Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-18

The Work Being Pushed AIsng the
whale Line

The work Being Pushed Along the
whsie Line.
Citizens of Seattle who are IN the
habit OF visiting the railroad wharf
may have wondered what nse could
possibly be made of the enormous guam
titles of zheeibarrovs. scrapers and
tools of every description which are
constantly being received by the rail
road company and forwarded 20 the
front. The army Of Chinese laborers
who night after night came In on the
Hayward and we're sent away during
the hours of darkness may also have
been puzzle to tbs thoughtful citizen.
Is certainly vas not easy 10 SEE Just
where and how 50 many men could be
employed. and what they could do with
such a quantity of barrows and scrap
ers-
In order TO find out where the OrIen-
tai army that has been passing through
oar midst WAS bodnd, Posr-lSrELLI-
aEscEa reporter on last Monday took ii
trip over the line of the railroad as far as
the second crossing of Cedar River.
From the first camp, about half a mile
this side of the race track. 10 quite
distance beyond Kenton the line of the
road presents a scene Of busy activity.
The laborers swarm through the fields
like bees. and the grading and ieyeiing
going ON gives oae the impression that
the whole face Of nature u being
torn up.
The contract for building the line
from Black River Junction TO Seattle
il in the hands of Mr.. Joseph +. Sou
nan, whs Is carrying on the work with
the greatest energy. On this branch
400 Cinnamon and sixty teams are AT
present employed. and this enormous
force Is being added to, almost daily.
Mr.. Nounan's headquarters of con
struction are at Black River junction,
where the main body of his army OF
laboreis is encamped. At this point
can be seen most plainly the magnitude
aud progress Of the work IN hand. Ihe
road from Tacoma II so far completed
that trains may be run so far as the
Junction, although some further work
will be required before this branch Is
thrown open to general ira ne The
road between Black River junction
aud Seattle, as all are aware, will run
along the line of the Columbia and Pa
get Sound railroad, and as trains are
still running on the present narrow
guaee track, the work along this line is
at present confined to grading and pre-
pairing TO make the change of gage IN
the shortest possible time. The present
condition of the work warrants the DO
! lief of the contractors that trains will
be regularly running into Seattle from
Portland and the east within forty days
at the outside. The probabilities are
that this result will be achieved within
a considerably less period; and unless
the weather prove sach rs 10 utterly
prevent future operations.eBext month
will sse Northern Pacific trains running
in and out of the Seattle depot.
From the Junction to Renton, the
work is ia the same advanced stage and
is being pushed with equal vigor. Here
also the operations are confined to grad
ing and preparing for the change of
guage. Along this whole distance the
work is being pushed with an enormous
force of Cinnamon, and the air con-
stantly resounds with the sounds of la
Dor and of voices oonversing In the pc
culiarly soft and mellifiuous murmur of
the Chinese tongue.
Near Renton are established the head
quarters of construction of the Cedar
river branch, and work is being carried
ON for considerable distance up the
river. Here another thousand or so OF
Cinnamon have been absorbed, and q
ride up Cedar river will leave IN the
mind of the observer no doubt as to
where the crowds of laborers and guam
titles of tools are being disposed of.
Grading is being pushed actively for
ward along the ehtile distance trayersed
by the reporter: that is, from Renton
70 the second crossing of the river. In
many places pile driving is being car
ried ON, and solid, smooth roadway is
being built. large force is employed
on the Cedar river bridge, short dis
lance above Rent )n. An immense
steam pile driver is i'll use and the foun-
dations of the structure are being laid
in solid aud lasting manner. BetSeen
this and the point where the road again
strikes the river, the laborers are dis
iributed in seven gangs. each gang hav-
ing its own camp, aud the headquarters
of the entire force being at the camp
Just above Renton, where are located
the various officers of construction and
whence all operations are directed. Here
the officers have made themselves very
comfortable. and their tents are en-
bellished and made beautiful in various
ways.
On the Cedar River branch, however,
work does not seem to have progressed
80 far as on Black RIVER, and it will
presumably be a somewhat longer time
hat ia .f a in q
for general traffic. However, the force
long period will elapse before tnls line
also Is completed, and trains are run
ming over the entire system. The citi-
zens of Seattle have, ut least, every rea-
son TO feel gratified at the way in which
near prospect of direct railroad eonnec-
ton with the outer world. The trip of
General Manager Haupt and party, who
passed directly over the line from Port
land to Seattle, making the entire dis
tance by rail, will give our people an
idea of how near the general opening of
the roads may be.
A RED Hor PAPER.-Our morning
contemporary has been publishing "a
rcd hot paper" of late. That is, it has
been slashing right and left, regardless
Of right or wrong, with the idea of ore,
ating sensation and popularizing it
self with the people. II opened with
che school lands grab, and rayed and
howied and screamed itself almost wild
ever the matter. with result 50 far OF
absolutely nothing and like probabls
result in the future. Ii Rext opened
upon City Attorney Osborne. and tier
ated and reiterated proofless charges IN.
I'll its few readers begged it in pity e
them to let mp. This result in this cass
was absolutely nothing, and aothin,
hss given promise of being as long M
Mr.. Osborne behaves himself as well IN
the future a. he has in the past. A
little later IL began ON the Territorial
Penitentiary. and on the alleged say SO
| OF an ex-eonviot, one Of the vilest crea
lures living. one who should be CON-
pelled 10 pass the remainder OF his days