The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-16
NEWS or RAILROADS.
Right-of- Way Trouble on the
Belt Line Ended.
SIGNIFICANT SANTA re MOVE.
D1g Mortgage on the y. P.'s 0ridiron
sysssm-Uaion Pscinc Onciais
Cruising-N Notes.

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The Chehalis correspondent Of the Posr-
lHrELLrGEHcKR writes: The United Raft.
roads Of Washington. which constitute .
portion OF the Northern Pacific system,
we're mortgaged to the Farmers' Loan and
Trust Company Of New York, and the
deed fled last week. the instrument being
the longest Of the kind ever recorded in
Lewis county. They consist Of the follow
ing proposed lines In the western portion
of the state: From North Yakima via
Natchez river at or near Cascade pass,
down the C0wlitx river to or near Che
halls: between Chehaiis and South Bend.
on ShoalWater bay: between South Bend
and Gray's hartor; from South Bend to
the Columbia river, opposite astoria; down
the river TO the Pacific ocean and along the
spit Of land to Leadbetter point; from some
point on the Northern Pacific railway
down tho Chehalis river to the south side
Of Gray's harbor; between some point in
Pierce county and Montesano. by way Of
Olympia and Black river; twenty-five
miles up 70 Hoquiam, the Wishakee and
the Wynochee rivers. and ffty miles up
the Huptulip river.
The Port Townsend Call says: Locating
Engineer Clarke. of the Port Townsend
Southern, il in Port Townsend. He has
Just finished locating tho roadbed along
Hoods canal to Union City. He will make
report Of the same to the Oregon I'm
provement Company ct Seattle. Mr.. Clarke
said in reference to building the road along
the camel that he would sooner undertake
it, construction through that country than
to build through region similar tosthe
country between Port Discovery and Quill
Gene.
E. st. John, general manager, and
Charley Kennedy, general agent of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway.
mpanied by Mrs. st. John and Mrs.
Roosevelt Miller, passed through Seattle
yesterday on the City OF Kingston on their
way to Victoria. Mr.. St John and party
will be in Seattle today, and will leave in
their private car for Portland, on their
way to California. this evening.
The new line Of the Front street cable
road across the public triangle and along
Commercial street will be finished by this
morning. The switch at King street was
completed, and nothing remained to do on
the triangle except the placing Of some
sheaves and the concreting OF q few yards
Of road at the curve. General Superin-
tendent Gibson expects to have cars run
ming some time today.
w. H. Kennedy. principal assistant
engineer Of the Union Pacific railroad, ar
rived in the city yesterday morning, and.
in company with w. T. Chalk, district
engineer, chartered the tug Violet for .
cruise along the shore from Seattle to
Tacoma, the object being to examine the
route of the new road along the shore.
They will return today.
The construction Of extensive car shops
at Smiths cove is under consideration by
the Seattle. Lake Shore q Eastern railroad.
The present shops are kept running con-
stantly. and during the past tour or five
months have turned out forty logging and
ten coal cars. In addition, $50 fat cars
have been brought from the East.
The growing popularity of Snoqualmie
Falls as summer pleasure resort 10 proved
by the fact that the Seattle, Lake Shore 4
Eastern railway has carried twice O. many
people to that point this summer as were
carried last season. The travel is now
falling of. and the season is practically
over.
Bids have been advertised tor the lumber
for the extension of the Front street cable
railway through Queen Anne town. The
work will consume about 700, coo feet OF
lumber. When the extension to King
street il completed and the delivery of the
lumber begins, construction will also be-
gin.
The Helena Journal says: Fifteen
miles of the western extension of the Great
Northern railway have been completed
west of Fort Assinaboine, and the work il
being rapidly pushed, so as to reach the
summit of the mountains before work il
abandoned for the winter.
The Terminal Railway and Elevator
Company yesterday received one car of
wheat from Eastern Washington, and ex-
poets shipments to increase constantly
from this time. A purchase of 1900
bushels in the Walla Waila country was
completed yesterday.
The material for the completion of the
Seattle & Northern railroad to Hamilton is
now on the ground, and will be immedi-
ately shipped to Anacortes. The track
will be laid in week or two. There is al
ready considerable business awaiting the
road at Hamilton.
The right-of-way difficulties on the Belt
line railro ad at Renton were settled yes
terday. and grading, which had been
temporarily suspended in that vicinity,
was Immediately resumed. Track-laying
also began between Black River junction
and Cedar river.
The Vancouver. Klickitat & Yakima rail-
road has been extended four miles further
eastward, making about twenty miles con-
structed. The road is now in fine lumber
region in the heart of the Cascade range.
and is striking for the Klickitat pass.
c. ]. Smith, ex-manager of the Union
Pacific railroad at Portland. is at the Ar
lington. He says that he is to be connected
in some capacity with the Oregon Improve
ment Company, but will not state what his
position will be.
An ordinance has been introduced into
the Portland council to have girder rails
laid on street railways instead of L rails.
The objection to rails is that they are
destructive to buggies and other wheeled
vehicles.
The Ellensburg correspondent of the
PosT-lNrELLIGENcER teiegraphs. 1t is re-
ported that Chief Engineer Becker and
Darty of the Great Norfharn oro in Tho