The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-22
NEWS OF RAILROADS.
The Great Northern Hurrying
Towards Portland.
JAMES STREET CONTRACTS LET.
Contracts for Cornwall ROAD IA IN.
Boundary Let-work ON the
Electric Circuit

Ine Northern Pacific Railway Company
agreed to terms and settled M their taxes
LOT 1889 with the county yesterday even
ing. The company's attorney appeared
paiore the county commissioners yester-
Gay and 1t was ordered that the sheriff of
Aing county be directed to receive from
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company
the sum OF -, 2o2. 4S, being the tax on the
reaI estate OF the company for the year
iooS' on basis OF 81 per acre. this sum to
DC IN fun OF all tax. cost and penalty on the
real estate Tor 1889. 1t was further orcered
tnat the sheriff be directed to return as
error on the roll the assessment of the
company of all roadbed and superstruc-
ture, the board being advised by the dis
trict attorney and assistant counsel that
the county cannot collect the tax on the
properly for said year.
This does not settle up all the difficulty
with the railway company yet, by q good
deal. There is still controversy between
the county and the company which may
nave 70 De carried into the courts for settle
menI The question in controversy is the
roadoed and right-of-way, the valuation of
which The company claims is little nigh.
Ii possible the county viii settle the mat
ter amicably.
The kaiama correspondent of the PosT-
ISIELLIeEScER telegraphs: The Great
northern railroad people have not been
IDLE or dead, but have had men along the
line between Tacoma and Kalama securing
right-0f-way for their road. Today they
entered condemnation proceedings against
w. ID. Close. q prominent citizen of this
place, who owns valuable bottom land
through which the Northern must pass.
The Union Pacific railway paid Mr.. Close
for the right-of-way through his place
with very little argument. The right-of-
way representative of the Great Northern
is now in Kalama busily looking after the
interests OF that road. and although few
people believed that the Great Northern
wonld build at once to Kalama when it
was reported so a few weeks ago in the
Posr-ISrELLIeEscER, the action of the
past few days convinces them. The Union
Pacific railway men are at present cutting
out the right-of-way here, and will be
followed up by the graders.
The contract for the construction of the
James street power house was let yesterday
by Mr.. Z. F. Whittier, the president of the
company, and Architect SteiHman to Mr..
Charles R. Brown, the price being $4,000.
The building will be l20xl20 feet in size,
two stories high and viii be OF brick. It
viii be divided into car-room. capable of
holding twenty cars. an engine-room. wait
ing-room, directors Office, ETC., with q
large conductors reading-room and living
room for the employees. The company al
ready has the material on the ground, at
the corner of James street and Broadway,
for the power-house and has the founda-
ton well under way. Three hundred tons
OF rails have been ordered and are expected
to arrive during this week, when active
construction work will immediately com.
mence.
Captain Ballard yesterday told a.Posr-
INTELLIGEScER reporter that the pId3is for
completing the belt electric railway through
Ballard are now well toward completion.
The West Shore & North End electric rail-
way win be completed to Ballard within
thirty days. 1t is then proposed to begin
work at once on an extension toward Ere
mont. while the Seattle electric railway
will build from Fremont toward Ballard to
meet it. and junction will probably be
formed about half way between. The two
roads viii join forces in erecting the car
shops near the junction. 1t is not intend
ed to have q formal consolidation OF the
two companies. but they will be very
friendly to each other. Captain Ballard
says that they wish to push these extern
sions as rapidly as possible.
The Whatcom correspondent OF the
Posr-IsIELIdGEscER telegraphs: The
Cornwall Railroad Company has awarded
the contract for clearing, grading and
trestling the last eight miles from the
Nooksack river to the boundary and
connection with the Canadian Pacific to
Daniel McGilvray. of Vancouver, an ex.
perienced Canadian Pacific railroad builder.
He put up $4,000 bond to complete the
work within sixty days, and cars from the
Canadian Pacific will run to the bay i'm.
mediately thereafter.
The last location parties of the Seattle a
Montana railroad have now been called in
and construction is beginning on everv sec.
ton. At few points there is difficulty
about securing right-of-way and condemna-
ton proceedings will probably be necessary.
Two loads of email tram-cars have come in
and been sent down the road fifteen carloads
of material and one carload of horses have
arrived at Ballard and men are being sent
out by the boat load daily.
Captain F. A. Hill. chief engineer of the
Oregon Improvement Company, left last
evening for Port Townsend to arrange
for the operation of the Port Town
send railroad as far as IL has been
completed. One combination passenger
and freight train will run each way daily.
commencing on Monday.
W. P. Watson. engineer in charge of the
Seattle & Montana railroad. returned TO
the city yesterday. temporarily disabled.
While he was riding from Stanwood to
Marysville his horse stumbled and threw
him, severely spraining his right ankle
The securing of right-of-way for the Port
Townsend Southern railroad between
Union Cily and Quilcene is causing some
trouble and condemnation suits will prob
ably be needed.
E A. Hackett, of Portland, assistant
general agent, freight and passenger de-
partinent, of the Burlington route. is in the
city.
NJ. G. Hall. superintendent of the North
ern Pacific Express Company, arrived in
the city from Portland Yesterday.