Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-25

sue ses@red fsr Pnaseneer nna Eseagh
DeDee-wsTk - cemmenee In
ah1sty Duys.
Henry Crawford and kis assooiztes a
tbs ssattls. Lake Shore and EaatsrI
Railway psoisei.rstaznad fron ihsir visi
% Squak valls1 Thnrsaay EVENING, and
were keps very basy IN town al aay yes
sssday, arrAnefne details. and impoEtsni
matters oonnsetsd With thsiE sntespriss
All o'esosk last niRhs tie sntira party
with Toe exception Of Mr.. B8ksE, shs en-.
Rinssr. isft for tie East. in Mr.. Cav
ford's private ear. Aessrs. 0Ilnan,
shsafe and Mackiniosh anoompanyinQ
then - far ~ Portland Tia latter
three Rentlemsn I'll rstarn 10 Seattle
on Monday.
Lass evening 9 Ponz ExxxLGnaKacxn
reporter called apon JGdee Thomas
bRrks. vito Il interested u thsoompany,
and convsFsant with all the facts oon-
nsotsd herewith, Ahd ffem him CD
tanned tie following inform ntions
Ffiday affernoon The company secured
from II. L. feslef strip Of land ex
tending from the western boundary Of
HE donation clsiM south 90 Mill street,
Just oatside the Shore Line road, with Q
66-f0ot fFontaRe on MI street and sx
tendinR out into the sea 800 feet, on
which they viii erect passenger and
freight depot. There 10 sill . snail
piece required 70 make the necessary
amount Of land, bus it IL thsuRht no
-. Ii 49, -. -
the oompAny's securing that. II no
snch OBSTACLE appears. the matter vii
Be closed up 10 - hears, end work on
tbs road viii be commenced Ia 30 daya
The Seattle Improvement Company,
composed Of Messrs. LeaFy, Burke and
others, offered she company q blecks |
Of land gratis u they would exiend tue |
line 70 south Seattle, bat the odar was |
dsoiin q, a. they do NOS eurpose bald. |
ing south Of Mill street. The last words |
NJ Crawford said ts JadRe Burke we're:
'.Let ns kn0g AZ soon a. 700 secure the |
alati0n site We want. between NIL and |
CaIumbts streets, aHd We will order the |
ron shioped 10 Ssattle II Onee."
In speaking Of the visit Of the Fty, |
lodge Barke saids "Their impressions i
were ali favoFabie. They expressed /
themselves as aQreeably surprised at the /
sizs Of the place aud the thrift, energy /
aud enterprise Of its citizsns. They /
wera delighted wish the climate. and
declared that che Sqaak Valley vas the
pFettiest little valley they ever saw. To
fact, it fairly charmed them. As they |
were crossing the moansaia be wsep
Newcastle aud Squak. aud when on the
divide, the oleads lifted, and thsFe vas
spread before shem the mast hFillians
pan0gama. At their feet lay the beau
Iifai BQuak VALLEY, Sqaak Slough and
lie valley through which the slough
on its way to Lake Washing
Iou. A littss TO tbs north could be seen
he ahimmeFina waters Of Lakes Wash
nRton aud Union. and 20 toe vest the
waters Of Puget Boand. Beyond and 10
he east rose the Cascade Range and the
Pass. thTuaRh which their
,oad will be built, and 70 the west chs
lao9-oapped peaks Of the Oiympie or
Coast Range. A more beauiifal natural
,4norama IL seldom II ever bsheld."
Tue Judge eoutiRusd; These people
srs here eskinR ne donation at oar
lAnds. All they ssk IL q right 20 lay
iheiF track and q place 10 beild their
,ity passenger and freight station. A
lev private cit zsns have taken the task
apon tneir hands 10 secure the latter.
and have about completed arrange
ments 10 give them the repaired staten
room, and ~ | said before, II no IN
necessary ohstAc is thrown N oar way
ws will have the arrangements all con-
pleted 10 forty eight hours. | am as
sured that work will commence on the
road within thiity days after the com
plstion Of this matter. This Is the hrst
enterprise We have ever known
coming here that has not called for sub
scrtPlions. bouuties, or aids Of some
sort. All this company asks Of the eiti-
: ne IL Fooio for its passenger and
freight depot. AT smiths Uove the
comp any HAYS secured large tract Of
land with abundant frontage for tie
handling Of its coal. iron. wheat, lumber
and othsF heavy fFsights, aud oonstrue-
tion Of roundhonses, shops and other
extensive works."
Daring FRIDAY afternoon 9 member Of
the party said 10 3 gentleman In the /
presence Of she writer: Tue Seattle, /
Lake shore and Eastern Railway wiil be |
runaing from Seattle into Spokane |
Falls tWo years from this Christmas.'