The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-18
THE cUlrs RlRBOR ROAD.
Construction Will BE Begun
Within Three Weeks.
The Line 10 be Completed t. Man.
sosaDe by the srisdis Of sep
TENDER.

Arrangements were yesterday rergrrssxl
for ire eorHpSesiozl OF the railroad az he
raxsf sound Il 6ray's Harbor Cofnpenv
from the western terminus Of tie preaers
rad, Il Summit, % Msnse<sao, . aissxscs
Of tweatT riies. 4 party Of foErteea snf.
yeyors. under the persoa1I charge Of NJ.
Tx Murphy the GIRL engineer began xorz
Monday, and exJecs % EaEkh the sarvev
and ioes.ton OF the rosie aside q three
weeks.
Sound 4 Grsy's Hafbor road viii sxtend
from point In section IL. township II,
Mason county, 81 tlse lower entranee ta
Little sko0kuru bay, 70 EaznfaEhe. xnsl
thence TO summit station: thence d, gInaa.
about one aud a half miles fsosa the che.
halls river and down across the safsep &c
Moates1no and the chehslss. The road =
now completed and IL operation from the
eastern fsrn12BaE, on LstfIe gkx,0kusa - !
70 summit. n distance Of fifteen rasles.
Eanlficse, while Is has been fae fernsIr,sIs
OF operations on the roxd, viii IL sban.
doned. and the real terminus will Aa dve
miles eass, the road being already esern.
pie5ed TO that point. The reason for me
extension OF the road ii that deep sea res.
sells can not reach KaaatIche. and fssey
can the acshal ternsaux. the name for
" <t-
A. soon as she survey ii eofrniessss
active construction of the road ss4ll he BE-
gun, and IL IN confidently expected q, 4.
cafs will be running IEfa Mousesazsf BY
september f5sh. The route from summit
station 10 Monfesano Ii Tery feasible osse.
and contains but about four miles that
are AZ ali difficult OF construction. Trassse
work fns total length Of one mile viii
have 70 be built on each aide Of the sats0p
nver, and the stream proper win be
crossed b. ssssgls span bridge $50 feet In
length.
The people OF moa,esano have donated
TO the corap2up seventy acres % land IN
the Cheiieiis river fhst will be used Ior
the construction OF terminal and storage
warehouses. and depot A plat of ground.
400x400 feet. within the boundaries of the
city, has been turned over to the company
and upon this win be constructed the
Montssano depot. A Steamboat. called
the Moatesano. which has been under
course OF construction for some time, has
been launched, and her machinery PLACED
In position. II was built by the GrEs 4
Harb0y Mill company. whose sfoekhoideEs
are the members CT the Pacific Pine Lni11.
Der company. The boat viii be operated
on the ChehRlis between Moltesaao and
points on GrKy's Harbor. 1t HiII fuz ss
Tar as Peferson's point, on the south al
0rGy's Harb0z. which II Is expected % u ske
. popular summer Resort. There Is said 10
be here the finest ocean beach Of suy place
In the northwest.
The rolling stock Of tbs new road viii be
ordered without delay, aud every appii-
ance that viii insure prompt and efficient
passenger and freight service viii be pro-
vf5ed That part Of the road which IL
now completed has been built cxesileutly
snd the remainder win be constructed Ia
m substantial manner. The road. which
Il standard gauge. il already provided with
three locomotives, combination paksep.
ger coach aud a number Of freight and fiat
cara. when the road n finished the run
from Puget sound 30 Monfesano will he
made In two hours.
The completion Of this road said Mr..
III. G. strive, the attorney for the corapa.
NJ, last night. Twill develop o country
that In OF very fertile resources and wifi
open up the Gray's harbos region, which
has heretofore been aitainzb!e on land
only By one Of the worst roads ever tray.
eled. The trade OF the chehalis a,s,s Gray 3
harbor countries II already very large, aisa
IL viii be much larger. II Is now con
frolled entirely Ia Portland and san Fran
cisco, bat it wiz come to Puget sound.
That city which establishes steamboat
connection with the eastern terminus OF
ths road VIII get the trade. | sappose &c
will be gfafftaH