Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-27

RnmJr- are fiyinQ through the air 20
the effect tina, q number of violent
changes are to De n49.de among railroad
olficers at Portland. One OF these re-
ports j. that E +. Rogers. gen
eral hgent Of the passenger depart
ment, viii be displaced by = aew man
from tine East: another head 20 be eu,
OFF il said To- be that OF Frank Dodge,
superintendent .. tie o l.. * y. Co.
auI.e 4 third Is reported - be that o:
II. T. lGeIls..r!. the he'd engineer Of
the PtcItic UIyi~ion. nc Rogers re
m0val j. understood to be definitely de
termIutd npUn, Jut the Others are not
vet so positively q serted
ItIe AtcaIsJn, Topeka & Santa Fe
70 ID has several large land salrs IN con
temptation, aQgregating considerably
IN Jre than eyc,pJU. Inc comp tny mas
desired 4 settlement Uf the disputed
claim ~ the Government. which IN
wolves ie-s than 10000 of the Grant of
3.UJJ,ppO acres, ana this II the case re.
ferred 10 In -lanv Washington dis
patches ~ involving millions since the
organization Of the Land Department.
Ihe company sold up 10 last January
l,iZI.73i acres for SIZE, ,079, an aver
age Df - per acre, aud there WAS left
! ,JcZ ,tyJ acres, valued At S535l .GyJ
/ he Northern Pacific has issued a
circular announcing that all freight
rates named to and from Portland. up
pom the regular through tariffs of the
Northern Pacific and the Oregon Rail
way & Navigation Companies, dat q
August 25tn. will until farther notice
also be ia effect tn and frDm Astoria,
New Tacoma and Seattle, and to rail
points east Of Portland aud west Of
Pend d OreIlie. trergut for Olympia
and Port IoUnsend, Washington Terri
tory. and Victoria, British Columbia,
Will he charged tve cents per 100 pounds
for Puget Sound hghterage in addition
to the Portland rates.
NJ ior 4. Il. Rogers describes the west
ern half Of the Canadian Pacific roate {:
The line from Calgary follows the Bow
river 10 within four miles of tue snmmii
of the mountains. 1t then strikes Bath
creek. a tributary to the Bow, and fol
lows II for three miles, when II reaches
Il little creek tributary To- the Bath, and
follows II tor one mile, which carries
the line 10 the summit. From the sum
init II asccuds IN \ westerly course.
striking the East Fork of the Kicking
Horse at about three miles from the
| summit. 1t then follows tho East Fork
| and the main Kicking Horse to the Co
lambda river, and skirts Its bank for "A
distance of thirty miles III "A northwest
eriY direction, TIL II reaches Tributary
called Beaver creek. From this II an
| cends ia II southerlY direction fifteen
miles, and follows n branch westerly to
the summit of the Rockies known rs
Rogers pass. II then runs IN a westerly
direction down the llleClllewant or Mo
berly creek To- the Columbia. 1t crosses
the river at that point and makes N.
ascent of 400 feet To Eapie pass. seven
miles from the Columbia river, and runs
down 10y the side Of E,gle river TO the
Shuswap lakes From the l. kea II fol
lows down the Thompson river 10 ham-
loops and SavonA ferry, the end of the
work being built by the DoTinlon Gov
crnment.
Enormpas wharf work Is about to be
don. ia Buff 10. New York, by the Le-
high Valley Railroad Company. Ii has
just let to j. l. Mcintire n contract for
OildnQ 1850 feet of double tr ack trestle
ou its Scott street line, the work To be
done and ready for the iron this fall.
ihe company some time ago bought
the ! lft farm, which hes near the har-
bOr, IN order To cut II up INTO canals 10
increase the wharf facilities. 1t has
now lot To Mclntire a contract for build
ing eight miles OF wharf on these can
ais. Inc work will require driving 90
600 piles In order to make estimates
a 4 xytI
rious pOiuts. First a pine pile about ~
ioet long was sunk; then an oak one of
similar length was fastened to the top
of II. and both sunk together. 1t WAS
fouad that about Gtj feet down bed OF
Ia ,rd sand WAS reached that held them
better than the lower depth, so that the
level will probably be chosen.
Land Commissioners Lamhsrn, of the
Northern Pacific, has issued g circular
giving notice that arrangements have
been made with the land department OF
has road. under which the Montana lm
! provement Company proposes To erect
| dwelling houses for rental or sale to
employees of the railroad company AT
| important stations along the road be
tween Glendive, Montana, and Naliula
| Washington Territory. Houses Will bt
erected at sucn points as may be tecom
meuded by the land department. ano
such buildings will be sold on tue IN
stallmeut plan, extending over two ol
three wears time. or rented on reason
able terms. Employees OF the railroa,
company who have families and wh'
desire 10 have residences built for t EN-
either for rental or purchase, are Il
make formal application 10 the dIvisioi
superintendents. stating where the,
wish the dwelling erected, the pric'
they are willing IL pay for the purchas'
or the rental of TIA. same. They ar
also To state the uatnter aud size o
rooms desired i'll tn, house.