The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-22
NEWS OF RAILROADS.
Changes In Management Of
Transfer Company.


Important changes WE'RE made yesterday
in the personnel Of The seattle Transfer
Company. Secretary Charles Armstrong.
! soss Of President Armstrong was yesterday
! promoted 20 the POSITION OF manager Of the
company, Mr. q. r. Shaubut retiring from
that Office 10 give bis attention 70 the bust
ness Of the Seattle Terminal Railway and
Eeyator Company. though retaining the
{ Office OF vic~-presi1ent Of the Transfer
/ Company. Mr.. Charles Armstrong has
been with tbs company o secretary since
/ Is organ xsts0n and has given the business
his undivided attention. making many.
warm friends among business men q
the CITY who will be pleased
To learn OF his advancement. e J.
Reekse resigned his position Of chief clerk
In the Northern Pacific freight department
snd Was appointed secretary Of the Trans
fer Company G. AL en-. late Of Boston.
succeeds Mr.. Reekie a. chief clerk In the
freight derartmenf Il IL understood that
within week or tuo an arrangement vii;
be effected By which the Northern Pacific
will take over the freight business from the
transfer company and thereby Be in q posi-
ton to deal directly with their patrons.
The railway company has for some time
been trying TO get control Of that
part OF the business for the pnr-
pose OF avoiding the switching
chsrges and the bookkeeping consequent
upon doing business second hand. Sew
eral c0nferepces have been had. and both
companies are dcsirous Of arriving at .
settlement. and there IL only question Of
. few thousand dollars in dispute This
viii probably be settled satisfactorily and
the Northern Pacific will Be in . position
70 deal with patrons on m equal footing
with competitors. There Is contract BY
which the railway company can take over
the transfer company at the end of three
years by paying . certain sum and for all
improvements. II the price cannot be
agreed upon Il ID 10 be settled by arbisra-
ton. The transfer company viii likely
build another warehouse and do storage
as well ~ passenger business. beside trans
ferring Tor the railroad to the new ware
houses TO Be erected on It's terminal
grounds on the water 'front.'
Percy Dickinson. OF Dickinson 4 Kine,
contractors. arrived here yesterday from
Tacoma 10 work on the Northern Pacific
franchise. from Railroad Avenue Y to Pine
street A boom Of piles arrived yesterday
and pilc-dsivef viii be put to work to-
morrow. Engineer Pratt. assistant to En-
gineer II. s. Huson. arrived yesterday to
superintend the building Of the line.
The Sons of Enterprise, colored. win
have an excursion to Kent over the North
srn Pacific. next Tuesday. to celebrate the
fifteenth !. amendment TO the constitution.
A train viii also come 10 Kent from Ta-
coma, bringing the colorcd people Of that
az TAA ~ Kre>
have grand good time.
Two barges loaded with ties and two
RATS OF lumber were towed from here yes
terday, and $500 ties were shipped from
Tacoma Friday to Port Townsend for the
Port Townsend Southern railroad. The
track is being laid over . mile day and
the nrst section will be completed next Sat.
urday.
The Seattle, Lake Shore 4 Eastern rail.
way viii run excursion trains between all
points the Fourth OF July. including
Arlington. twenty-three miles north OF
Snohomish. Arlington was opened by the
lire two weeks ago on its Canadian extern
tension.
A carload OF machinery for sawmill,
which arrived from the East Friday, was
taken out yesterday over the seattle. Lake
Shore a Eastern. The sawmill Is TO be put
up at Kirkland to manufacture lumber for
the Kirkland iron works.
A number OF guests OF the Rainier hotel
went TO Snoqualmie fails in Especial coach
OF the Seattle, Lake shore 4 Eastern yes
terday. They will spend today At the hop
ranch and return tomorrow.
The Castle Rock correspondent of the
Posr-lSrgILIcEScyR says. The Union Pa
citic railresd surveyors are still in this
vicinity. They say the road will be located
near the line now being run.
j. b. Smith, right-of-way agent of the
Seattle & Northern. arrived here yesterday
from the front He reports work progress
ing rapidly along the live.
Counsel James Mcknight and First As
sistant General Freight Agent S. G. Fulton.
OF the Northern Pacific. went to Portland
last night
The Bricklayers' Union viii have . pic
mic at Thomas park. on the line Of the
Northeru paSstis TO-DAY