The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-29
TO BELLINGHAM BAY.
The Great Northern Makes a
Traffic Arrangement.
PILE DRIVERS ON THE AVENUE,
Koch d Oakiey's Railway and Navigation
Guide-seattle 4 Montana Surveys
Northern Pacific Omcials.

The Bellingham Bay g. British Column
bia railroad management have arranged
with the officials of the Great Northern to
give the latter company such facilities for
business connections and shipping over
their tracks and on the New Whatcom
water front as may be necessary. Presi-
dent Cornwall. of the Belingham Bay &
British Columbia, will remain here several
days yet, and expresses himself highly
pleased with the advent of the Great
Northern to Bellingham bay. He says it
means more than the public can appreciate.
The Bennett railroad from this city to New
Westminster, now under construction, will
not be turned over to the Great Notthern
until completed. sixty days hence.
Koch & Oakley have issued the initial
number of their monthly Rn;i,ray and Nau-
iqation Guide, which is an Official organ of
all transportation lines in the Northwest.
The guide is handy in size, neatly printed.
excellently arranged and gives the travel
ing public all the information necessary.
which can be gained without loss of time.
There are hints, railroad and steamboat
gossip. personals. general line news and
pertinent paragraphs that make the handy
pamphlet valuable and worthy of preserva-
ton for reference. The time schedules,
connections, distances and fares are clearly
presented and to this is added complete
shippers guide, of great value to business
men. The guide will be sure of an ex-
tended patronage, as it deserves it; price,
81 year; Is cents copy.
General Manager w. S. Mellen, of the
Northern Pacific, has given notice that
Newman Kline, who was at one time
located in Tacoma, and more recently
assistant superintendent of transportation
in Helena, has been appointed assistant to
the general manager and will have charge
of his Office in ST. Paul. Mr.. Kline will
also assume the duties of Oscar missing.
who has resigned the position of secretary
to the general manager.
Attorney J. H. Mitchell, IT,, of the North
ern Pacific, arrived here yesterday from
Spokane, where he had been for some time
attending to the relocating of the freight
and passenger depots and yards of the
company at that point The new buildings
have been placed at the eastern end of the
town, and will cost about $250,000. Mr..
Mitchell will go to Tacoma today or to-
morrow.
An order has been issued forbidding all
persons, except those having business,
standing on the Northern Pacific depot
platform during the arrival and departure
of passenger train. This is done to do
away with the peddlars and loafers that
heretofore annoyed passengers.
The next new time card of the Seattle,
Lake Shore & Eastern went into effect
last night. Trains will not run to Airing
ton until the grand excursion of July 4, as
the track from Blackman's to Arlington is
no: yet ready for regular traffic.
n. C. Thrall, assistant to President
Oskes, of the Northern Pacific. is in Spo-
kane, and it is reported that he is there to
look after certain mining interests in the
Kootenay country, with Eastern capitalists
as associates.
Resident Engineer w. P. Watson, of the
Seattle q Montana will send two more sur
veying parties out, one today and one
tomorrow, to locate between the Stillagua-
mish and Skagit rivers.
A piledriver is at work on the Union Pa
clfic right-of-way from Second street across
to the south Y of Railroad avenue. An
other piledriver is at work on the avenue
south of Charles street.
Chief Engineer j. w. Kendrick and
Counsel James Mcknight. of the Northern
Pacific, spent yesterday afternoon looking
over the company's property and franchises
on the water front.
The Oregon improvement Company is
extending its logging road from the spur at
the Transfer Company's stables, running
west to the company's South Ocean dock.
Pullman Conductor E. W. VanHorne,
who resigned to go into the general office
of the Northern Pacific in Portland, was
yesterday succeeded by J. S. Bennett.
Two carloads of machinery arrived FRI
day over the Northern Pacific for the West
Seattle cable powerhouse. The boilers
we're sent over yesterday.
Acting Superintendent F. W. Dunn, of
the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern, went to
Snoqualmie Saturday to spend day or
two.
The work of connecting the Seattle Term
inal railway to West Seattle with Railroad
avenue Y will be soon completed.
A2SHt EuNuIu IoHhlus Vi Tue NOItHern
Pacific, went to Portland yesterday to be
absent few days.
There will be an excursion to Snoqualmie
Falls over he Seattle, Lake Shore & East.
ern this morning.
A gang of men are at work on the Nor tn
ern Pacific rightof-way on Railroad ave-
nue. south.
TWO STEAMBOATS, CRASH.
Collision OF the Point Arena and j. II.