Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-09-29
RAILWAY & NAVIGATION NEWS.

in this country. Now there are 10000.
The BILLS are coming in for the Willard
celebration at Seattle. TIE entire cost OF
the iuhilation is a shale above $4,000.
There is prossrct that the Qr"en ot
the Pacific will ba placed permanently
upon the route between the Sound and
San Francisco.
IF Lcgge', OF Kansas, is appointed
one of the commissioners to examine sew
enty>fve miles Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad. He was appointed Governor of
Washington Territory Ivy General Grant
bot never qualified. "He will probably
Leg-c-;t over the roal on his official trip
oon."-Argus
The Enoch Talbot is ber,heA on the
south side IF the coal dock, and loading
The Daniel I. Tcnny is on the north side
of the dock, and will finish leading
to>dav. The Ahrcr Coburn lies in the
stream iuat off the dock, waiting for
berth The bark Germania is inst west
of the dock, waiting to load. The City
Of BROOKLYN is at Yrlser's wharf. aud will
load with coal.-Seattle Herald.
Capt. Day. of the ahip Hrcla, now in
port, is quite young man. yet he has
sailed 30 times around Cape Horn, though
THE is his first visit to Puget Sound.
Mrs. Day and their three oh ildrsn accom-
pany him constantly, their hsme being
literally OF sea-" and they seem rather
t. ike it. The Hccla halls from Bath.
Maine. is ak wears old, and has been com~
m.nded by Capt. Day since she was
launched, She will take a cargo OF wheat
Tor Europe. News.
The schedules Of freight tariff. on the
N Pr. and G. r. & \. Co... lines ar
been lsssu"i. Through frcights fr"m
New York to Portland range fran
SO per 100 ON first-casS to 81 80 for
cla-s y. or tho eighth classifi cation. From
Chicsg, from s. down to $50. and from
! ST Paul from s4.s to S1.40. Frcighis,
east or west boutd, are practically the
! saln-. When rail communication is made
with Astoria. New Tacoma. Seattle and
Olymaia the same ratcs will also apply.
At meeting Of Stockholders of Florida
Ship Canal and Transit Company yes'er-
day, tho hoard OF directors were authors
iZ.d to make contract for construction
of the canal, work ~ be started at the
earliest possible day. The eastern term
inns of the canal will he in the icinity Of
the mauih of St. johns River, and the
cansl will run across the peninsula at thu
nArrswcst point, and will he 1875 miles
long, $50 feet wide AID 80 deep.
Tohy's new steamer for the route bo.
tween Wildly Island and Port Townsend
ia nearing completion. She is expected
to be ready for duty in October. Messrs.
Morgan & Hastings have bought her
and will put her on the Virginis's route in
place of that little craft The zine and
boilers are being built at the Townsend
! Iron Works. She will have about thirty
horse power, and her carrying and tow>
ing capacity will he something like three
times that of the Virginia. Capt. Hast
ings is doing well on his route to require
tn. services IT such a mer--Argus
Five children, the eldest 13 years old
and the youngest 5 years old. were pas
sengers on the steamer Spain, yesterday.
They were the children OF Robert White,
former Yorkshire farm laborer, whs ar
rived here on Oct. 10, 1881, anh is now at
wok in Trenton. A year ago White
hrought GU, his wife and began house.
keeping. He told Superintendent Jack
III lately that he folt AS if he could COW
afford TO take care OF his children, and
purchased ,icke for them. They are
healthy and bright looking little ones,
aud were tue recipients OF many kind at
ten ions and not few silver coins.
1t is proposed t. run scow or barge
between Seattle aud Port Townsend to re
,hlcc freight to the lowest possible cost be-
tween those places.
The railroad officers have . C r~d the
,ight OF way almost entirely ov the pro-
posed line OF the Olymy ia and Gray's
Harder road, except proceedings are nrc-
cssary TO coudemn parcels held by minors
whose D tents or guardians favor The
granting ri right Of way but cannot legal
Is do 50. This committee, who were APP
pointed to consult property owner> in re-
gard to til. ri Iht of way through tie
civ. and donations for tho terminal site
have done good work already, aud say ne
obstacles have presented themselves
likely To prevent complete success in
in this direction. As property owners
becon,s con yinced that the railroad plans
have solid base to rest upon th"y are
coming forward and pledging themselves
freely to aid the enterprise. We feel
assured that all the officers Of the railroad
company ask OF our people will be secured
for th ~. r. Couriel.