Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-27


1caTTsE C0EPANY.
..ssenf Declares ne BeAd via
~.-.rs<sed fresh seattle g the
e-s1fsn Isne In i've Years.
-. sv.uine 9 PosT-IsTKLEsazscEz
-, e.llsd up0n Hos. Eugene Can
~ PRESIDENT Of the Beliingham BsS
s.s.-v 4 xsviestion Company. vbo Z
-.-..ss 10 tie metropolia. 70 asssE-
s,av him q statement Of the pres
.sssas Of the eOmpaDy's aasiFs, a=d
- Of the speedy buiIdine q
- Mr. CAn6sld said: "rhs CON-
4 ~hieh / am President vas or
- d yuIy. 1883, TO eonstIust and
galway and telegraph lins from
s,rr. % Besiingham Bay, b. way
~ sawrs Of BelliuRham, Sehome
Whsfeons. b. the most practical
- y 10 northern boundary Of che
r~sssd States, eonnsctinR WITH TIE
-~si.u Pacific Ksilway; also, 90 Cos
49, - equio railroad and tele-
49, - ~ from Whateom By tbs Enosl
..s..shla route 10 a eOnEeetiou 18th
49, sound Shore Railroad Com
- ilue. and any end all other rail-
80 ~ hereafter constructed a.
- ne city Of Seattle, and 70 do
- al things necessary and legal
- ssrrvfna out Of these protests.
.anslsi stock Of the oompauy IS
t.3e IN divided into 600 shares Of
1900. The efacers are kaaene Can
~ Prssideus: d. b. Jackson, Of PORT
$500. Vice President; Satellite Bax
n seattle, Treasurer; w. n For
- ef Seattle, Secretary, and +. n.
1870. Of Whatcom, Superintendent.
- Trnstses are EaaeDe Garfield, d.
: y.ekson. 8. BAXTER. W. X. Forrest,
I'll. Minor, FraBk Richards and
$3.50 Donovan. On November IA.
~ a. articles Of incorporation and
- Of organization we're eub-
r,,s,d 10 the General Land Ofaee
~ they were approved and
~ IL The ofBoe Of n. Q. Mcfarland,
6snmlssioner Of the General Land
90. II May, 1884, We nled our map
<esine tha routes Of the eompany's
-. which map was siso approved
~ aout 81 Il transmitted 20 the
T.s;fser and Receiver At Olympia. With
- nsesssary Instructions. By Commis-
,i~ssr Mcfarland. We then went be-
i.rs Conefeas and were granted q char
(. e construct, maintain and operate
hr6ces and approach Q thereto over
T. Eooksaek, Sieilaguamisb and Sn0-
ks~laA rivers and Lake Union OF Sal
N Bsy, and any and ali other streams
floaQ tie proposed routes Of our roads.
I'M done, We placed an engineering
ssIiy II Che feld undsr the direction
"a snoerviaion of Col. James Fultan
R.sss. formerly IN charge Of party on
=. Nofthern Pacific. Mr.. Sheets and
e.gtv found 8 splendid route from the
80 Of Lake Whatoom TO TIE SnOh0-
80 river, bat between the Snohomish
sgsF ind Seattle 10 must have besn
rwfhog misled, for when within
- miles Of this city the level
~ showed an altitude Of $50
~ above mean high tide. DE then
fsrped u0Fk and uith his party came
& seattle for instructions. We we're
nssh annoyed at bis tnas Withdrawing
AZ men, but We feel that he did right
adsf she circumstances. A. these are
- storiess days ia abe year, and ~
hsse l. bui little time available for out
asos cork on account Of ss0ims, We
ksnaht Il the most economical ldaR TO
81 81 toe party. retaining only tee or
hsse men for field work, and 10 place
lesn PAPER what had already been 40
ltt--fl.t a A.. a.. ALI Ewtamw lnnN SO
NJ Colonel sheets out With q small
mssy 10 make Reconnaissance OF the
eualry between here and the Snoho'
nish. There are likely three routes
maaiioabis between Seattle aud tnAt
iiger. and We, Of course, will adopt the
narl feasible one. IL she weather
rsotss reasonably favorable. We will re-
roft hy he middle OF the week, when
somalhiua dehoits oan be depended
upaa. Ths c0mpletion Of the line from
t6s ea0homiah 70 Seattle completes q
continuous lins Of surveys from the
Brtizh line 10 The Queen Uity. That
dons ind pissed upon by our consulting
snfinsF, iha company will be placed IN
Business situation 10 talk about oon'
ssfuafion.n
RspoFlsE-FFom your knowledRe 81
DC Inside business affairs Of the com
Say, can you state anything definite IN
lsEara 70 how soon your proposed lins
MI b built?
ssaalor Garfield Oar road will prob
NJ BE- completed lbs entire length
within two years from this date. u
Dafss, Hhen one talks about the future
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