The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-12
RAILROADS AT WAR.
Lake Shore Steals q March on
the Great Northern.
pALLARD R,cHT-oF-wAy TAKEN.
Nsilreads ana ships Can Now Meet ut
Olynpis- Great Tunnel Needed ON
ne Seattle = Montana.
pALLARp RIoHT-oF-wAY TAkE'

ne 0oDttAO - AASosoASs
me Ballard correspondent of the Posr-IxrxL
sxorrcrn writes: what promises to be the be.
wfnniuR Of Z protracsed war was commenced last
nirht between the Seattle q Montana and the
SEATTLE Lake Shore 4 Eastern failwaya The
batfle- 6eld 10 the land or sand spit formerly in
poeeession Of old man Rice who was acciden-
tally silled By falling or . trestle few weeks
80 Last night the Seattle. Lake Shore & East
IN called in every section man and fridge
builder on The road, who. with others, comprIs-
:lna no men. were set to work building double
task across the rfght-of-way OF the Seattle Il
Montana railway. The Seattle, Lake Sh 70 L.
Eastssn has switch. locked the San Francisco
( Bridge Company, which 10 In the employ Of the
0ontf3o 3 Montana, BY blocking the San Fran
oisoo Bridge Company's pile-dnvins outdt with
1Wo can Of piles and . car Of steel rails on the
oooau dock, preventing the bridge company
1fom commencing work for the Seattle Mon
1aue. AZ Smiths Cove the Seattle, Lake Shore
Rasteru has already built about 200 feet of
double track across the ris ht-of-way Of the
goattle 4 Montana, and has over 100 men still at
work night and day completing the obstruction
- the Seattle 4 Mon ana's rignt-of-way.
me party Of o6scials of the Oregon Improve
uent Company which went to Olympia 70 take
Hooooosiou Of the Olympia d Chehalis Valley
saiiroad returned yesterday. It was composed
q President Elijah Smith, Resident Manager
=, NJ. 0cNeill, Chief Engineer r. A. Hill and
Attorney J. @. Haines. This road II 70 form .
yart Of the Port Townsend Southern, and by
ueano Of the junction Ut Tenino will give
1heuugh connection with the Northern Pacific.
~ equipment consists Of three passenger
Ieooohea. two engines, ten hatcars and six box.
en- and three passenger trains are running
daily. Through freight coming over the North.
oxn Pacldo will be carried without transfer,
now that the road 10 standard gauge. An ex-
opaniou Of the road IL now being built to q
pednt three miles north Of Olympia on the
shore OF Budd's inlet, where there Is twenty-five
1T Of water ct low tide, 20 that ocean vessels
can connect with the trains. The terminal ia
cilities are also being extended, and depot 10
being erected on Fourth street, 20x4S feet in
s d5mensious The location OF the Port Towns
oud Southern from Olympia northwards to
Union City 10 not Jet finished. aud the oficials
WIN mot decide how much farther TO extend It
thia. fall until the locating engineers report
The remaining eleven miles between Hookers
lake and Quilcene are about half graded and
will be completed this fall The line between
Union City and Quilcene II all located, but
nothing win be done on /. before spring. Prob-
ebly this time next year Port Townsend will
have railroad connection with the rest OF the
world.
The tracing Of the routes surveyed through
railroad have all been sent to headquarters. and
choice will be made in two or three weeks.
AL Of the passes surveyed require tunnel be-
tween 1000 and 10000 feet long. that over the
Cady pass being 300 fset-only $50 feet shorter
thap the stampede tunnel.
\ ". Ruff, general passenger agent OF the
uoettle, Lake Shore 4 Eastern railroad, has re-
ooived IN invitation to attend the semi-annual
meeting Of the American Association OF Gen.
+ orai Passenger and Ticket agents. which will be
held q Denver on September lA Pressure of
hpstnsss win prevent him from attending.
The tazn-tabls for the Front street cable road
arrived from San Francisco on the Walla Walla
yesterday and viii be Immediately put in place.
The same steamer brought quantity Of rails
loe the extension over Queen Anne hill, and for
tko West Street ana North End road.
One Of the locating parties Of the Great North
ern railroad from Seattle 70 Portland has
reached BucodA Another. which started last
week. IL in the neighborhood Of Chehalis, and
third win shortly start northward from the
mouth Of the CoWlitz.
The locating engineers Of the Union Pacific
xaflroad have finished their work between Seat
lie and Tacoma and are now revising the route
when thisis done, construction can begin i'm.
medistely.
AL the street railway companies have signed
the subscription paper for the car.building com.
pany. and meeting will BE- held In few days
70 adopt and Sign articles Of incorporation.
vEsrIBULED TRAIN SERVICE
Over The Northern Pacific railroad: dining carr
and Ss9eping cars every day In the yeaE Seattle
TO Chicago III miles the shortest route Second.
elasa passenger, zoo. arc afforded excellent &C.
oommoostionk
9HlA1Y-IHRxR HOURS AND rHIRrY-sIx MINUTES
Saved in reaching Chicago via this line. A
Chilberg. city ticket agent TIC Second street.
Bosom block; Z. Ioukin. depot ticket agent
Seattle.
Clam chowder and green turtle soup on din
uer bill at the Brighton restaurant: $50 10 z
p m.
New Cloaki, wraps. capes and Jackets Just In
Chester Cleary.'
l5c gents silk scarfk Chester Claarv.
CLAiTON-SANDS-By Rev. Benjamin Parsons
at his residence. 40 Bell street. September 10,
1880 Miss Nellie Clayton, OF Seattle. and Alvs
q. Sands, of Tscoma.
DIED.
XlNGSLEY-In Seattle, September IL, 1890. at
her home. l.S2l Third street, OF peritonius,
Mrs. W. c. Kingsbury.
The body will be emhelmed and shipped "a
Illinois