The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-02
NEWS OF RAILROADS.
Great Northern Engineers Are
at the Skagit.
WORK ON HUNTS BIG SYSTEM.


Resident Engineer W. p. Watson, of the Seat
tie 4 Montana, returned yesterday morning
from the Skagit country. He reports that the
line has been pretty much al located, but that
pass has not been fully decided upon yet
The rghtof-way VIII be secured at once by q
z. Henry. who Will build the road from Seattle
to q connection with the Fairhaven & Southern,
VIII begin active work grading at Ballard today.
having located . camp there yesterday Forcs
Of men have also been located at Richmond
beach. and in fact all along the line. and the
grading will be pushed as fsst as possible. Men
were at work yesterday laying out the lines
along Railroad avenue. Mr.. Watson will shortly
re- urn 10 the mountains and Manager 7. J. Mil
ner viii 60 to Portland.
Chief Engineer Rifle. of the Hunt system ct
railroads. writes to the Engineering Ne,es:
about 500 men and $50 teams are now at work
on the Gray's harbor division, and the force is
being increased. The road will run from Gen.
tralia. Wash, via Oakyille, Elma, Monsesano
and Hoquiam, to Gray's Harbor City, WASH, a
distance of sixty mica The work is generally
light The principal business win be in Ium-
Der. coal iron, fruit and general merchandise.
About 30 pei cent of the right-oi-way has been
secured. Twelve miles of the road are now
graded. 1t is expected that track-laying will
begin August Is, aud that the road will be COM
pleted by January /. 1891. 4. A. Habersham, of
Centralia. WASH, is the engineer in charge of
work. On the Grand Ronde division, from
Walla WaIla. Wash, to Union, Or, the contrac-
tor has about $50 men and thirty-five teams at
work. Twenty -one miles of the road have
already been graded. II Is expected that the
line will do large business In wheat. cattle,
silver and lead ores, bullion and general mer-
chandise. E. g. Clark, Summerville. Or, resi-
dent engineer, is in charge of work. On the
Portland division preliminary surveys are now
being made for the line from Hunts Junction
WASH, TO Portland, Or. One survey is being
made along the Columbia river, and the other
further north, via the Klickitat and Lewis
rivers. The route will not be decided upon
until the completion of these surveys, which
win be in about three weeks Nothing has been
done on the line from Eureka Flat to Snake
river since the location was completed.
The Centralia correspondent of the Posr-IN-
TELLIGENcKR telegraphs: "A letter has been
received from Vice-President Clough, dated at
Seattle. addressed to the president of the board
Of trade. stating that the Great Northern is now
preparing to extend its Pacific coast line the
Seattle e. Montana rsilroad, from Seattle to Port
land, and in doing so is DESTROYS of reaching as
many OF the business centers of the country as
possible, and asking that the citizens of Contra
lie consider favorably the claims OF the company
to rgh,-of-way through the city and depot
cific line through the city was completed yester-
day. Assistant Engineer Dillman says that he
will have his tracks completed within q few days
SO that the depot and grounds can be located"
Resident Manager h. W. Mcneil, of the Ore
gon Improvement Company, and General Mana
ger C. J. Smith, OF the Union Pacific, held q
conference Thursday respecting the proposed
change of business on the City dock and the ad
joining one. Mr.. McNeill said yesterday that
the idea of changing the dock business had
been abandoned for the present
The Port Crescent correspondent of the Posi-
INTELLIGENCER writes: at is thought that work
on the Victoria, Port Crescent & Chehalis rail-
road will be commenced at this place on the LIST
OF September. A meeting of the directors Of this
road is being held in Tacoma this week"
Solicitor Ed Tonkin yesterday returned to his
former position as iicket agent in the Northern