The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-03
HEADED FOR PORTLAND.
seattle & Southern Surveyors Be-
gin Operations.
Trent Street Cable Sale Cempietea
Capital Stock Iasreased--
Improvement Notes.

southern Railway exxly yesterday raoxufuc
started the work Of surveying the rusz11
from EesfsIe 20 Portland The road "a
been previously definitely located around
de pramonfory frons afsose the ferry
house Ia West sea7fic, when Chief Enxin.
err Stretch Wa IN seattle iesf October. and
he party therefore started in south Of the
ferrybouse anc headed for Portland The
location OF the route win Of necessity fe
paxtly male from q small boat. for fae
pscsent, - the line runs along close - and
s>mesimes over the waters edge.
The headquarters Of sse surveying party
i yet in seattle. and viii be for some DAYS.
NE cana ping QUITS win be shipped from
aan franciscC next Friday, and viii ar-
1ve on the following Monday. when the
rarty reaches Black river on Ia way soufl1
Wagons sor the transportation Of instru-
ueutx, supplies, ctr, viii be needed. ana
tbese have already been negotiated for IN
President Thomas Ewing len last night
~ gsu Franelsco on the business Of the
company. He VIII return ~ quietly -
ponulbIe.
n the lofty tower Of the power house Of
~ Front street cable rosd on Depot street
Vim BE- located One electric clock Win,
sNc and possibiy three dials. each six feet
h Width The time Of day win be esst.y
ascestatnabIc from all parts Of North seat
tIe and Queen Anna Town and for . rood
porsfon Of the way down Front street. yAx
plans for the clock are being drawn now.
Wofkmeu have nearly 61Ished the excn-
yoftgn for the fuTutable Of the railway II
ne foot Of Front street. The hole Il about
six feet IN depth and q ~ feet In diameter,
exd being nearly circular, 10 therefore 100
feet In circumference. workmen are YET
digging away IT the grade on second street.
between Pine and Blanchard, and they
expect to have the task 6nished In eight
days Two fiy-whees for the machinery.
eaeh IA feet In dimensions and Weighing
4 so ~. s mers Yesterday hauled
70 ssen power sss 0fS sa.e s e. ns strip %
sing wagon and by four horse
KAN Of powerful draft animats The
wheels were In halves, and four trips were
therefore necessary. Two wheels for the
power shah, each weighing IS tnns, are a
sbe ocean dock, ready to be carted 10 the
The machinery f3r the road ID prsrftc-
ally ell on band. aud the rolling stock
viii be here this month. The cable iii
axrise from San Francisco about February
y. A great amount OF curiosity has been
expressed ~ to how the cable II to be put
into position with the surface Of the road
closed, and some people have even won
dsfed how shortxightsd the builders III the
roed were TO finish the surface work be-
fore the cable was placed In position. The
problem sounds like hard one. but II Il
n rcslity very simple Of solufien.
The cable viii be put In before the last
Of this month, BY which time the road VIII
be IN operation
Al a meeting of the stockholders Of shs
Puget sound National bank. heidi hi
Thursday. the capital stock was t4fses
from $4,000 to tf50.o0o This move was
necessary owing 20 the fact that the busi-
ness OF the bank had increased greatly
The stockholders elected the following
board OF directors Bailey Gatzeft, T. r.
Perry, A. B. Stewart, =. Frauenthai and J.
Furff. The Board Of Directors elected the
old officers as follows: President. Bailey
GatzeFf: yiee-president, y. r. Ferry. cash
Ter. J. Furth; assistant cashier, r. {. Terry.
DR.. II. e. Kiibourne yesterday completed
the transfer OF the s9foot front lot ON the
corner Of Front and Battery streets 10
Aionzo Hull. the negotiations for which
were mentioned several days ago. Mr..
Hull leaves for his home At Little Rock.
Ark. in q day or two, aud win return 10
buiid brick building on the lot early in
the spring. shortly before sise sale was
closed Or. Kilbeurne was offered an adj
vance OF 1900 over the price Il had been
bargained for BY Mr. Hull. but the offer
was deeitaed.
Articles OF incorporation were flied in
the anas5s.4 olflee yesterday By the
Puget sound Land and Development Com
paay. new corporation formed ia seattle
for the purpose Of engaging in a general
real estate, loaa. Investment and improve
ment business. The incorpura'ors are J.
III. GLASGOW. i. V. goodspsed, r. foa Ho-
meyer. O. N. faalsnur aud Charles L. Pat
tsrsoia. who viii ksryc as trustees for the
first six months. The capital stock Is fixed
~ sa.ooo, In 90 shares OF siuo each.
| THE Gordon Hardware Company has no
titled the tenants OF the second and third
floors of sts building that they must give
UP possession at ence. ga the company
needs the whole building TO accommodate
It's increasing business. The two upper
floors viii be couveftef into sasesreoms.
and the company will then increase It's
stock % proportions that its large iobhing
business demands.
A pile-iriyer MAS put 10 work yesterday
morning ~ putting down The piles sas
Levin & Cas- new brick. on the east side
OF Commercial street. between y.sler ave-
nna and Washington street Hard pan
was struck before the piles were driven
their length, which lasssfes solid sounia.
tion.
The Seattle Coal and Iron Company In.
tend b make extensive repairs Is fkeir
coal hankers at Gilman duI.,.g the coming
week. The aunkefs are 10 be raisat aud
their capacity enlarged. This viii neeessl
tate the employment OF large fore OF
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