Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-07
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The advertisement foIIoxine appears
in the DanY Posr-TsrHLLisExcER:
"eRApENe CONTRACT.
sealed bids will ba received BY the
Port Blakely Mill Company up 10 May
3oeh for grading three miles Of stand
ard gaze railroad from Little Skookam
west. Plans and speei6eafious can be
ssan at Room I, upper floor, Post Build
inR. Ihe lowest or any tender not ne-
oessarily accepted"
This b understood 10 be start upon
railroad long siaee dsterminsd upon
By the Port BlakeIy Mill Company. Il
has been referred to in thsse columns
repeatedly before. bat only as a road In
the future, connected with which, as in
all future enterprises, there was more
OF less donbt. That doubt seems nov
to be dispeiled.
The company owns . great deal of
timber land in that section. from which
ts nov proposes 20 get some good. The
shree miles Of road to be built this year
wiil pieroe portion Of this land, aad
the nrst equipment put upon the road
Will be for the purpose of fitting il for
log hauling. Extensions will be
made quite rapidly in the direction of
ChehaIis River and Gray's Harbor. un-
I'll suitable point 10 reached for ter
minus ON tidewateR. As soen as prac
ticable freight and passenger accommo
dations will be pro7ided. and the road
will develop into q fsst-class one in
every respect.
In this conneetion we herewith pre-
sent the following from the Montesano
Fiietfe:
Learning that J. q. Scurry, engineer
for the Biakely Mill Co., was IN this
city last Saturday, q representative of
the Eidette sought him out for the pur-
pose Of obtaining sone information 70
garding the intentions Of the Company
II building proposed road from Little |
ske0kum toward this place.
Mr.. Scurry, will yoa kindly inform |
as what your company's intentions are
regarding this railroad schemew
1t Is the intention Of the company to |
build and equip three miles of this road |
from Little ckookun, in Mason County, |
on the Sound, westward. this season, at |
least. Il will be standard gage pat
tern, and viii be supplied with steel |
rails. In company with John Forbes. |
agent Of the company, / am down here |
for the purpose of viewing out the route |
and roughly estimating the cost of con-
strastion from our starting point on the |
Sound to your town, where we will be |
able 60 strike tidewater, and also 10 re- |
ceive sone expression Of opinion from |
your citizenan
what Is your estimate of the dis
tsnee 70 be trayersed and the cost per |
mile ?e
"The distance is thirty. three miles, |
and roughly estimate that il will cost |
$4,000 per mile. The grade for the |
most part Is light, barely twenty feet 10 |
the mile, with the exception of the di- |
vide, where 10 will be seventy feet. Te |
survey the road will cost $500"
"What does the company expect from |
the people Of this place in the way Of |
subsidy, to secure its early construc
tion.p
II am not In position 20 speak au-
thoritatively upon that subject at this |
time, but as soon as Mr.. Forbes and |
myself 90 back to Blakely Va VII he In |
a position 10 speak more 70 the point, |
and altar that time would like 70 ap- |
point time 10 confer With the citizens |
Of the valley, and come to an under
standinQ.n
The early building Of the read. said |
Mr.. Forbes, twill depend in great /
measure on the liberality Of your peo-
pie. ] cannvt make any promises, one
way or another, nor can ] state what /
the company want; but iiberaiity In
this matter will accomplish great deal
for you. The road, as you know, will
be prime factor In securing q rapid
settlement Of yeur magnificent valley. 1
and will afford you an outlet to either
Gray's Harbor or Puget Sound. Oar
company will build the road 10 enable
them to secure some valuable timber
they possess, extending all the way from
our starting point to Elma, aud can
make the frst cost from that alone, or
nearly 30. Bat Of course our object is
not this--ve think Il will pay on the
investment, as soon as the country trav-
creed becomes developed. We would
like 70 have you celi the attention OF the
people 70 the matter, and have them ap- /
point day, aud We will come down and
talk over the matter, vhen / win be in
position 10 speak more definitely re-
gardine the subject