The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-17
NEWS OF RAILROADS.
Front Street Cable Cars Rum
ming to the Depot.
RIGHT-oF-waY IN BALLARD
Knotty Question For the Council
Manager ST. John. OF the Rock
Island, In Seattle.

Island, In Seattle.
z. - John. general manager Of the Chicago
Rock Island 4 Pacific railway. ws in the csty
yesterday. having returned from shors trip 10
Victoria He was accompanied sy Ara 81
John. Mrs.. Roswell Miller aad M. Charles
Kennedy. the general northwestern agent o:
the line, and lsts last nigh. for Portland In his
private car.
When seen By PosT-TyrElLsGEScxE reporter
Nj. s. John said be was here solely for pleas
ure. II try 20 get away from ny work Tor . few
days a. least once year, and my present TIP IL
for that purpose. ! have never enjoyed Tip
more ssea this one / viasts1 the Sound
seven years sxo, when sessfls vas nothing
but q iiftse village. zone too lively. bot wss
then struck with IFS great natural s9yan. ges
and TIE wonderful resources Of the country
back Of It Since then have heard much Of
the city, but what have seec ON this trip m
far exceeded my expectations. You have .
wonderful city here. a8d can hardly believe
ths; these metropolitan appearing buildings
have been bull; since your great fire."
what DO you think OF tae railroad situation
herev'
"It could net be better. speak disiater-
este1iy and from careful observation feel
safe in saying that the outlook for Seattle Is
very bright great cry is sure 20 be built
upon Prges sound and I see no reason why
Seattle should not bstna; p ace Think il IL .
second Chicago and the Fan Francisco Of the
Northwest TEs railroads are coming here fas:
enough. Tasy always 90 where they can find
trade
The AarJsviile LeGdsr says: With the excep-
ton OF one small strip just north of town. the
ri=hi~of.way Of the Seattle 4 Montana railroad
il nov pretty wall cleared. A little grading has
been done I've or six miles out and lively work
Of that description will be beznn here In an
other week. Mr.. Parker. superintendent Of con-
ssruction for Shepard. Henry 4 Co., wss in town
Wednesday and Thursday. He stated that the
ngnt-of-way has now been secured from Mars
vile 70 stauwood, with one or two exceptions,
aud from the other side Of stanwooc TO Mount
Vernon Their principal DIFF .ulty has been en-
coun.ered In and about stsn wood. where prop
erfy holders are ssxjng such stiff prices for their
lend 60 to make condemnation suits necessary,
the railroad company entering twenty such yes
tefdsy, and work consequently waiting or their
decisior. Aessra Miner and George are now at
work on this matter ., that point, and are ex.
pectsd here in a few days.
The new cable was stretched on the Front
street line early this morning and cars began
running about O'Clock 10 King street good
deal of work remains 10 DC done before the
extension is complete. The track at the foot of
Cherry street mas TO be ccncreted and paved and
the fugnt table at King street pu, IN place.
Altogether II viii De week before everything
is done. Meanwhile, TIE cars run to the
temporary switch, which 10 more convenient
for the dummy cars tbaa fur table. The
later viii not be brought into use until the new
combination cars arrive The rev cable and
track works well. though the pulleys on
account Of their being new and EXPOSED, make
gTiDdiig noise. The objection will be removed
a. soon AZ the track Is paved.
Tie difficulty az to rignt-of-wsy through Bal
lard has been arranged between superintendent
Dunn, OF the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern, and
T. j. Miner, manager OF the 6ea.tle 4 Montana,
and IL only remains for the council TO act on the
matter. The agreement is that the LAKE Shore
4 Eastern shall remain on the part of shlsho.e
avenue watch IL row Occupies, stga gin teuiig
is track in a few places. and that the seattle &
Montana shall occupy the other side o. the
street The council was 10 have act ID on the
matter last evening, but no information could
be obtained, as the telegraph ONCE closed before
the meeting was over.
Some mysterious movements, attributed TO the
Santa Re company. are going on on the Calitor.
MIA Sevads railroad, which runs twenty
seven miles from Oakland inland. Grant Bros,
the Santa Fe contractors, are at work trans.
forming the road from q single track narrow
gauge, 10 double track narrow gauge. but are
putting in broad gauge ties The inference il
drawn that this road is 20 be used as part of a
santa Fe road to the Coast. and that the change
now iii progress 10 intended as q preparation for
stAndard-gaug1ng the road when desired
The Chehails correspondent of the PosT.Is.
TELLIGEScER ieiegraphs:
T. L. Heriot, right-oi-way agent for the Union
Pacific, was in town On Saturday afternoon.
closing M the last of the contracts on the
dnYsn
been very busy for the past month abs;rscting
and plating the right-of-way through the
county for the Union Pacific railway.
w. p. Watson, principal assistant engineer of
the Great Northern railway, returned YESTERDAY
from sedro, where ne went TO inspect the work
on the Seattle & Montana road. He found the
clearing OF the rightof-way nearly finished and
the grading well under way Work Is also
progressing on the bridges.
/. TIE extension of the Seattle Electric railway
across the triangle 10 8 connection with the
Front street road on Commercial street ana
thence along Main ana South Third streets bsek
again to Second street, thus completing the
circuit, will begin in a few days
The rails for the second track on the Com.
mercisl street motor line are being hauled ont
along the line. and track laying began vesferdsv
morning. The read will be completed 10 ,bs
island at the head Of the bay, and stop there for
the present.
l. J. Miner manager of the Seattle Mon.
tans railroad, says that the right-of way for the
road Is now nearly ali secured, and only a few
condemnation suits viii be needed
Joseph MeCabe, superintendent of the Paciec
division of the Northern Pacific railroad. was in
the city for few hours yesterday, returning to
Tacoma al p. m.
Colonel o. +. Briggs. general passenger and
freight agent of the Oregon improvement Com
psny's lines, returned yesterday from brief
visit 10 Portland.
Chiei Engineer K. H. Taicott and his assistsn.
r. H. Warner both went down the northern
extension of the Lake Shore Eastern rajlwav
yesterday.
W. 1. Chalk. District engineer of the Unio,
Pacific. returned yesterday from his cruise
along the shore 10 Tacoma
PLEASED WITH SEATTLE