Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-27
ras NORTHERN PACIFIC.

.;,o IN So, PAM recently Gen. An
,..ou. Chief Engineer Of the Northern
s,eide, vas interviewed for the f'o'se''
-, chen he confirmed all tha. ha'
....,to - been stated regarding the earl,
..mu,stion Of the road.
.,rhot arrangements have been made
.. tnsiness at the WESTERN terminus
= ne asked. In response Gan. Andsr-
sta.ed "that contracts had beer
~ lar depo. Buildings, grand hote
81 ~ a,tensiye shops: the construction
=. snr,nn1eut Of which would involve
- s,s,ays OF money. OF these, tbs
~ uvauId be completed by the tine
~. .asd was opened for business; the
.;.;uc improvements would hardly
Sr;shej within that time. With re-
- direct communication with San
4 .e;sc,. he said that this would bs
.sssined by road III process OF con
4 ss,rction from Portland 10 tae Gait
/ =. sssr;s ia state liae, which wonld be com-
lyd lg..sd within a year. and then cennect
.h hranch of ths Central Pacific,
ss;sh AZ Was now building up the West
=. lest az California from Sacramen-
The shipC,ents, hence. would be
.ds mn az wheat from Washington
essritory and sea products of the Paci-
.How about the Indian trade Z"
s.Ir The Indian trade ships now aim 10
q, II Tho Great circle, "a il is called, which
k;ncs them nearer Puget Sound than
i In Francisco, and ! have an idea that
pucet Sound will ultimately become the
1 s,sst entrepot for the East India trade.
T. ~ harbor there is not exceiled by any
+ : 81 he world, and when the forty miles
4 q mad remaining 10 be built TO connect
i portland and Puget Sound ia completed
\ A. tsndeucy of trade from the East In
1 10 % this side of the continent viii be
4 s that route. II Is impossible to say.
I hovsyeY. how the trade of San Francisco
a iii bc affected, or to what extent bust
seSa will be drawn from the Union and
I 0kutrsl Pacific roads when the Northern
4 Pacific is completed. THIS is not neces-
4 nry. though. for it will have a large 10
4 mI business of a definite and steady
Ind. Will it build up the Territories!
/ Nost emphaticaily it will build up Da-
Iota. Montana and Washington, and
rake different countries of them. With
florence to the character of the work on
lhe western division, 1t WAS tho most ex-
pensive Of any on tho road, heavy and
ruublesome. East of Montana it began
pehoapn, and so continued RS il pre-
apssed in this direction. Chinese labor
r thought was not desirable except un-
T certain conditions. 1t depended en-
fnly ON how they were handled, and. at
~ they were worth only two thirds
~ value of the average white man.
- thing they easily acquired, he said,
"a that was how to .ssojer." This they
GeM aud did engage in more rapidly
tn white men, and while white men
pGnId rather work than sit still, the
1inaman preferred sitting still To work
~. They were efficient III sonio re-
Qects. but, taken all ia all. their work
1pended entirely on how they were
1naged. Do the peopls feel jubiiant:
beidedly so. They feel now that they
~ going to get out of the wilderness
"a. Anderson stated further thas an
nuense immigration would in the
nion Of those who presumed to know
me in this season and build up the
nsss places. AT present the line Of the
" was settled except about $50 miles
pm a point ten miles north Of Missoula
pnear Fort Occur d'Alene, which WIS
= settled ut all. This WAS in part due
bthe fact that 1t was in part an Indian
efvation. The balance Of the osuu
however, VAS being rapidly dis
buted among farmers and stock rails
whose houses had begun to dot ths
adsc6f1n at all Doiuts of tho com pasa. =