Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-19

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Victoria Coionist
Learning that Mr. u. J. Hsney. the
energetic and popular sszperintendent
Of the Csnsdian Pacific Railway 10
British CoIumbia, was stspping q the
Driard, q representative Of the Colo
mist paid him Z vizit yesterday. and
asked him few questions concerning
the progress of the work Of construc-
ton. Mr.. HaBey has been con-
necied with the building OF rail-
wsys In the East. aad was the super.
infendeDf Of the famous Whitehead
contract Of the G. P. r. east Of Win
nipeg where there was some heavy
ard difficult work. Our reporter was
met and asked 70 take .
seat, and the builder Of railways went
through ccurse Of questions With
great patience
The land slide at Port Moody the
other day was Of trivial character,
and was soon cleared for trains.
More serious was that 10 the
BLACK CANYON TUNNEL
Some two weeks ago. when about
thousand yards Of loose rock caved
Ia, end this had nearly been rectified.
when on Sunday last mother cave Of
1000 yards occurred. These cave-ins
are due 10 the loose nature Of the
rock, which IL Of slate formation and
the wind aud rain loosen II. So soon
a. the tnnnel Is finished and timbered
these cave-ins will not occur. The
work OF construction IL being pushed
rapidly forward and about
5000 nKH ARE KMPL ,YED,
Four thousand being Chinese labor
era without whom, the superinten-
dent said. work Of great magnitude
could not be carried on in this country
without tremendous expense. White
labor which he has employed In the
East with great satisfaction, here
proved to be unproductive from a
lack Of energy on the part VI the men
or desire 10 get soft sif;" the
only way that IL could be accounted
for being, In the superintendent's
mind,
SOMETHING IN THE CLIMATE.
Had not the cave.ins In the tunnels
occurred the track would now have
been laid beyond Barnes. As IL Is.
the line Is graded and II nothing us-
foreseen occurs to prevent II, the road
will be
THROUGH TO sAyoSA
By December LIST. Mr.. Haney has
had some rough work of construc-
ton during his career. but that on
the 0nderdonk contract Is the most
difficult and dangerous that he has
ever been connected with. His first
impression on going over the line was
OF alarm at the fearful grandeur of
the country through which the road
was 10 be built. but this quickly van.
ished and now he would as soon trav-
ell. 30 far as risk 10 concerned, over the
b. G. section Of the C. p. X. as the
prairie section. The superintendent
said that from accounts In the main
land papers the impression had been
created here that a passenger who
travelled over the road might rs well
say goodbye to his friends; but the
fact Is that between Port Moody and
Spencc's Bridge the line Is as we'll
baliasted and As easy running as
ANY LINE ON THE CONTINENT
IL Is the nature OF the country
through which the road ran that sp-
palled tho inexperienced, the sharp
curves and imaginary dangers ahead
that made them fearful. Ii Is a hard
matter to bring passenger coaches
into this country, and as conse-
qnence the passenger accommodation
now Is not first class, and traffic Is no,
catered for, but SO soon as the new
coaches arrive, which are on the way,
there will be superior accommoda-
tions, aud travel over the line will be
as luxurious AS on the eastern roads.
The
RAILWAY TELEGRAPH LINE
Between Port Moody and Yale came
into opertion last week, and there are
now six operators employed between
those two points for the running of
trains. Above Yale the government
line Is used, and telegraph office is
at every station. The road Is being
constantly improved, and stations are
being built at Lytton. and Barnes,
while q handsome station Is now In
course of erection at Yale. Track
walkers are going over the line night
and day TO see that trains are warned
IL slides should occur. MIR. Haney
being questioned as 10 whether there
was not, from the nature of the for.
nation of the country, likely TO be
constant danger of accidents for some
years from rock falling. said that he
thought not, that there would be as
little danger on this line ~ on any
other mountain road. The number
aud natarc of accidents on the con.
struction has been greatly exaggerat.
ed; for fact, there were but two
deaths 10 employees and not passen-
ger injured since the road has been In
operation. Being asked as To the
amount of travel likely to be secured
by the G. p. II. when finished, MIR.
Haney said that he thought when the
line became properly known. that IL
would be the
MOST POPULAR TOURIST LINE
0fall the transcontinentai roads, The
scenery through which the b. q. sec.
tion passess Is grander. more piciur.
esque and varied than on the other
roads. There Is not the same monot
eny OF sage brush and bleak locking
rs on the Union Pacific,
but from the grand scenery from Port
Moody to Yale, Il merges into the
awfully magnificent scenery of tow
ering perpendicular mountains on the
one side aud ahysses beneath on the
other. Ia one stretch of thirty miles
the road runs along = perpendicular
wall OF rock, with the raging Fraser
of feet beneath. This
changes when kamloops II reached,
and the read passes by the Thompson
river along the little and big Shaswap
lakes. where the mountains have
gradual slope, and the scenery is pleas
antly picturesque. The superinten-