The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-01
THE SHIP HARBOR ROAD
csutrset Let for the First Section
of 10 Miles.
acting Ready for 80 Miles AioHg
the sksgit-surveys Ssrth
and South.

Tho seattle & Northern Railway has
,.ttoH. Mitchell the contract Of eonstruc.
=, ten miles Of grading for their railway
80 from ship HaFbor, on Fiaaigo island,
- will shortly advertise for bids 20
sn,nssh the ties, and for clearing aud
.r.dtnR about 20 miles more Of the liue up
he skasif river. attaining total distance
ssst from ship Hsrbor Of % miles. Three
hundred men are engaged upon the frs:
eon,rnet. and have progressed about half
w.v across the Island These 10 miles
Iii be ready for the rails By the lat Of
Anil. al the furthest, and the other 20
lies east viii be completed during the
.-,-snz. aud the track on the whole 20
-,lles will be completed ready for opera
don BY July or August
ebgp Hari,or will be the present western
,errtfnug Of the route. 10 r. probable that
= sosoe future time the line VIII be headed
,owards Port Townsend. reaching Admir-.
.j,r Head. on WhidoeT island. The nost
fraable r0ute TO the Head Is noH eoBsid-
e,ed 10 b. from Fidalzo island, aud thence
srross 70 whidbey island aud 70 Admir-
sitv Head whence Port Townsend can BE-
reaehed by ferry. distance OF II miles.
m the articles incorporating the com
nsuy. one OF tn ir projects IL announced .,
-
n blaine. on the British line. This inten.
tiou may not be carried out literally, a. a
survey OF ths country NAV render IL adris
sf,3e 10 reach British Columbia from WHAT
com 10 more direct line than b. going 70
Blaine.
a surveying partyo Of Is or e. which has
been working sl0Eg the course Of the
sksgit, IL still between the island aud the
ureseuf projected eastern terminus OF the
route. A. soon a. their work % iaca' ION il
finished they win turn northward and sur.
rev q route 10 whafeom. Thea the party
will probably return To the skagit line aud
start up To Seattle, RAINING the most feas-
lble line on the way. The point at which
the road from this city and whAtc6n. and
from ship Hafbor east will cross, viii be
near Mount Vernon, skagit county.
So many OF the dehuite statements Of
the projects OF the company ~ are cou-
tained IN the foregoing paragraphs were
diyulged 70 Posr-isTELLIGEKcER reporter
By Mr. T. J. Miner. one of the trustees Of
the company and prime mover in the Gu
terprise Mr.. Miner did not feel al liberty
% speak further aboHt the certain move
ments Of the r0ad beyond few general
easements about it, plans already made
public through the columns Of this paper.
"You viii notice by the map" said Mr..
Miner TO the reporter, that ship Harbor Il
IN line almost direct east Of Victoria,
and that the San Juan and other Islands
closely surround H. On that account we
consider Ship Harbor the most available
terminus Of the road. az we expeet that
the island country will be tributary to il. -
"why have you kept your operations so
quietf"
swell, to tell the truth, said Mr.. Miner
good humorediy. there are 50 many roads
projected up In that country that we
waited n yet good start before we an.
Dounced our intentions to the world. We
started In to build The road, not 10 con6nc
our operations entirely TO paper | don't
mind telling you that my la.e visit to New
York was for the purpose Of making the
necessary preliminary arrangements 10
push operations. aud they were 10 every
respect successful. We NAV not be ahIa Ia
accomplish verv much this winter. bnt
having determined 20 go ahead with con
siruetion, we will advertise for bids for the
thirty miles contract now, though proba-
ply only preliminary work can be done be-
aitlc9''
nBuild In
A meeting OF the trustees OF the ineof-
poration will be held tn Seattle en-
December %. This viii be the frst an
nual meeting of the organization. and at
that time probably officers viii be elected,
stock placed on the market aud the or
ganiza'iOn Otherwise perfected. II has
been stated that the O. K. & y. company Is
largely Interested IN the contamination of
the Na,ioas projects OF The 5, attic & North
ern. glance at the names OF the iHeos
porators gives a considerable degree 81
colorinF 10 the statement They are w.
u. Hoicomb Of Portland, Elijah smith. J..
II. benedict, Cnarias r. Tagg, r Tiiney,
Prosper ". smith, f. l.. Frank aud r. x
G. IIaines OF Seattle. aud II. L. Tlbbals Jr
of Port Townsend
The 70 miles npnn which construction
has begun VIII when completed tan the
rich coal and iron region Of the skagl,