The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-17
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NJ > ofioSk yesHIuaf AFTERNOON the
contract for the construction III the
main line OF the Seattle. Lake Shore 4
Eastern railway connecting Seattle, on
Puget Sound. with Spokane Falls. In
Eastern Washington. was let 70 the
millionaire contracting firm u Ryan
4 Mcdonald, Of New York. The mile
age embraced In this contract il about
rs miles, and extend. from a point
few miles east of the Gilman
mines. in squak valley via the sno-
qualmie Pass, to connect with the
fifty-mile section Of the road which Is
now being bailt west from the Falls.
The cost Of this section il about
100000, and the road must be COM
pIeted so that trains can run between
Seattle and Spokane Falls within two
years from this nth day Of May. isss.
the CONTRACTORS.
The firm which has been awarded
this, the greatest railroad contract
ever let at one time in Washington
Territory. are well known in the East.
They built the division Of the Baiti-
more 4 Ohio between Philadelphia and
New York, and were recently engaged
in building roads for the Illinois Cen
trail in Illinois. Learning that there
was likelihood of some contracts being
let IN Washington Territory. they
sent their partners, Messrs Smith
q Burns, of Baltimore To the Sound
as their representatives,, tn look
over the line of the Seattle.
Lake Shore and Eastern, and II the
route was found favorable and the
mileage 10 be let sufficient to JUS
fify the moving Of an extensive plant
from the east 10 the sound. Mcssrs.
Smith and Burns were duly empowered
and directed by Ryan aud Mcdonald to
put in bid for them. This bid and a
number OF others were received byC hief
Engineer Paul Mohr several days ago,
and that gentleman has been porting
night and day over them TO determine
which was the most desirable. On
TUESDAY he came to the conclusion
that the bid Of Messrs. Ryan aud Me
Donald was the most favorable, and
reported TO headquarters. The an
swer came back at once Figures ae-
ceptabIe, award contract. Mr.. Mohr
.at once notified Messrs. Smith and
Burns, who, being duly and legally
authorized, signed the agreement yes
terday Tor Messrs. Ryan and Mellon
aid
ruE CONTRACT.
The contract which they have enter
ed into provides for the construction
and completion. tincimding laying
rails and baiastingI the entire main
line 10 be constructed between Seattle
and Spokane Falls, beginning at both
ends and working both east and west.
As said before, their contract EN-
braces a section OF ~ miles oi road.
One Of the terms Of the contract i
that this extensive mileage shall be
completed within two years from the
date uf the signing of the contract, 50
that the road will DC In condition To
handle its share of the grain crop OF
Eastern Washington in the fall OF
1880.
THE ROUTE.
Within ten days Messrs. Ryan and
Mcdonald will start In at the tifty-iirst
mile post on the line OF the road from
Seattle and thirty miles this side of
the Snoqualmie pass. going through
the largest hop yard in the world, To-
Gated in the snoqualmie valley and
skirting along the bank OF the famous
Snoqualmie Falls. where some day
great pleasure resort VIII he estab-
hshed. The road runs thence along
Snoqualmie prairie and Snoluaimie
river. to and through an immense for
est oi timber twenty miles long
and eight miles wide. which has been
fitly described by such old lun,hern,en
as j. II. Mcdonald, A. Macintosh
and James W. Curry. of Michigan, AS
the finest body Of timber in the world.
As the road energies from this forest
II penetrates the
GREAT MINERAL RELr
OF the Cascade range. tapping rich
beds az anthracite coal. not yet de-
welcomed, and immense deposits OF
limestone aud marble. This brings
the road right into the heart Of the IA
NOUS iron mines OF the Snoqusimie,
which have been owned by citixens ol
Seattle for more than twenty years
and which have been pronounced by
experts both in England and America,
as unsurpassed In quality of ore and
extent OF deposits.
When the line of the Seattle. Lake
Shore & Eastern reaches
rug SUMMIT
OF the cascade mountains in the sao
.aualmie Pass il will bc only iss feet
above the elevation of the Northern
Pacific tunnel through the same rang,
ef mountains which cesi S2",'"
aad over ysl feet below the level III tn
Swiichhaek. Besides this, ON account
OF the more favorable exposure IN th'
Sno9ualmie Pass. but little snow
shedding viii he required.
Leaving the pass, the rosd SKIRT
along the shores of lake kitchslaSS,
picturesque little body Of clear water
one Of the most hs,Auinm mountain
lakes In the world. which aboands II
trout, and has been tistingiy de>lss
nates aS the sl,orgsman's paradise
The road processis thence ey eaS,
grades aud inexpensive constrasti1t
t. tlee mineral regions az the tss- hum
and on down through the fertile ans
ltdQtiAll
NAtLTy OF KfrrIrAs,
Which i described a a rich ana pre-
duc,iye sar,len thirty miles In extern
ana peopled with a tlrigty and enter
egsSh3s people. who, en account .
having no railroad facilities IL teams
port ,heiy proiucts a market, baF'
gone vxtSu ivcly ,n,o thS sissck fiisi q
hasints In the heart ~ this heant
isd valley the roal reaches Elisatur.
irem st.ich paiat L wll derive lars
tsaiiic Al Ellen burg tac roa1 take
a fresh start for tho Icluuibia river
tascrz5ns "a great hposh gras, ans
sti9cs rai ing section ~ EAssesn Wash
tAstoa. The Cplamhia VIII ~ cr0s>e'
tg AZ iron
Hsfn1E AZ So Nr1n PRIESTS RAr'as
Whi a are the hssl Of navigation o.
"a ,g2am. The Colombia Utl Sa&k