The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-01
ON LAND AND SEA.
TRANSPORTATION Lines Increas
ing Facilities.
EASTERN OREGON COMING HERE
A staunch Seaworthy Craft-Race ia
Gray's Harbor-Local Railroad
News-Notes.

entire line between the ckoOkuWcuuCA ohu
Scatter creek will be entirely finished and
ready for the ties and iron By next Thurs
day. This part of the line comprises the
heaviest timber met with on the line De-
tween Centralia and the harbor. Beyond
Black river the timber encountered is much
lighter but the grade increases. This,
however, is not considered much OF an oo-
stacle by Hunts forces, as their outht en-
ables them to do grading in very rapid
manner. The Hunt people do not antici-
pate any trouble at Porter creek. Before
any work can be done at this point the
county road will have to be changed. As
vet the Northern Pacific has had but a
small force at work. and the Hunt people
intend to be on the ground in time to pro-
tect their interests and rights. so they say.
Mr.. Hunt will be in Centralia before or i'm
mediately after the 4th, and as soon as he
comes the location of the line into the city
and the site of the depot will be made. A
bridge will then be constructed across the
river, the grading on this side done, ties
and iron laid, and locomotive and cars
put on. This will save q vast amount OF
team hauling. About next Thursday camp
No. 2. now about five miles from town, will
be moved to Black river. The engineers in
charge express themselves as highly
pleased with the progress that is being
made. Thus far, they claim. no extra ex-
ertions have been put forward. Their AMI
mails and men are in the best of condition.
and should the necessity arise, they can
very largely augment their pace, having a
large number of serapers, wagons, etc., not
in use.
The Oregon improvement Company has
purchased the twin screw propeller Eastern
Oregon, which has been laid up for some
time at San Francisco. and the steamer
will arrive here tomorrow. The Eastern
Oregon will begin next Monday making
regular daily round trips between Seattle
and Port Townsend, Anacortes and Bel
lingham Bay points, carrying passengers
and freight. Her headquarters will be at
Seattle and she will not run to Tacoma.
Her berth will be at the Ocean dock and
she will be taken care of by the Oregon I'm
provement Company car shops. The
Eastern Oregon is of 800 tons burden and
was built by John Roach, of Philadelphia.
She will equal the finest steamer on Puget
sound and make as good time as any, pos
sibly excepting the Olympian, and is also
considered an excellent sea boat. Captain
Anderson, now on the steamer Idaho, will
be purser on the Eastern Oregon.
The Marble Mount correspondent of the
PosT-INTELLIGENCER writes: The Fair
haven Il Southern have an engineering
party locating their line up the Cascade
and over the pass, and word has been
brought that the contract for grading the
same road as far as Sank has been let, and
another contract as far as Marble Mount
will be let in 3 few days. so that it will be
but few months until the wealth of the
Cascade district can be loaded on cars and
distributed wherever gold, silver, lead or
marble is used.
Jesse w. George is procuring the right
of-way for the Union Pacific between Seat
tie and Tacoma, and the right-of-way con-
tracts call for the completion of the railroad
from this city to Portland by March. 1892
The farmers UP White river are greatly
pleased at the prospects of getting a road
on the other ride of the Duwamish and
White rivers.
The last rail of the first 20-mile section of
the Port Townsend Southern railroad was
laid at O'Clock last evening, having sew
eral hours to spare, and thus secured the
large bonus granted by Port Townsend.
Work will be pushed on the next section
OF the line without delay, the contracts
having been made.
Counsel McNaught's private car will be
run to Snoqualmie Falls this morning and
return tonight. with Mr.. McNaught's daugh-
ter, Miss Alice Mcknight, who will be &C.
companied by sixteen of her cousins, to
whom she will give dinner and birthday
party on the car.
Agent E. w. McGinnis, of the Canadian
Pacific, and Mrs. McGinnis, left yesterday
for Victoria, b. c., to accompany the
twenty-three school teachers who intend
taking q trip over the Canadian Pacific and
attending the Teachers National Conyen-
ton in st. Paul.
A passenger coach and caboose are at
Tacoma awaiting shipment to Anacortes,
to be used on the Fourth of July free ex-
cursion over the Seattle & Northern. Six
fiat cars will be fitted up with seats for the
excursion train.
Chief Engineer j. w. Kendrick, of the
Northern Pacific. will return from Tacoma
tomorrow or Thursday to look after the
work being carried on on the company
franchise here.
General Attorney John NJ. Thurston, OF
the Union Pacific, is expected here today
or tomorrow from Omaha. when it is pro-
posed to consider the proposal to form q
railroad terminal company.
Four new coaches and dummies for the
Lake Washington Cable Railroad Company
arrived yesterday over the Northern Pa
cific from San Francisco.
President p. Il. Cornwell, of the Belling.
ham Bay & British Columbia railroad, was
in the city yesterday, on his way from Bell.
ing bay TO San Francisco.
The Northern Pacific will build siding
at o'Brien's station in few DAYS, so as To
be ready for shipments when the hop sea.
son opens.
Travelling Freight and Passenger Agent
+. w. Parker, of the Chicago, Burlington
4 Quincy. went to Victoria yesterday.
Ticket Agent Edward Tonkin. of the
Northern Pacific, returned yesterday
morning from Portland.
Law and Earth Library Contribution.
The financial result OF SATURDAYS game
OF baseball between the lawyers and real
estate men, for the benefit of the library
association fund iS rsvap 10 foIInrs.