Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1883-10-18

road companies is not mere than one-sixtl
what it should be to meet the demand
Of this years yield Of grain. Many 0
the freight cars were east of Ainswortl
on the Northern Pacific and became Block
cd for some day., by the grounding Of tn
transfer boat at Airsworth. A few hav
been transferred and about 40 fat car
were lodged at Walla Walla Us we let
this morning. The junction at Wallul
is now made quite convenient. Thei
hotel is archi.ectually fine in appearance
but it was not designed for convenience
Umatilla is not the place it was when i
was the distributing point for Southern
Idaho. The station i up back from thu
old town and the Old town l. terribly di
lapiia.cd. We dincd with Mrs. Wilson
down in the old town, where she has KEPT
an eating house for many years, and sh'
still serves her guests well. The princi
pal tradin. hou.c h 70 il that of John K
foster ( c.. who have deal. lc-o fol
many year and far bach when the bust
ness of the place was large. We leave
here for Pcndleton at half past three and
will probably remain at Pendleton all
night, and proceed to Mcachams in the
morning. The weather is very pleasant
and no immediate prospects Of rain. The
late kilograms show a prospect of the
adjustment of Wizards embarrassmcnts.
The Portland capitalists who we're inter
estcd in the Oregon transcontinal have
been called upon to pungle heavily, and
to that extent that money is represented
to be very tight in Portland, and when
these men will get their money back is a
matter of speculation.
MEAcHAM STATION, Oct. -, 1888
Arrived here by rail at ID minutes of II
IN. Had our dinner and Immediately
after Mrs. l.. went on board a dead axe
wagon for the next station, | / miles dis
tant, where the coach was left for repairs
They expect to reach La Grange about Z
O'Clock pm. There passengers remain
till morning and then proceed to Baker
City and thence to Boise without further
stopping except for meals. Just at this
moment the west bound stage has arrived
and we will leave for Pendleton as soon
as they eat their dinner. Our old ac
quaintance, Spaulding, came in on Thu
coach and was just about as interesting
as ever. HALEY is now running two daily
lines between Pcndeton and Boise anC
this place and Boise. The Pendletor
line leaves about 8 pm. and goes through
to La Grange in the night time, and thu
passengers for this, Meacham line, leave
at am. and come upon the cars to thi
place and then enter the stage and pro
coed to La Grange before I pm. an,
there remain all night and proceed t.
Baker City the next morning. thus trav
cling this portion of the road by the ligh
of day, and by taking this latter line pas
sengers get one more nights rest thai
they do on the Pendleton line. We fnt
that the track is laid nearly four mile
east of this station. The heaviest grad
between here and Peudleton is about 10,
feet per mile and for distance of abou
eight miles, Immediately west of this place
The grade follows the Umatilla from
Pendleton to mouth of Meacham creel
then comes up Meacham to abreast of tn,
station. The descending grade from thu
summit to the Grand Ronde valley has
maximum of ll5 feet per mile This i,
reported to be heavier than any part Of
the Burnt river grade as surveyed. MIR
VIM. W. Wellman is now Haileys agen,
on the line between Pendleton and Meach
ans and we found him courteous gen
tlenan. He was driver on the line
going over the Blue mountains nearly Ii
years. There is one tunnel cut for the
railroad on the ascending grade from the
west little over 200 feet in length and
this in the steapest part of the grade.
There are also several heavy rock cuts
that are deep. These were made to avoid
sharp curves. We learn that there are
large number of Cinnamon and some
whites engaged IN the grading at differ
ent points on this line, this side of Snake
river, many in the Burnt river canyon
and also in Piles canyon. We started
on our return trip from Meacham's at
2;4O pm. Here there was a man, a Cal
ifornian, brought on board who had re-
Gently had his right leg broken just be-
low the knee, the main bone; his name is
Fitch; horse fell on him. he was enrag-
ed in training for the company. The U.
s. Marshall, Moss, went up with us and
was intending to 60 forward ON the stage