The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-28

RSogrs6s 81 the Work on the
Port Townsend Southern.


The Port Towasena sxnssas@a railroad
win BE- ersap.ezss - tie Brad q Ho<Si =
canal. distance 81 fhsrty miles. by fs39 l.
The article Published ia the Fss<s-5Sf Eg.s.s-
oKseEs OF SaBtxT. ia iAs sls~enes q a
1e1pits statement fs<ssa Port Townsssss,
ehos TIE line ~ tlas rs1y wssI ~ ssFsEsrss
g the main trsax Of fAe Tsssss Pacific
rn1ln5ad, gave seris&ss osEsEsse 70 ire esiis@sss
81 the g-prt % eHtry, bsst, shesheT resssls
u 70 bs on the main lice % IN bfsneb-
railroad hsssssESsx has sffBslfy D<suh AZ
Port TOWNSEND AMI 81 tfse ifsssfxs&sssss -
Elijsh smith. yiisxsss.7 ess5T ssvsI sh sIsztsg
and enterprise
The railrossi Is sos set Io<sset. and sasT
Q preliminary saYsey has BEEN isssss- ~.
gfneerx have esarsssS Esst sTsr the l.rs. skia
Mn com pisse THAR s4tsyrs - sbossf stx
Reeks Wsrt can tsrt BE- gaSsss5a a. is
utmne speezi ustsi TIE hass kss&sE@s' =
made
Captain y. A Hill. of Seattle. wbe hss
a0me fame As fast tssAlsr Of rsiisfsAfis.
has charge OF construction Il tSe agsf
thirty mites from PORT Tsss asands sssf ssfs
win probably proceed fFDtn issfia sEssss
On Monday esnfFset vks set 10 g. &c y
van. an old loss rsiiru.a cnkIdsrs tSF
GRADING and clearing f.sRts nsjlss - ffss
roadsse3 south frsrn Fsff Isss1sss8s.1. nc
II yeasfre5 To Entsh the Nofk - tbs nFss
Of NAY. In WESTERN Washington tie ~ifss
TER IL not severe enough to compel ssasr
pepssys5 OF railroad construction alfassfSeh
Il has kesn the custom 81 shut down wefs
when the rain. come. The sKssets; ssssssf-
taking viii be carried 80 tsssnI i~sssta re-
9arsile~s ~ weather A dsspasfh from
Port Tos nss nj 20 the FosT isTxtG-ssKstsE 4
says:
Of q few property % fsers IN nsst giving
et,eerfaiis The right Of wsy - ne for'
Townsend & southern Asosaa Port Is.ss n
srnd bay. A commission wsii p 40
pointed PERHAPS. afsfsrssserssDt and ssas -
mssie. and work vii 90 or
rous susyEytss PARTIES
CuEHsLas, Asg. u --chehsIis Is fejole-
ing over commencement 81 construction
OF the Port Townsend soa,heFn raiiross d
Port Townsend today. beeaase foe tins
n least this will D.. the terminus Of tie
Ys,ad. while we are not is need 81 add
sionai shipping fad tiles. the hBlidiug 81
one or more railroads through the valleys
tributary "a fhehaits. stu sNSisf lea fhstl
development. while Il vii bring more
business 10 the common esiffsF
Throughout the Co~iitz VALLEY railroad
talk alnsnst overshadews politics.
Engineer stretch, 81 The seattle 4 south
efu has fnn survey dawB the Nssf side
Of the C0wii'g river and has psospeetec
the Afkanssw valley. in addition go the
line run frusn 1oiesio soutss ssrd
There Is ais1 q company of surVf guss
yuuninx line along the north fMnk Of ihs
Cowiliy. staring ffafn near oisaaa. WIS
fhey are working Tor aIid What il their or
Ieetiy. point. they do not - efn inriiD@ff 81
tell. II Ia reported os pretty ED1si sBther-
ify. however, that u IL party ~ Sortbesf
Pacific men locking oei route for 4
branch line np the gowiifz valley The
writer knows that this prayset has bssr
seriously discussed hy Northern Pacific 1T
Metals. and ii Is NOT imprufsatsis that tAs1
are looking over the grounds.
In addition 10 the saFgsyinx parties men
tened, there Il slsa party ia the toslisl
pass above the Big Bottom. supposed 10 l..
Union Pseibe men Tax Tag into cO1sldeYa
ton The fact that The tgsiltx valley offer
sne fed for rEilrnsd Development ssa
that the people are ia rreaf need Of trans
portatiosi facilities and atsYe all things
want railroads. II l. not AZ ell surprIsiB.
that II IL an absorbing topic.
SEATTLE, LAKE .HosE EAsTKRx
Mr.. n. II. Taleots Is expected "a arrive IL
the city in = day or two. Ia assume ,h'
duties Of the office o. chief engineer Of ih.
Seattle, lake shore 4 Eastern railroad
nomiusilY fiisa by NJ Paul y Aohr. v q
however, hse tsssea promoted 90 ~. vie,
president III the road MI Tsioafs h an en
gineer of large experience au FssfeFn ans
6outhefn roads. aud IL thoroughly fitted 4
superintend the rapid completion II Tbs
line.
Engireef Edwin Hall warner. contracts
for clearing fifteen miles of the seattle
Lake shofs & Eastern railroad from the IL
tsrnationai boundary south. has cun elefes
two thirds ~ the work The grade l. easy
the country beins CON IsFas;ytiy levet. !
ss understood that rails viii be- laid ths
fall.
THE fAfnH4sEs SOUTHERN.
Nelson Bennett has engineering psrtle
In the Geld ioih north aud south OF th
Nookssek. He has purchased The Cauieil
franchise from New Westminster ,a the In
frrnsfional boundary OF wuEk on the LAT
Ter piece of read she New wsstn lnste
CaiaBsbsaa SAYS
The work 81 construction on the son tn
era railway Progresses very satisfactorily
aud yeEythibg j. reported in iionrishinl
condition. Mr.. feany reports that hs ha
let sisfy.seyea sab contracts. which ar
now under way 4 large force of chimes,
are exported "a begin work tomorrow. sns
this cont nfvnf viii bc reinforced earl,
next week. II the present FINE weathe
lasts. all the grading AID ditehing 90 th'
low lands will be completed early sai
fall -