The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-03
A Southern Road Heading
ing for Seattle.
rstersiews with Some Prominent
officials.
a gsrssr that the seattle, Lake
shere q Eastern Company 5s I.-
t~ys.ssa Ia the scheme ~ sserfsas
<p<r.ssoms Of Engtnsers.


FIR ysss, said a prominent citizen q
de Poss Instantaneous man ssoppsns
andsr a. awning during one Of II,
.s,vf.s .ko1ers 81 this morning Ar
-nrFasgrsnx party 81 six have beet
ssnsEly Esat asIietiy engaged running a
f,ns ~tth er,smpas-, imvel and ehaid
synus 0ft.ng. Oh the Northern Pacific
ms5n line - Tenino on the Pacific
alyssioa. That ought 10 he Of interest
10 seattle
sIass hag and xhy
~weli. in the frsi pisee. because the
~.rsnegrs are under The direction D.
DE- seasfle Lake Shore & Eastern rail
road people aud a. ! understand IL
they are working ia the interest OF The
Central Faeiise
well. 20 on.
~The Central Pacific. you know
have coal mines up about Carbonate.
Thsx are building roari 10 enable
tacn, h. get their coal out cheaper than
h~retofore. they have been paying
heayy tolls 30 the Northern. IL has
been said that the purpose was 20 bring
sheir coal u the shores NJ Tacoma
According 90 shat | have learned ! do
met think that coal will come further
vest on that line than Orting. That is
one point. From OTting the surveyors
~ .trafrht 60 stack Junction. and
thence over the Puget Sound shore
line she Central Pacific goes on Ia re-
a,tle. That i another point the enc
that will Interest Seattle
Jtsr wHsr HK INFANT.
ayou nsean To say that the Central
Pastac Is surveying a line from the
Northern Pacific AZ Tacoma across
oosntry 10 0Fting and Stack Junction,
With the purpose Of reaching tide
water at Seattle direct y
THAT i exactly whatf mean.
"And Why should the central Pacific
or any other railroad cosaing from the
South go past town like Tacoma
wishost calling. when Il & es directly Ia
the path Z"
"Weil. am not arguing The caus..
Of either Seattle OF the Central Paeiit'I
or attempting 20 explain The move
meats OF any raiifoad, which are often
past anybody's finding out am
simply telling what know and adding
few natural and interesting eanclu-
sions. Tacoma II not in the path 81 a
railroad so Sc#ttie, however By
switching oil at Tacoma or Rainier
sad taking a north hy east course To
the payallup river an almost level
route found, coming out afd cross
ing the Northern Pacific at Orting in
the 0nly yallcy that the route affords
slong that sine 20 the purpose. From
there b stuck Junction Is an equally
level route AZ little over twenty miles
Is saved Is against going around by
Tacoma and that means considerable
moaey Ia the building 1T costs money
10 build railroads aud considerable
time in running trains. The Central
Pacific think ii can control the lower
Sound trade as well az Seattle as at
Tacoma and can get better accplamos
dal;Ons. - lar a. the local traffic
~ Tacoma f. concerned branch
parallsiing the Northern could be run
IL from The point down towards
reniuo az which they switch oil
4ae HARp FAots.
Now how many hard facts Is there
81 all this
We'll Just this That the Central
Pacific il building a road from their
mines toward orting A purity Of en-
gineers said 81 be in the joint interest
Of the seattle. Lake Shore & Eastern
and the Central Pacific arrived as
Tcrino day before Yesterday, having
completed . survey from stuck June
ton through ortinf 60 that point.
The party bad been running compass
linu and we're well satisfied With the
results and Immediately began survey
ing in regular forms what they esll a
preliminary line. All the rcst that
have told yuu heard In that c0nnee-
ton on g0ed authority 4 cenhlna-
ton depot passenger and freight IS
to be hdiit Il nriing
With these points the fosT.tSfEf4I-
axxetR man called first upon Assistant
General Manager Buckley OF the
Northern faelsc and asked hir If he
hsd heard anything - all this lie
said he had not. il was ali news 10 hun.
lie did not think thcro was anything
Ia It
Principal Assistant Engineer IL :.
Hnson Ma next called upon. lie said
he had heard rames "a the effect
that such an engineering party Nas IN
The isci1 hut the Fumor had net. gone
A. Tar rs g. say ia whose interest they
were working ~r What they wen.
about
When t,e statements given above
were repeated "a him he remarked
Wei. & thew want O. huild around
as taey have that privilege,
ASeraER prlNloN
Ia ealkiaE farther about the matter
he sal1 taaf no railroad company.
peofsriY ls>eks would ruu away ir1Ea
2eitg doing thr business that faeoha
i u they want e. e. further ffey
cOald Dc So. tri ne railroad ronlpanys
seekine heSae-s would eo around q
Town IKE Tacoma I can Understand
Falifoad crossing tue continent
masking ~ terminus NJ some other
rAnt, hsli t s. NOT Of reason that IL
should ayvsd Is in i3s paih "a Tar as
VIC central Fseihc swiNhing rs coat
OF At prtsns, | can tell yow Why i \
aet ifpe ree Central Pacific j. under
t9ntsau. with sae Northern "a build =
resti iruw their mines 81 a connection
sith the Northern They are spend
tHg - g7si eu g. When completed
X 4 . b. turpea over Co the Northern.
49, tlsr sstfEl Is &C. Ia p.id for L ia
tfeseht ae ooai THAT IS a matter es
eestsaci
NJ Haseo further said he bad 20
after
NENsos rENNsgg INrEBNNwE
:. shefe & popular impre lop that
sisoa keao,tt is iatcfcstlSl iu the
Mssf tesst fo8d az web as En- Wat
eoiu Sad ntN and it soo iyrr.i t0
- tesg 3sfss tl4rNcFs innn e. ask
s'n . hr kafa auvth.ng siroas this
wAifer If irnurtt nrpl.gsi tha8 be
dlf r.st asa H.n t.-ss -..f ls,as - e.