The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-05
SHORE LINE CHOSEN.
The Union Pacific Route Prac-
tically Settled.
MORE LAKE SHORE BONDS SOLD.
The Great Northern Soon to Choose q
Pass to the East-A Northern Pa
cific Maguate Coming.

II. A. Gates, residen. engineer of the
Union Pacific railroad at Portland, arrived
in the city yesterday, and registered at the
Rainier. He will be joined this morning
by Chief Engineer Bogue. and it is probable
that before they leave. the question OF the
route OF the Union Pacific between Seattle
and Portland will be settled. Mr.. Gates
discussed the question of right-of-way
along the shore with several property
owners, but when asked by Posr-ISrELLI-
GENcER reporter which route would be
adopted. said that no decision had been
reached. He was then asked why active
work was not begun on the Seattle end of
the line, and replied:
We are working about 1900 men from
Centralia southwark. and we are building
northward from Olympia. We have
brought men here from Denver, Salt Lake
and other Places
But when are you going to begin on the
Seattle end of the road?"
You know it takes time to organize a
force for such work, and We could not
build along the shore in winter, for the
storms would wash out everything Our
idea is to begin work on this end of the
line in the spring and complete it next
summer. We shall go ahead meanwhile
with the road south of Tacoma"
1.-THE Great Northern is going to build
along the shore to the northward during
the winter" remarked the reporter.
"Well, We shall benefit by their expert
ence."
"But the people here would like to see
something done here"
ave can have everything arranged, and
shall probably have dirt flying around here
in sixty days"
along the shore of the Sound?"
"Yes."
What makes you afraid of the storms
damaging the work? Are you going to
build on trestles along the shore?n
mo. but We shall have considerable
tresting to do"
what is the cause of this difficulty in
getting the right-of-way through the Puv-
allup reservation? Is the poor Indian be-
ing used as cloak by the Northern Pacific
in fight on the bill?"
'Well, it looks as if somebody was try
ing to make money out of the affair. The
bill has passed the House and been re-
ported favorably to the Senate and there it
stands"
The new track of the Front street cable
road across the Occidental triangle to con-
meet with the Commercial street track will
be finished in few days. The track along
Commercial street. from Main to King
street, is being rapidly constructed. The
only cause of delay in the completion of
this extension is the lack of the turntable,
which is being made in San Francisco. and
which the makers say will be shipped i'm
mediately. When everything else is ready
the point of junction with the old track
will be completed. This work and the
stretching of the new cable will necessitate
a shutdown for twenty-four hours. This
will probably occur on Sunday, as on that
day traffic is lightest.
The locating parties of the Seattle &
Montana railroad who have been examin-
ing the passes through the Cascade noun
tains have made their final report and
been ordered to Montana. They have ex-
amined the Shusale. Cady, Indian, Ward,
Skagit and Cascade passes. and their re-
port mas been sent to headquarters. On
the basis of their information President
Hill and Chief Engineer Becker will de-
eide which pass the road shall traverse.
Surveying parties will then be sent out and
the work of construction will begin imme-
diately afterwards.
The steamers Name and Indiana have
been taken off the Skagit river, where they
have been running from Mount Vernon to
Sedro and Hamilton. 1t is reported that
this action was the result of an arrange
ment with the Oregon improvement Com
Of c&<
petetion with the Seattle & Northern rail-
road. but Manager Mcneil ridicules the
idea. Captain A. M. Keen, pilot of the
steamer Henry Bailey, says that small
steamer of light draft could make money
on that route.
The trustees OF the Seattle, Lake Shore &
Eastern railway met yesterday afternoon.
A. S. Durham, the managing trustee,
stated that the sole object of the meeting
was to ratify some right-of-way agreements
on the new extension. 1t is understood,
however. that the meeting had relation to
the placing of bonds to the amount of
about 81. 600, 900 in New York. the proceeds
to be used in paying for new construction.
J. A. B. Tompkins, locating engineer of
the Seattle 4 Montana railroad, who has
been in the mountains, returned to the
city yesterday on the steamer Eastern Ore
gon, on his way to Helena. ]. A. Payne,
of the firm of Bowman q Payne, which has
the contract for grading six miles at
Muckilteo, also came in.
Work on the Belt line is hampered by a
dispute regarding the right-of-way through
one and half miles of property belonging
to Senator Squire and Mr.. Smithers. in the
neighborhood of Renton. Only the south
ern half of the line has been located and
therefore work is confined to that section.
A locating party was sent TO Centralia
yesterday by the Seattle & Montana rail-
road, and will work southwark from that
point Another party is working south
ward from Puyallup, and others will prob
ably be sent out to work from Seattle south
ward and from the Columbia river north
ward.
The Vancouver Register says: The Union
Pacific contractors have about /, 200 labor
ers and 400 teams in active service on the
grade between Vancouver and Lewis river
and that work is being pushed ahead Wig
orously. The grade will be finished TO
Kalama before winter.
The private car Minnewaska will arrive
in this city at $40 this morning, bringing
lanes p Williams prosidont af the