaIouse branch of the Northern
Pacific. and over 26 miles of iron and ties
are lying at the junction awaiting the
coming Of the track layers.
1t is reported that the railroad between
New Tacoma and Seattle, which was to
be completed by July LIST, according to
the original contract, will not be built by
that date, and that the time will be eX-
tended to Jan. LIST, 1884.
The Lewiston paper claims that the re
cent ten years agreement between the
Union and Northern Pac fl railroad com.
panies will not stop the building of the
Oregon Short Line down Snake rlver,
which Will be Continued across to Puget
Sound
The appropriation of $4,000 for the
improvement of rivers in Washington
Territory having been released by the
Secretary of War, and being now avail
able, Capt. Powell, United States engineer,
has advertised for proposals tor snag
boat, to lie delivered at Seattle. 1t will
be used in removing snags and drift jams
in the Skagit, Snoqualmie, Snoho nish.
Nooksack and Steilaguamish rivers, and
work will commence early this fall.
The Colonist says that news Fl ON Otta-
wa states that the Kicking Horse Pass is
abandoned as the route for the Canada
Pacific railway. and Major Rogers has re-
ceived his dismissal. 1t is said that the
pass is in practicable and that Yel.owhead
or some more northern pass with one ter
minus at Burrard Inlet and another at
Fort Simpson will be determined upon.
This change of route will considerably
lengthen the line and delay it's completion
accordingly.
A daily freight train has been put on
the Northern Pacific road between Kalama
and New Tacoma, connecting with those
trains by the necessary boats from Port
land. This is great convenience to
thousands OF men who require heavy
freights delivered promptly, and is great
Improvement on the old custom of tri-
we, ky freight trains. Traffic has so in
creased lately that extra trains were ur-
gently needed. Since they have been
added business will be very considerably
pedited.-Ledger
A telegram was received by the traffic
department OF the o. II. & N Co. from A.
L. Stokes, their eastern passenger agent,
announcing that party OF $50 emigrants
from Canada to Puget Sound wer. de-
tanned by snow in Michigan, and asking
that the Sound steamer sailing from San
Francisco on the Both u t. be held one day
Tor them. As the Dakota already had all
her passenger and freight space engaged,
the Victoria was ordered to sail on the
31st.-0regonian.
The Hartford Courant says that the
immense corporation of the Oregon &
TRANSPORT n .n'al has swallowed its last
possible rival, the Oregon & California
1t is certainly large mouthful, its mile>
age .qualing that of the New York and
New England, and New Yo.k, New Ha-
ven and Hartford systems combined, in,
GLIDING the shore line, air line, canal and
valley road, etc. Such monster has
monstrous responsibilities. viii its mans
ayers have the long wisdom to develop
with fairness and justice the vast interests
of the country it controls?
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