The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-21

further the Edgcomb Lumber Company has
about completed camp. from which twen-
ty cars day will be shipped. At all these
points north of Arlington little towns have
grown up and are overtaxing the one pas
senger and one freight train which run
daily. SO that the railroad officials say that
in two weeks two more freight and one
more passenger train will be put on.
Charles King and Percy Dickinson, who
compose the firm of King d Dickinson, OF
Tacoma, the Northern Pacific railroad con-
tractors, are at the Rainier. This firm IS
doing all the new construction work OF the
Northern Pacific in Western Washington,
and has five roads on hand-the Gray's
Harbor road. the road to Willipa harbor.
the new transfer at Kalama, the Fairhaven
& Northern, and the road from Durham
to Niblcck's mine.
Mr.. King, who has charge of the Dur
ham branch. says that he has seven miles
of road graded and has 500 men at work,
grading being in progress on every one
mile section. He says that he could en-
ploy 300 more men, but cannot find them.
The road will run to Nibock's without
crossing the Lake Shore e. Eastern, and
though it is intended to make connections
with that road the junction point has not
vet been selected. or at least is kept secret.
The mine is three and one-half miles from
the Snoqualmie hop ranch. The road will
be finished between December Is and JAN
uary |.
Mr. Dickinson says that the Gray's har-
Dor road will be completed by January
probably, and certainly by February 1,
1901, and to Willapa harbor about the same
date.
Yesterday the following telegram was re-
ceived here:
PORTLAND. Aug. 20.
John Ledry, President of the Chamber Of Com
merce: On and after August %, we will run
Pullman sleeper through from Seattle to st.
Paul In addition to this through sleeper space
in the Chicago sleeper viii be reserved for Seat
tle This will practically give Seattle through
sleeper to st. Paul and Chicago. You under
stand that the sleeper runs through from St.
Paul to Seattle, passengers not having to make
any change whatever. This is better than we
promised you. The local sleeper from Portland
To Seattle will be placed on the run within the
next few days. or just as soon as we can get
the cars from the East. Trust this arrangement
will be satisfactory. A. ID. CHARLTON.
Yesterday the Chamber of Commerce
sent the following dispatch to Senators
Squire and Allen:
The Portland & Puget Sound Railway Com.
pany is now actively engaged in building its
road from Seattle to Portland Work is very
much delayed, being unable to get its right-of-
way through the Puyallup reservation. This
body respectfully requests your earnest and &C.
tive efforts in securing the passage through the
Senate of the right-of-way bill which has al
ready passed the lower house.
Tracklaying on the Fairhaven & South.
ern railroad from Fairhaven to the British
boundary was begun Saturday. The rails
will be dropped at the rate of a mile and
half per day until the Nooksack is reached,
when there will be delay of few days to
put the bridge together. Utis already built).
Blaine viii be reached September II.
The Whatcom correspondent of the Posi-
INTELLIGENCER telegraphs: The Great
Northern trains now run across the What
com water front with carloads of rails for
the track between this city and the British
boundary. Regular trains from New
Westminster to this city will be running by
October.
b. T. Carry, chief clerk of the Oregon
improvement NOupdhSJ Aoc bCCh ap~
pointed general superintendent of the
Columbia e. Puget Sound. Seattle q North
ern and Port Townsend Southern railroads
and the Puget Sound steamship line by
the o. /. Co.
o. F. Briggs, general passenger agent of
the Oregon Improvement Company, is
preparing a passenger tariff for the Seattle
e. Northern railroad. The basis Is 5 cents
a mile, with 10 per cent. off for round trip
tickets.
The Centralia correspondent of the Posi-
INTELLIGENoER telegraphs: Two pile
drivers for the Hunt road have arrived
and will be put to work at once on the pill
ing for bridge across the SkookumcHucA
The Seattle e. Montana railroad sent Mo
construction parties to Marysvile ye6ter-
day. w. P. Watson, the engineer, has
gone to Mount Vernon to superintend the
beginning of work.
General Manager Mcneil. OF the Oregon
Improvement Company, has returned
from trip to Banff Hot Springs, B. G.
e. C. Gilman, of the Union Pacific rail-
road, who has been in the city for several
days, left last night.
Colonel W. H. Eftinger. of Tacoma, the
attorney of the Union Pacific, was in the
city yesterday. 4