Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-31

EDrruz PosT-lKxnnxznxxcKn:
Your oorrsnpoodans uns yesterday
placed uudsr eTeaf obli9afjons 70 Mr.. j.
L. Howard. General Superintendent -
the Oregon Improvenent Company, oy
reason Of an invitation. obtained
through the kindness Of MAYOR Lesry,
70 accompany himself. Mr.. Isary and
Mr.. A A. Denny over the new line Of
raiirosd stretching from oar city toward
The Green River coal fields, and known
in common parianee IS the Cedar kIvef
Exfenston. Mr.. Denny vass 90 the re-
arst OF all, unsbls % attend
The party vas under the th0uRhtful
care Of Mr.. T. j. Miner, the genial
Assistant superintendent Of the Coium-
bis and Puget Soand Railroad
Taking the Newcastle train from Sc
stills - 100 .. M, Rent0D Was quickly
reached, and thence the journey 70 tbs
front was made in specisI coach, the
only stop being st tho MeAliist~r mine.
nov controlled and operated By J. NJ
Colman 4 Co.
The valley Of tho Cedar Is most lovely.
The assurance Of rich farms i on every
hand, the hills tower above on either
side, while, 20 disciple OF Izask Wal
ton-and why should NOT an Anglo
American aparsonn BE- snchf--the rapid
rolling river beneath would make him
dream Of trout, even II be could NOS
really see them.
The proposed extension of the line
reaches from Renton to the fields OF
fuel,r some - miles. OF this. over
half IL already completed, and. with its
cord roadbed, truly trestles and safe
and graceful curves, commands the csn-
fidence aud admiration of the traveller.
The remaining portion IL under con.
sfruction, and will be in Shape for use
by the middle Of December.
Not lees than 100 workmen are en-
pioyed. half Of whom, or more, are
white men-Wa Chung, Chinese con-
tractor. expressing himself as being
willing 10 employ as many white men az
othere.
Oar party were able yesterday to ride
20 the fourth crossing Of the river, il
being the first time that the passenger
coach had gone 30 far. At this point We
had an opportunity of realizing the i'm
mense amount Of labor required 10 con
struct road through wilderness, and
the immense amount, also, Of pluck
and patience and far-s ehtedness which
must be back Of the labor to bring the
purpose 10 q good result. II is grand
project.
Although We could not go farther, We
bad vision of what was not really seen.
We beheId four mines nc least--fhe Nc
Aiiister (or Colman(. the Black Dia-
mond Mills. Cornwall d 20. }, the Syn
dictate John Leary ct all, and the
Franklin (Oregon improvement Com
pany), joining their elder fellows OF
Newcastle and Renton. and pouring
such mass of mineral npon the
wharvss In Seattle as to make the whole
city black in the face, and yet gieeful
all the while. Yea, more. Pressing
thus far, why should not the steam
horse press farther, until our own Sno-
Quslmie shall resound with echees, moi
of q coal train merely, but of the Eek
press;n and farther still, 80 that the Co
lumbia IL Puget Sound Railroad may be
more than name. and Seattle be linked
by al iron chain not only with the noble
river beyond the Cascades, but with the
whole nation? A name, in itself, Ii
much, helping toward the reality. Lei
rs all unite, and work.
But to our trip. Returning, we sped
quickly over the new-laid track, arriv'
ing mt Renton in tims to connect with
the down train from Newcastle, which
landed rs safely in the city at l p. IN
En- route for home 1t was learned that
il is Mr.. Howard . intention to transport
Black Diamond coal by January next
and the Franklin prodnct by March;
also. that by buikheadinQ and filling, II
is proposed to make the wharves Of the
company in this city stable and i'm.
observation-disclosures we presume, OF
the undoubted permanently of our town
work bodinR well for the future.
That Mr.. Howard may spare himself
sufficiently, IN these days of hard work
and little fruit, to see the fruition of his
untiring energy aud to exercise further
his courteous hospitality. is the honest
wish of your voluntary correspondent,
GEO. II. WATSON.