Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-07-14

PoIIcY OF THE n. p John Muir, SUI
perintendent of Traffic on the Northern
Pacific railroad, has recently been inter-
viewed Ivy reporter of the Oregonian,
when he made the following statements
about the policy OF that road. He sand:
ave expect 10 run through passenger
trains between this coast and st. Paul 10y
September /, aud will probably be fully
equipped for freight traffic within three
or four weeks after that date. Work has
progressed much more Iapidly than We
anticipated, and the inaugural ceremonies
will colbtless take place during the last
week in August. The distance will be
1916 miles from st. Paul 10 Portland.
T. ,ssengers will be enabled to take throut h
Pullman palace sleepers at Portland, and
90 through to the great lakes without
change. The dining cars which are be-
Ginning so popular in the east, will also
be added to The trains at proper places,
together with reclining chair care, betae
all important points. do not hesitate
TO say, that believe the Northern Pacific,
in connection with the Oregon Railway &
Navigation company, will shortly be the
greatest tourist line in the country. Aside
INN tho many pleasure resorts which are
already advertised, aud open to the pub
liz, such as the Yellowstone and PYRAMID
parks, the mammoth Hot Springs, the
Pend~d'Oreillc region, the Columbia river,
the Sound, Alaska and the new WY explored
glaciers OF Mt. Tacoma, there are hundreds
OF beautiful spots all along the line. Min
eral springs have been discovered in some
localities, and when the country is settled
many Of these new places will rival the
summer resorts of the east. The rites of
fare from St. Paul to all Pacific coast
POINTS, first class fare will be 500, emil
grant So. Our rate to interior points
will be less than the through
rate. One hundred pounds of bug
gage allowance will be made on
each full ticket, fifty on each half
ticket. We are now building IN the
east a number of substantial emf
grant sleeping cars, which will pros
vide for them most Of the comforts
of first-class travel. We will adopt
practically the same freight classifi.
cation and tariff on overland bust
ness as that now in force upon the
other trans>continental routes.
There will be but small additional
charge added from Seattle TO Vic
toria for lighterage. We have now
in service on the eastern end Of the
route, ten refrigerator cars, and are
building fifteen more. which will be
ready for service by August. Some
of these will be specially fitted for
f'uit and salmon carriage. We have
also added to our refrigerator line
and have now in use fifty cars for
transporting beer. During the
month CT May our ten refrigerator
cars carried over half million
pounds Of beer, beef, fish, oysters and
vegetables. If we attempt to do
any business at San Francisco, it will
he done at the uniform rates with
other trans>continenta lines reach
ing that point, and with our fine feet
OF Pacific Coast ships, we are in
splendid condition to enter the field
'0r this business; but for the first
moth or two after the road is
through, we will have about all we
ian DO 10 take care of our own busi-
hess in Oregon and Washington Ter
ri,ory."