Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-23

which will extend into the air 160
feet from the ground. The plans
have been forwarded to Vancouver.
\ gentleman who has resided in
the Okanagan country for twenty
years past saws. The Colville and
Noses reservation comprise n vast
! extent of tiue agricultural country,
with an abundance of timber, and
! running streams which abound in
salmon and mountain trout. 1t is
much warmer there than in Spokane
county, and ali kinds of fruit grow
remarkably well A fine country ex-
tends up to and into the British pos
sessions, ana there are prospects for
discovery Of rich quartz mines.
There is prospect that strip of
fifteen miles OH the north side, where
the best mines exist, will soon be
thrown open to settlement.
L~lyY: Work on the Puyallup
railroad bridge is being pushed
raidly, about fifty white men being
employed. The lrestle has reached
the north side of the river, and only
the north approach remains to be
finished. The engine will be on
the other side of the river this week,
bui will have to cross on the temper
AIRY bridge and will be- engaged in
conducting work as far as the Stuck
swamp. The bridge proper has been
delayed by lack Of timber, but as an
order for IS, 900 feet of bridge tim-
bers has been given to Hanson Il
Co., there will be no scarcity of
material hereafter. A force of
eighty-tive Cinnamon will be en-
ployed in grading in the Struck
swamp next Monday, and the work
is to be rapidly pushed. The rail-
road trestle at White river has been
extended across the river and about
forty-two piles q day are being
driven.
The vast amount of lumber manu.
featured in this section has caused
scarcity of the raw material at all
points easy of access, and mill men
are now obliged to 60 farther afield
for logs than i'll the past. Il railroad
and timber chute, for which the
surveys are completed, is about to
be constructed at Ankeny's landing,
a few miles below Cathlamet, which
is one of the most extensive if not
the largest works of the kind ever
undertaken in this region. The
bluff at this point rises 700 feet
above tie level of the river, and on
the top of this is being constructed
railroad which is intended to tap
the timbered lands in that section,
and which will be extended back
from time to time as the timber
along its line becomes exhausted.
A 15-ton locomotive for this road
has been purchased in the East by
Geo. Weidler and is now On its way
here. At the end of this road an
immense chute is to be constructed,
down which the logs will be sent to
the river. This chute is over 5000
feet in length, the upper part being
formed by deep cut at the top of
the bluff, into which the logs will be
rolled from the cars. The chute will
be formed of railroad iron.l laid bot
tom-side up, SO as to present q
smooth surface. Each length from
the top down will be laid a little
lower than the one behind, so that
no obstruction will stop the passage
o. logs. The fall in the chute
for the first 100 feet will be 80 feet;
for the next 700 feet at the grade of
81 feet to the 100, and for the re.
mainder of the distance it will be
more gradual. The angles in the
chute will be made with vertical
curves, SO that the logs may hug the
chute during the entire descent. An
extensive boom will be placed in the
river to hold the logs. There is said
to be large tract of good timber
land adjacent to the proposed road,
and no doubt the investment will
prove profitable one.