Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-05-05
RAILWAY IL NAVIGATION NEWS.

The railroad bridge across the mouth OF
Snake river will be completed by July 4th,
The Pacific Coast Steamship Compan Y
will hereafter dispatch steamer twice n
week to the Sound, commencing May 9th.
Charles Bartlett has sold the hull Of tho
wrecked G. l.. Taylor to parties in Vic
toria, where she will he converted into Il
coal barge.
A steamer $50 feet long is to be built
at Cello this summer, to run between
Lewiston and Riparia. She is designed
manly as a passenger boat.
The N. p. r. r. shops at Tacoma are
turning out an outfit of 90 switches and
other railroad material, to be taken to
Horse Plains and the Mi5soula divisio Of
the road.
The Chehalis Vidette advocates the
building OF ship canal from Bakers
BY to Gray's Ilarbor. This, it is said,
would cost less than million dollars, { nd
the dangers OF the Columbia river bar be
avoided.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed in the Territorial Secretary's office,
of company whose declared object is to
build railroad from Seattle to Beling-
ham Bay, and to point of connection
with the Canadian Pacific railroad in
British Columbia.
A special dispatch from San Francisco
states that the steamer Gypsey, now on
her way up from San Francisco. has been
chartered by the .. II. ~ N. Co to carry
lime from the San Juan kilns to Tacoma.
1t is stated that she is only the first of II
line of steamers that will shortly he char.
tered to accommodate the increasing
trade of New Tacoma.
A large. force OF workmen are employed
in extending the Cali ornia and Oregon
road from Rsdding to the State line, to
meet the extension OF the Oregon and
California Railroad south from Roseburg.
The Mexican road is being pushed rap
IDLY southwark from chihuahua, and will
ere long reach the city of Mexico. When
the roads herein mentioned are complet-
ed, the connecting lines between Puget
Sound and Mexico will be the longest
continuous railroad route in the world.
The revenue cutter Corwin, Capt. Healy
commander, is now in San Francisco. fit
ting up for long voyage to the frozen
north. 1t is the intention to start about
May LIST, and steer for tue northern coast,
where the Indians who assisted the crew
of the Rodgers are to be rewarded by
sundry presents. From there the vessel
proceeds to Attoo, in the eastern hemi
sphere, the tarthest east or west of tue
American possessions, and any stray
whsler IN need OF relief, or sealing vessel
driven off by stress OF weather, will be
succered. The trip will last five months.
A dispatch from San Francisco dat, d
April 22d, states that the schooner Two
Brothers capsized off Bodega Head at 5
a. M, and is now lying at anchor in Bo
dega Bay, bottom up, all hands lost. The
unfortunate vessel was owned by Daniel
Dodge. She carried crew OF five, be-
sides the master, Capt. f. Bake, and
passenger, Capt. Schnelling. The names
of the crew are unknown. The vessel was
Sc tons, new register. and valued at
$4,000. She was insured for two>thirds
that sum. 1t is SAID that the disaster was
caused by what in marine parlance 9
known as tripping in the sea-"
The Mojave branch of the Southern Pa
cific railroad has reached the Colorado
river, aud it now remains for the Atlan>
tic and Pacific railroad to complete the
bridge at the Needles to open a third
transcontnental route. The work of the
latter road is not so far advanced as that
OF tho Southern Pacific, but it is expected
that short time only will be required to
complete the connection, the work on the
Oregon division being pushed forwar
with all dispatch. Accounts recently
received state that there are now at Red
ding $500 men as graders and track lay
eral and others ale sent there as fas rs
they can be taken trem other parts OF the
State. Considerable grading has been
done already