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

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line 81 rallies, 10 The coal F-lfae~
"a Wnkesoa- Tke valley At
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and che rad secasesl eoaa
fsaSfne#s. What = now known By tie
eashl anw - the Northern Fncii5e and
C.asrasse n utisexl ard the Northern
Pscisc and PaEsf soara shore Ene
q sniaes5 were haslt few years later,
and further served 10 develop tslis
favored sertion The towns Of Ps1y-
alsup and -amzer are xell5qsit thrifty
pIaces q 80 and so people respee-
lively. The oa2l mines ~ Smith
Prairie and Carbonate. have been
oyxned and have sielded enormously,
the latter over 81 90 tons N single
year. 0rting. 3 aezeT town. y grow
ing rapidly. and promises % re q
mach local importance i - well
known that during the pasf flEe years
tf.e PavaIisp road has hsea the most
,,-o6tas5a az al the Northern Pacific
properties.
ExssERx wEsgIxeIos LfsEs.
Construction Of the comrzny.s road
IN Eastern Washington was began
nine years ago. af Hsllals, and carried
on uneeasingiy in fs-s aud 1851 70
the Idaho line in the northwestern
part Of the territory, a distance OF 80
Iaiies & beginning was made on the
Cascade division Immediately alter
s-the driving u the last spike, and
was prosecuted actively during 1854.
lss5. 1855 and lss7, the 'switchback'
being completed ia the latter year and
The tunnel Ia isss The Cascade
division IS the greatest work
the company has vet undertaken
in the territory. Its length l.
70 miles. and il passed
though s region lightly Tseepled. where
the costs OF construction were great.
II Is gaining traffic rapidly, and il Is
a section Of road absolutely necessary
to the company s system.
The company built in 1ss3 and lssT,
the Spokane 4 Palouse branch. a road
II3 Iliies long, from the tosn % Mar
shall 20 the town OF Genesee. This
extended through the fertile Paionse
country, and is in the enjoyment Of a
heavy trgtfic
The company also built line. four
miles long 70 the coal mining town Of
ROslyn. over which il transports an
average Of 1900 tons OF coal n month.
During the past year il has built
what Is called the Washington Central
Railway. a line % 40 miles length,
reaching west from Cheney % Dayen-
port 4 further extension OF their
read IS anticipated in lss9
TOTAL MILEAGE AND COST.
The foregoing enumeration COM
pletes q brief description OF the North
ern Pacific Railroad system in Wash
ingt0n Territory IL Includes lis
miles Of road-527 miles Of the main,
from Kalsma % the Idaho line, aud
Igl miles OF branches. The cost OF all
this road and it, equipment could not
have been less than 100000.
BETTER TREATMENT FoR SEATTLE.
Tho oil blind enmity of the North
ern Pacific Company to the city OF
Seattle has evidently given place 20
more kind and sensible feelings. When
then the change has been caused by
the rugged and independence Of the
people aud the desire 10 secure their
Immense trade, or not, IL Is unneces-
sary here to discuss. 1t is enough 10
say that the company is now treating
this city more considerably than ever
before Ia the running OF their mail. I
passenger and freight trains, and In
their extensive advertising, Seattle Is
made in name and fact one OF its /
three Pacific coast terminal points, I
the other two being Tacoma and Port 1
land. IL Is now much the same here
as ID has long been at the other end OF
the line, -. Paul. Minneapolis and 4
Duluth there being placed upon terms 4
Of exact equality. no discrimination in T.
traffic being allowed In favor OF one !
against either Of the other cities. The
shows a disposition TO 20
further, 20 extend is lines into the 4
country back OF this city, and 10 ope- 4
rate their lines 20 the future advantage 4
Of Seattle and not 70 its detriment, as 4
ike lines have been operated in the ]
past This. Of course, is only right. /.
and u is what the company does else
y here for other cities. Carving out
this policy viii aid inestimably in the
ap-bniiding OF the city Of Seattle. The
800 miles OF this c0mpany's road xill
he tributary 20 Seattle just a, much a.
Seattle in time will be tributary 60
Ihe road. a better term than
tributary would perhaps be partner
ship this city and the Northern Pacific
.0mpaHy being partners hereafter in
he equipment OF a great traffic. in
.sudinf Hot only that q orr own ter
ritory, bat that also % al the country
The Pacific ocean and the
great lakes Of the continent