Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-23
RAILROAD RUnsLISes.

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RAILROAD RrNBLINGs.
Preparations betns Made for the
Operation 81 the shese Liae.
For the past two weeks active work
has been going on to place the Shore
Line road In shape for early operations.
The road had never been properly bal
lasted, and there was considerable work
to be dons. At this end Of the line. q
tarn table has been built. and Is nov
completed. II is OF the regular Oregon
Railway a Navigation standard pattern,
Ia fifty- four feet long, contains 1900
feet OF timber and over two tons Of
iron. II is supplied with . truss simi.
lar TO Howe bridge. thus rendering il
very firm and stiff. Il aoss on the cen
ter. Six men built it in ten days. and
its total cost will reach $1,000. The
turn table was built by Alien d Nelson.
and rests en- 50 large piles. driven by
Joe Surber.
WORK ON THE Road.
Fifty men are nov at work along the
road between seattle and Stuck june
tion. repairing portions which we're
damaged last winter by washouts. Chris.
Christianson, roadmaster of the Colum-
bia and Puget Sound road, has his gang
at work putting in q switch leading to
the turn table. Allen 4 Nelson have
ten men engaged In raising the road bed
up to level with the Columbia and
Puget Sound road, and in putting in o
crossing at the foet OF Commercial
street, the Shore Line never having been
connected with the city front line at
that point. The crossing is being made
in such u manner as not to interfere
With the trafac Of the Columbia and
Puget Sound Company's road. Lines
Uili be at once built to the City and
Ocean Docks, where the freight coming
over the read will be stored.
OPENING OF TEE noAD.
A reporter called upon Mr.. +. ]. Nil
ner, Who is acting for the Oregon
Transcontinenta Company. the oorpor-
alton which controls the Shore Line
road. and asked for any Information be
felt at liberty 70 disclose, relative to the
opening Of the road. Mr.. Miner said:
Il shall 90 to Portland IN day or 30,
to meet Mr.. Howard and others, and
make definite arrangements for the
operation Of tie road. Enough is
known, however, to justify you in
stating to the public that the shore
Line read will be operated. co0meno-
ing on Sunday, the 18th instant. While
in Portland, the other day, leased from
the OR. & N.Co. drst class locomotive
and q passenger coach. and Mr.. Pres
cott assured me that I could have every
thing we required in the way Of oars
and rolling stock"
Reporter What 10 the exact length of
the Shore Line roadf
Mr.. Milner--From the present depot
10 Seattle TO she depot In Tacoma. IL 10
exactly 4l.07 miles; from Tssoma TO
stock function 1t 10 l7.y2 miles, and
from Stuck junction to Seattle q. ID
miles. The Shsre Line road will be
operated jointly BY the Northern Pa
eific and the Puget Sound shore Com
panies. That 10 the Ssrtheru Pacific
will operate IL ~ far % Stuck Janction,
where the locomotive Of the Shore Com
psny will take the train and haul IL 10
Seattle. One passenger crew will do all
the passenger vsrk, and the enc engine
on this end Of the line will do all the
work for ths foor trains per day. The
crew ON the local train vill probably lay
a Stuck junction all night.
rHR scHxprLR-
"Mr. Cerbett, our train dispatcher,
has Just completed time table for the
Shore road, which yeu are at liberty to
publish, II ysu % DESIRE" said Mr..
Milnss.
The writer hunted mp Mr.. Corbett.
vho furniahed him the following infor-
mstiou Tue overland train vill leave
Ssattle every morning at 2:25. arriving
as Black River as 2.33 q. m, and Stuck
a S:3s, Al which point 10 will be taken
charge Of By the Northern Pacific Rail
read Company and haaled 10 Tacoma
ia time 70 connect With the outgoing
Z, Ain for Portland. Coming north. the
overland train will leave Ssuek Junction
az 9:a5 in the evening. Arriving q Black
River At I0Se D. m, and Seattle At l0e35
.. N. The local of accommodatson
train viil leave Stuck Junction At 7:30
every morning. arriving as Black River
n $40 q. NJ, and Seattle at go O. m.
0oina south the acsomuodasion train
will leave seattle % $50 p. m, arriving
Junction at Sis .. "a, where the loco
k0u&fNS VIII Eck2nkn sAssA t8S 8tAtv1s VI
the overland train"
rHH DEPOT QUESTION.
Rsportsr - what have yea decided On
with reference 10 ths dspotsf
Mr.. Mdnsr-Noshins definite has
been decided in regard 10 that matter.
II ve meet With no nnforssscn obstacles
vs vin move the pesseas depos buiidina
down on our property between Main
and NaAhiagtoa streets, near the Ocean
HOUSE. We can move tots building.
and enlarge II IL necsesAYy. much cheap
er than ve can build nsu depot b
6des. think il vii Be advantageous 10
epuc<nsrass the bssiuess. II - move
the DEPOT vs viIl estAbitsh thsss ear
general iekss ofase for the steamers %
veil e the cars. Az 70 10 as present %
have three tickss efiicss: under the neg
arrangement. With an additional road,
~ vii only have one.
COST or TnAvKtNo.
We havs not yes fxed the price Of
tickets over the Shore road. Ny idee
| b 20 charge tl 10 al points. that is "
20 B,ask kiver or 81 - Tacoma This
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