Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-17

wAanugzrn ExnnEzuz1.
81. 3. Hunsa, eneinsnr n ahazHe q
work On the Cascade nfaauh. r1cank.1
told the Ee5Qsr reporier that khe ErA9,
+, Inc want frogn Elanab1HQ 10 sha e1mHzll
az the CaHsades had been osmpie1ads u
other words, she east haif 81 the switch
back IA eunpialsd exeept a. afr1ec0 Of
efuht and q half niles. over whfnA M
tFank "a not laid. but w1uld have been
had TIE steel rails axEiveas and whiee
viii b iaia a. the end Of twenty 81
thirty dnya The railroad BRIDES an
al1 ready for the stxingsRs and ttes %
60 she snmmit. Ths west szca . npw
esmpletad b Slnday creek, g miles eaal
o. Fagana, aSon 9Aieh tie fraek b 81
laid. For miles fuEtheF the road i
graded. maksnR 20 milesL From this
point 90 tha g rnile post. i viii take 81
days 10 coHploie. From the 6 q i
post there are miles q moantAtE
grade and 8 miles q switehbank % ~
western portal of the Stampede t1nne
and 81 uiles from the western portal d
tue tunnel By the switehbaek line % shl
summis, meeting The est end o. tn
trsek. Over ths m0uutain grade ever
cut i opened and upon every poFtioz
work Il rapidly progressing. III
Huson further said tnas IN nis opiuioI
the traok uoald not meet bsfoFe III
frst Of May.
The third Of the mammoth engina
manufactured ct tns BAldgin Looomo.
tive works, Philadslphia, pas ed thrOuRl
town Sunday afternOon, ~ rosie fol
Tunnel City for service on the switch
/ back track Of eha Northern PaosGo. o.
tee Cascade Mountains. u has hyl
drive wheels on each side, and bear
about she sane proportio1 IN aize 30 thi
ordinary railroad eagfue that an eis
phaat does 20 hOrss. L 10 simply i'm
mense.- YakiRa Reps6iicTs.
The party Of men under Captain Isl
Smith, employed on tbe improvement
Of the snake uadsr the direction oi
are making COED progress, and owing %
the low stage OF water the w0Fk is being
dane more oheaply than ever before
have been entirely removed and q great
deal Of rsck has been removed fFom
Texas Rapids. AZ Log Cabin Rapids
where the channel is narrow and sWift
q sheerinR crib 10 being pat in to fenc
boats from dangerous poina 0f rock
and the drill sow il blasting rocks from
the channel. The snake 10, even At thf
present low stage Of water, Zoe, iaFgl
Ravigable stream, and when These i'm.
pro .emeBls are completed will be q
great outles for the c0mmeFoe OF thG
section through which it Funs.-Oreeo
MAN.
in. Glassoock has a contrast from
the Port HadlOok Mill Company q
build seven residences 81 Hadl0ok
they are 70 Be one and 3 half story COS
taRes for the employees Of the mili and
their families.
Mr.. Swindsen has obtained the con.
tract to build the new hall for the Or.
der Of Red Men. The building viii
be situated on Maple Avenue near che
residence Of II. L Tibbals, Jr., anf
will be $3.50 fest IN size, aud ~,
stories in hight. Both upper and
lower hoors will Be used a. halls, ths
upper enc a. Q lodge room and o.
lower hall for all public uaes. Worl
will be c0mnanoed on the building Rexi
Week.-P0rt TosCnssnd oa1.
OREGON.
Last Wednesday DR.. O. o. Strafton
formerly Of this city, and nov 81 San
Jose. Gal, rendered his resignation e
President Of the University Of the Pa.
oitlo, giving as reason the impair
ment Of his health from acting in many
eapaoltis, aud the fact that he has
besn offered the Presidency Of Mill
Ocllege at a salary Of $1,000, an inoreasl
Of $500 per annum over his preaan
salary. TRe Board Of Trustees met il
the afternoon Of the same day anC
raised $1,000 10 pay the indebtedness
on recent improvements in the Oniver
sity, relieving DIR. Stratton OF bis dctiel
as financial agent and voting 10 Civ
him three months leave Of absence anC
10 raise bis salary 70 $3.50. The resie.
nation was then Withdrawn. = Salem
Statesman.
In the ejsetnent snit OF Denny W
Dodson, in Judge Deady's court, thG
plaintiff, under the direction Of the at
/ toRneya for the Northern Pacific rail-
road, submitted 10 g noDsait. THIS de-
cides nothing and leaves the status oil
railroad land 10 the same situaficn Il
was before suit was brought. It ID
however, regarded 20 an indication thai
| tie Northern Pacific officials do not daFl
4 u
tice, aud that their prstense Of owning
one half Of the country has no FONDA
ton beyond their bare claim Of right.
Parties making contracts unto the rail-
road company for the purchase Of theiF
lands should look carefully 20 see Whal
they are getting for theiE money
ArliRgt0n Entsrprfse.
HsrrIsH COLUMBIA.
The Supreme Court at Ottawa hes
given lie decision against British Co
iumbia as 20 the OVnership Of the pre-.
ei0us metals on the lands granted b
the provinces 10 She Dominion Govern
meRt 70 aid N the construction Of the
Canadian Pacific Railway. The cas-
has been appealed 20 the PEivy Council
Il Is unfortunate that IN this land grant
1t vas not more dearly defined What the
province vas giving away.
A sad accident happened al Nanaims
on Friday evening last which resulted
il the death Of Mr.: WIN. Rayb0uld,
n. p. P. Mr.. kaybould hearing q nois1
a. II someone vas interfering With hts
boat, vent out 10 ascertain IL such Was
the case, and In the daTkness fell
through the end of the platform 10 the
ground, q distance Of thirty fest.
severely fraoturinR bic skail, from ne
effects Of which he died immediately
afteRwnrd. Deceased vas 80 years 81
see. Q native Of StaG0rdshire, Enelaad,
and leaves Q wife 70 moaEn his loss.--
Rancouper Herald.
Al the Nanaimo AssiEes on Thursday,
10 the case Of Robert Dansmuir against
DR.. o Brien for libel, the Jury brsuRht
IN q verdict for the plaintiff. The acticn
for libfl was based upon several articles
Of q personal mature, deFoRatory 70 the
ananeial atanding 81 fhe l,lsintiH
which appeared IN Westward Ho, &
newspapeF published By the dsfsndant,
nouncsd, O. Z. Poolsy, ooanssl for Me-.