Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-06-09
HALLWAY d NAVIGATION NEWS.

The ship Challenger, coal laden, has
sailed for San Francisco.
The new stern-wheel steamer w, X.
Msrwin Is claimed to be the fastest boat
ON the Sound.
The N. p. r. r. Co. has four companies
out in the field examining and appraising
lands in Eastern Washington Territory.
AS soon as the water goes down in
Snake river large force OF men will be
put to work on the Ainsworth railroad
bridge.
The steamer Gazelle, sunk in the Nook
sack river few weeks ago, is still at the
bottom OF the river, aud doubts are now
felt Of her being raised.
The hull of the burned steamer Fanny
Lake has been towed to Seattle. and she
will there be rebuilt. Capt. Hills loss by
the fire is said to be about $4,000.
The tailroad company now refuse to
sell any lahd.up Cedar river until their
engineers bring in reports as to whether
the land has any value for coal deposits
The Idaho and Oregon r. II. Co. has
been organized to build a road from Boise
City to connect with the 0. s. L. and 0.
II. s. N. Co. at the mouth of Burnt river
The steamer Dakota, on leaving San
Francisco, June LIST, for the Sound, viii,
arrive at New Tacoma and then proceed
at once to Alaska on the excursion adver-
tised recently.
The Central Pacific has announced that
It proposes to build, at some future time,
line from Winnemucca, Nevada, north
ward to the Columbia river, with branch
extending into Idaho and the Wood river
country.
The railroad between Puyallup and
Seattle is being pushed as fast as possible,
bat the Stuck swamp is delaying operas
lions considerably; however, the contract
or says the work will be ready for trains
by the first Of next September.
The Nevada and Oregon, which was
projected to run from Reno, Nevada, to
the Willamette valley, has built few
miles nGrth from Reno and become bank
rupt. 1t is very Doubtful about the COM
pletion Of the line for q lorg time.
A telegram to the Western Associated
Press. May 2lst, says: The Dakota, which
sailed yesterday for Tacoma and Seattle,
had an unusually large passenger list.
1t is stated this morning that many pas
sengers refused premiums for tickets.
At Portland bridge is to be thrown
across The Willamette to allow all roads
on the east side to cross into a grand
unien depot. The Northern Pacific is
building down the west side of the river
to point on the Columbia opposite Ka-
lama, where large ferry will lie estnb
lisl,ed. This will be completed in Sep
TENDER and will unite Puget Sound and
Portland by rail.
The Northern Pacific begins at Wallula
and runs northeast through Sprague,
Cheney aud Spokane Falls to Pend
d'Oreille Lake in Idaho. From Palouse
Junction, short distance north OF Snake
river, a branch is being constructed to the
Palouse region, reaching Colfax. PsIous'
City, Pennington aad Moscow. This will
be completed in q few months. A road
from Spragus or some other point on til,
main line, will no doubt be built westward
into the Big Bend country.
Mr.. Willard asset ted, ut Spokane Falls
that branch lines will be built in various
directions from that city. One certain t.
be constructed will extend north to Kettle
Falls on the Columbia, where it will con-
meet with & fine OF steamers. These will
run up the river, passing through the Col
vile and Kootenai regions and connec
with : short road from the river TO tn
Kootenai lake. A company to build til
road between the river and lake and opcr
ate the line 81 steamers Lss recently bee
chartered and given land grant by th
legislature Of British Columbia.