The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-18

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k0n kA4lwAysk AaysxxzIon Co.. III miles;
seattle. Lake shore 4 Eastern rxs.road. Isl
mtiee. Puget S0nnd shu<s railroad. ~
mtlse. Columbia 4 Puget sound rxslwxy'
"a niles: sst~op r.ilrosd. u miles: Pngsi
SQUAD Grxy's Hartsx railroad. II miies:
Onion River railroad. rnfies. Wsshsngfon
1tIua miles. Mason County Central. Z
nitess The blanchard rsIiway, mics: Min
Creek rod, - miles. Olympia & Chehalis
Valley rn3lrond, 13 miles; spokane Il Pal.
onse railway. g miles; total, 1862 miles. or
an increase Of - miles over thai reported
A short time since the Northern Psci,sc
Company Obtained control over the PA.
Get SCsnd Sh0fc3r2tlfood between stuck
juaestoA and seattle and = through service
Of trains Was inaugurnted between this
city and the East In cthsr cords, seattle
Pacific railroad, and arrangements have
been made for the erection of Immense
freight sheds here In connection with fhe
formation OF . very c1rnplefe trangscr xyS.
TEN for the reception and delivery OF goods.
The basidiBg Of four miles Of track be-
tween wbat IL known - Common Point
and franklin and the conversion Of ths
coinmbsa 4 Puget sound railway from :
narrow 70 bread gauge VIII give Seattle
IN air line over the Northern Pacific sye-
tenn 10 the East This work can no longer
Be delayed - the public requirements de-
ruan1 its immediate construction
The Canadian Pacific railway al present
S~<s&kt-t><r y ~ t@<f3 EttI ~ UNI kkVl4 III
CONVEX. the British CoiuSnbia terminus OF
the road, but the work 81 constructing q
line 70 the boundary TO conneef with the
West Coast branch OF the seattle, Lake
Shore & Eastern railroad 10 peing pushed
forward rapidly. and there IL every reason
20 expect thaffhe Canadian Pacific carr uiII
b running iEto Seattle the coming sum.
mef, thus making the Queen City the pFac-
cal TERMINUS Of the great sranscontinental
system Of Canadian railroads iae main line
Of the seattle. Lake shore = Eastern rail-
f6Sd ID being constructed win yigor. and
BY $50 will be. tt IL confidently expected,
Completed TO spokane. when that occurs,
country TO the east Of, aud surround.
ing H.. will be brought iea miles
nearer % the coast By direct rail
60 seattle than the present line from spo.
kane 20 Tacoma. IL " III In fact be then 81
miles shorter 10 90 from spokane 10 Tscoma
via seattle than 81 the present route.
The Importance 20 seattle OF the seattle,
Lake Shore 4 Eastern main line 10 5po-
kane cen hardly be calculated. IL means
In point OF fact that the immense ship
mefstM OF wheat estimated ~ quarter Of q
miiiicn tons and the great cattle aud gen,
eral trade of Eastern Washington will pass
through seattle. and this In addition 20 il
Immense business tn coal, lumber and hops
will make the Queen City the grestesl
shipping port oa the whole Pacific coast.
This need not he locked upon as an exag
geFafed statement when Is 10 considered
That before the end Of two years Seattle
will mere than probably be the practical
terminus of no Teas than i've OF the great
frhnscontinental - Stems OF American and
Canadian railroads..
Already nsye stated the facts regarding
the Northern Pacific and Canadian Pacific
connection and IL II no secret that shs
Union Pacific Is within easy distance and
have their arrangements fully completed
TO connect with the main line OF the seat
tls, Lake shore aud Eastern Railway. The
81. Paul. Minneapolis 4 Manitoba Railroad
Company are also building this way and
will undoubtedly either connect with the
seattle. Lake shofs & Eastern or build q
line OF their own across the mountains 20
seattle
The seattle 4 southern Railroad Co,
which was incorporated the other day, i,
10 commeBCs -ufx at once in constructing
q iiEr from seattle 20 Portland where II
will connect with the Southern Pacific via
the Oregon a California road This then
win make ave transcontinentei railroads
centering nj keatt e.
The era OF railroad development on ihls
part Of the Pacific coast Is only in its in
fancy, but IL H. bound from all appearances
to grow rapidly, and The geographical posi-
ton Of Seattle Is such a. 20 cause large
portion Of such development 10 grsyiiate
~ t0f8 EItAl ~ ~ cum HAttn tI4tEEs wv 0AA ~
Is seattle most important railroad point,
but IL also holds commanding position ~
the headquarters OF all the great steamboat
companies ON Puget sound. The .. X. a
" Company. whose paiaiial boats ply reg
nlarlv from this polt 10 various points on
the sound aud British Columbia, have ieg
some time past made Seattle their head
quarters. with their purchasing department
established here
sEArrIE sHIPrISg.
The Washington Steamboat Company
also have their headquarters here, 50 ha,
the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company
and the Pacific steamship Company
running between seattle and san francisco
Tho Aisskan steamers also obtain theil
supplies FROM here.
There are altogether ever 100 steamboats,
plying 10 anu ffssu seattle, most of then,
being regular passenger and freight boats
aus Ia this way there is no port on the
sound that has not direct steam eoamuni.
cation with this city. The following ~ 4
list OF the principal boats which have run
during the past season to and from Seattle
ois mpian. Alaskan, North Pacific. Geo. Y.
Sssrr. Augusta. AIki.. Lilly. Addie. Bee.
RFick, Blskely. Big. Cello. Cascade, City OF
Quincy. Cyrus Walker. Daiy, IA.
yos''ei , lsssef' wi leIs, p''f Fass
KsIfh. Eliza Anderson. Enterprise. Kmma
Hayward. Fanny Lake, Fleetwood. Lena,
glsdr. Nellie, W n Merwin, W. n.
Munroe- success, Michigan, Helen. Grace,
Idaho. kyangcl, Gco. T. Perley. Henry
HALEY. leo. Apeons Premier. Willie,
Clara Brown. Name, skasit Chief. Jose
phine. iaaiss, May Queen, Lone Fisher.
inan. Lief ETsekson. fisneeF. Phantom.
FoliIkossky. Queen cry tiuieks,ep. Rip
Van Wake. Richard Hotyoke. s. PAT
rick. !. 4. As<tsck. seattle, susie. Mes.
senger. Tacoma. Tyee. Virginia, Yakima.
Zephyr. Mogui. GelsaA. Rainier. !. Z.
Bat den. Moaatsinegr. Mary Haven.
Kirkland, CITY al Seattle. Sea Lien, oliver
wolcett, Mangaaita, sqeak, Laura, AassS.
Edith
OF the larger STEAMERS may 10 men
iioGed the Queen uf the Pacific, Mexico.
city ot chester, tea. W. Elder. Cnaflisa.
Malia Nstls. wllsametse, Wilmington.
gtaaRie, Kendall. Ancaa. Idaho. Newbe,n,
>aFionys aud J. II. Perry.
OF coHrse the above Is bat an fnccmplEte
liss of the nRmes 81 The boats plying 90
and from here owing ~ the fsri that no
Sysssfa exists III tie haraog EsasteTss office
rs Witch the names 81 STEAMERS asG
vessels calling ~ this port taeh day Is
kept al. rectsr5 This il ssct the faHlt uf
she EaskssF nssaSssr. bat y duo Ia the uen-
enforcement oi Ra ordnance which was
lssSsd sosse ssase ego by the ssty eaancil
requiring all sessrss. steamers, pscs, 20