Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-24
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18Th, q teiegEaa Was received ~ this
point which broaxhe news ct the great
ess Importance 20 Yakima and the whole
northwest coa1try. TIE dispatch vas
from the eaief engineer Of the Northern
Paci6e, Gen. A. Anderson, 70 chief en-
eineer OF the division, Il. 3. Huson, and
was an order 20 discharge the engineer
ing force in the canyon and on the
mountains and all the men that can be
spared on she division in order % re-
duoe the monthly expenses 70 5000
Messengers we're Immediately sent
along the line 10 carry the news,
and Thursday work on the long
Nstehsz bridge was suspended
and the sab contractors, under
Nelson Bennett, with camps be-
tween North Yakima and . point u
miles beyond EllsnsburR. we're potined
of the order from headquarters. and.
with the exception of Contractor Fern,
with q force OF about sixty men,
dropped work st niehsfsn.
The monthly expenditure fer labor
between North Yakima and the noun
tains vas between $4,000 and $4,000
previous to the first Of May, but orders
we're then received to reduce the force
50 as to come within the estimate of
$4,000 monthly. This was done, and
at the time Of she last reduction about
$50 uen were employed on the grade
this side of the mountains.
There are nov seven parties Of enei-
neers in the Stampede Pass of the Cas-
sades. making force of Fifty men, and
q messenger has been dispatched to
them 10 drop work and come in. So
meager is ths appropriation for the fu.
ture that it has been decided TO dis-
charge the force Of engineers and other
department saperiniendsnts. with the
exception Of Engineers Huson, DoRo-
van and Barlow, Superintendent Of
Material George Donald, Chief Clerk
Manley and Draaehtsman Ware. In
the Language of Mr.. Huson. tbs work
under the new order Will 70 on 60 slowly
that yeu won't see 70 nova
Thursday dispatch was received 10
sell all of the stock owned by the
Northern Pacific and used on division
vork-about 10 head Of horses.
Speculation Is rife as TO the eject the
stoppage of work will have on North
Yakima. That il will be detrimental to
the country at large there ia no ques-
ton, but for this immediate point many
well informed people claim i will be
beneficial. Toe situation Is this: Un-
Gil the work 10 again resumed North
Yakima will be the terminus OF the di-
vision and the road. Il will be the dis.
tributing point for the country north
and west including q number Of NEST
fertile and productive valleys. Il will be
the shipping point for the produce Of
these valleys and for the large cattle
Interests Of the hill lands. Had work
continued tne road wou.d have soon
been built on and some other point tem,
porefily reaped the benefis of tue labor
ers' wages. The most serious drawback
will be the large body OF men thrown
out OF employment, many Of whom
have not sntficlent money to take them
to otker points. Sogse of these men,
naturally, are Of disreputable character
and they will prey upon our citizens
until the Marshal gives them marching
orders.
OF the cause OF the changed pro-
gram little IL known bot much guess.
Ing is dene. At last report the lease
Of o. X. & N. by the Northern Pacific
or by the Northern and Union Pacifies,
lad not materialized, and the pros
pect for such q lease had become very
dubious. The cause is then evidently 4
financial one. Since the Villara regime
Il has been an open secret thai the road
was badly cranyed for fuads and the
dilatoriness in paying for work on the
Cascade division and the evident anxiety
not to go ahead too fast has demon
strated this fact. Parties closely iden-
titled with the company advance this
theory in explanation and say that the
stoppage Is only temporary and that go
tive work will be resumed in the fall
The railroad from Pasco TO the S5th
mile post. situate just this side Of the
old town crossing, will be turned over
to tbs operating department. on the lst
of June. There are now about 500 men
employed IN ballasting and otherwise
improving this stretch Of road. and the
command, ''of with their heads" will
take effect at the end Of the month.
The appropriation for railroad work
on the west side Of the Cascades, has
been cut down, bus not 90 the same ex-
tent as on this side.