The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-01
FROM THE BOUNDARY.
Rapid Construction On the Lake
Shore Extension.
FREE TERMINALS At wHATcoM.
Contracts for Bridges ON the Seattle 3
Montana Line-RaiIs Arrived for the
West Street Railway.

Inc Nooksack City correspondent of the POST
ikfELLIGEScER teiegraphs Forces are being
cones ntratcd and dirt is fying on the Seattle,
Lake Shore d Eastern railway grade, which IL
completed Tor sixteen miles south from the In
transitional boundary. and of the ten miles be-
tween North Fork aud Samish summit on.y
about three miles remain 20 be graded. The San
francisco Bridge Company has begun work on
the bridge at North Fork, at which place re-
vetment wall Is also being constructed. force
Is also now employed In the rock cut. The end
OF the track is now four miles north of Wooley
Junction, at which point enough rails are in
waiting to complete the line TO North Fork, and
the balance to reach the boundary viii be on
hand in the meantime. The bridge across the
stiilaguamish river is finished and the track
laid for two miles beyond. At point about
four miles north of the town work is progress
Ing rapidly on an extensive trestle. This is to
be completed IN ten days and in about six weeks
the track may be pushed to completion. The
grounds have been prepared aud work win be
started on the Nooksack station in few days
Ihis Is TO be one OF the finest buildings on the
line. By October /, at most, we hope to be able
TO make the round trip to Seattle in day and
have several hours for business at that place.
Contracts viii shortly be let for truss-spsn
BRIDES over the snohomish, Stillaguamish and
Skagit rivers, on the line of the Seattle & Mon
tana. The DIS call for 4-foot Howe truss, $50
loot span, 20. foot CON bination over all, 200
foot wooden draw in two aud 250-foot draw in
another, and the bridges will be required to
carry 5000 pounds per foot, aud viii be built of
mr.. The skagit bridge is to be turned over to
the company November /, the Stillaguamish
bridge on December /, and the snohomish
BRIDE December Is. Manager 7. J. Miner will
also double the order for timber to be used on
the harbor 'front.' trestle aud bridges, and con-
tracts will be made for 4,00o, 600 feet Mr.. Milneg
will go to Portland in few days
The Whatcom correspondents of the Posr-IN-
TELLIGENCER telegraphs: Whstcom was elated
to read III the PosT-INTELLIGEHCER that en-
gineeys sent out by the oregon Transcontin ntal
VIII locate line from the Lake Snore road to
Whatcom. This city will grant Tree right-of-
way down Squa.icum creek and give terminal
facilities on the water front equally as good as
the Bennett railroad has secured here. The
route down Squaicum creek AMI across the
Whatcom water front is an easy grade. and was
formerly surveyed for the Garfield railroad
from the lake.
President A. s. Durham, of the Seattle, Lake
Shore d Eastern; President C. l. Colby OF the
Wisconsin ntral; Counsel James Mcknight
aud General Land Agent Paul schu re, of the
Northern Pacific, went to Snohomish yesterday
morning in Mr.. Col6y's private car Winnetoska,
AID returned last evening. General Agent H.
G. Davis, of the Northern Pacific, was also in
the party. Messrs. Colby. Mcknight. schulze
and Davis went 10 Tacoma in special cars.
The Seattle Terminal railway will today ie-
ceive from the Seattle, Lake Shore d Eastern
passenger coach and combination car TO be put
into service shortly between the city and West
Seattle. The fish pla es and bolts neces sary to
complete the line arrived at Tacoma yesterday
and will be here today. SO that the line will be
in operation the first of next week.
Six carloads of girder rails arrived yesterday
from Danville. Pa, for the West Street & North
more are on the way. The rails will be laid at
once on West street. and it is TO be hoped that
the rest of the rails will be here so as to avoid
any delay in the completion of the track.
Assistant superintendent /. A. Nadeau of the
Northern Pacific, is making arrangements for
the building OF a large hop warehouse at slaugh-
ter, The original idea of extending the present
warehouse has been abandoned.
Mr.. A. Abt, recently treasurer OF the Seattle
Electric railway, will leave today for Dayen-
port, Ia, stopping at Spokane Falls day or two
From Davenport Mr.. Abt will shortly leave for
Europe, where he will reside
General Manager j. NJ. Graham, of the North
ern Pacific e. Manitoba railroad, left Tacoma
yesterday for Portland, Or.
Travelling Passenger Agent Robert Keppler. OF
the Rock Island and Albert Lea foutes Is in the
city. from Portland, Or.
Passenger Agent Freeman, of the Denver q Rio
Grande railroad, is in the city from Port
land, Or