The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-23
FIRST CONTRACT LET.
seyenty-Seven Niles Of Great
Northern Awarded.
WORK BEGINS ~ FIVE DAYS.
-. -..-r s.ra "a r. 3. . A. .. co..
Lax shore Transfer Nsdeau De-
elsnes supsrint sndeney-Netss'

vesy.v wI.avf Sold 20 r. 3. , A. .. TO-
-. shore Transfer Nsdesu De-
elsnss supsrinssndeney-Netss.
vsce pveeidcnt ". P. Cloush and Chief knsi-
reer Il 81 Becker, Of the Great rottneln' -,
9uxned yesterday morning rom uo"n
nound. They took up the VARIOUS Dlus ss
g The number Of twenty, fof tne so'lssa e.,s,a
81 the seattle 4 Montana railway nom Ses..le
a : ccrnecfion Win the Fsirhsven d Northern
roflroed. distance Of seyenty-seyen mnes, -
ehown 81 the plans and pro6les The conHacs
~ awarded 70 Shepard Company
81 81. Paul, represented "
= Henry. contractor Under tne
confract work q 70 begin within i've days rom
the date Of awarding il Colonel Ciongn s.io
yesterday afternoon that work wouid De com.
menced IN along The line - last q forces %
men could b obtsfned, and rusned 70 compie
1iou fhis year Already the line has been piieo
{ 1tessnss a ahout . mile along the harbor
fpnnf 81 TIE pcrth end of the city and large
1890 81 nan d working there steadily. twenty
on~fneerinr corps are now in the field, announcer
rsrne viii leave Helena today, and more VIII De
M n The 6eId 6 fast - they can got ready.
~ road & not I'll definitely located, although
g 4 nearly enough 70 to admit OF WORK going
81. ana de6nits location throughout WIZ Dc
made this week
Assistant superintendent ]. 4. Nadeau, OF the
Northern Psciic, returned late Monday night
lpoun weston trip to Munroe. Mich, accom-
nauied ~ his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Pniiilp
Eodoeu. Who viii remain here ab0us month,
Waiting M. and Mrs. Nadeau. In reply TO IN
ouiri6s b. ne reporter respecting the fumofeo
Gupofntmont Of Mr.. Nadeau TO the position OF
superintendent Of the Pacific division, he said:
Il a. not know who win take Nh. Horners posi-
Ion. ana / really could not say when the
erneanfnent win be made to Ill the vacancy
o6sopd ~ NJ. Horner's resignation. A far as
n concsrned, would not care to accept the
rooftiou. 9 Il would require my moving from
6nntfIa" Il Il understood that Mr.. Horner VIII
m1aln his poaiticn until August Is, ct the re-
onoot Of the company, at which time his sue
c6oour viii b chosen; also that the position was
1Snoered to M. Nadeau, who declined to accept,
. ho had interests to look after in Seattle and
~ hat reason did not wish to remove. - he
world hare 70 do II he accepted the position OF
ruperintendent OF the Pacific division. Mr..
Nedeau said he enjoyed his vacation very much
and felt much the better for his trip and rest
/, NE shelton correspondent Of the Posr-INrEL-
xxaKncBR, mys: Horses, dump carts and
wagons loaded with supplies, and Italians in
mat 6umben have been passing through town
durlng he pest week, en- route from Port Town
end 70 work on the Port Townsend Southern
failroad between Shelton and Olympia The
xouto through town has not yet been settled,
oud he north and south sides are pulling for
thoay respective sides. The Hatsop railroad 10
1ow hauling q many logs ~ at any time this
yoof. The demand for logs ID fair and they have
ouito IN oraer for the Port Townsend Southern
1nilroad Some of the knowing ones were
pleased 10 learn Of the recent purchase of the
Woot twenty miles Of the Puget Sound and Grays
Hasbor railroad by the Northern Pacific. believ-
Inc that Il II the forefunner Of line 10 Port
OfsAard bay. or Kingston, opposite seattle, by
ny q Shelton. The line win be built but how
ooon 4 the question that engages the public
mind AZ any rate this section win be 'ccb-
Wobbtd" With railroads before many years, and
nhelton from IT. location. win be quite center.
me Wallace. Idaho, Mine, says: "There ID no
lonesr any room for doubt that the Northern
Inei6c Company intends to push the Missoula
cuto6 10 speedy connection with the narrow
uauea There are now on the road, routed via
~ Union Pacific from Spokane, thirty-eight
ooks Of steel rails destined to Wallace and to be
u1o0 70 lay track from Mullan to the summit.
Moro steel II on the road, and It IL understood
hat the rails are loaded on standard gauge
Northern Pacific fiat cars and win be drawn by
4 Northern Pacific engine to Wallace, where
trnek connection win be made and the North
ofu Pacific track between here and Mullan
W10ened The engine and esn before mentioned
viii then form construction train for use be.
twoen here and the summit. large force of
men aro now at work on this end and the num-
bW WIN Be steadily increased. Nearly all the
Fight-ol-way has been cleared and the grading
viii be rushed"
The Summer Herald says: eve have 1t d.
Eectly from party who generally knows
whereof he speaks, and who h in Q position to
speak knowingly. that within the next six
months the Northern Pacific company will con-
Itxoct line down Green river from near Pal.
mar IN the Cascades 10 Slaughter, and will
double track from there to Meeker, thereby plac-
Inc Summer and Slaughter on the main line of
he road. The present line of the road via
Buckley and Orting will be operated for coal.
lumber and local passenger trains"
1resident A. 8. Durham OF the Seattle. Lake
more d Eastern. speaking Yesterday of the re-.
ported sale OF that line to the Northern Pacific.
aid: II have heard nothing new In the matter.
happen 20 know that General T. IL. Logan has
been absent from New York for several DAYS.
and that 10 probably the reason do not hear
HON him = to what the directors NAV have -
Ny. ! wired again today, stating the news
published In the Posr-INrELLIeEscER this morn.
he, and am waiting to hear from him.,
Contractor J. W. Mcleod, who has a thirty.
mile contract on tho Seattle, Lake shore a
Eastern extension north, went out last night 10
.ee how the work IL progressing. Mr.. Mcleod
haa nfteen miles OF his contract completed, and
d now working from the stillaguamish river IN
} point three miles north of McMurray lake He
hopes to have the work al done early IN Sem
)cmber. BY that time the grading win be done
III the way 10 the Skagit river a the weather -
lnes and large forces are at work ell along the
line. e
Contractor G. Il. Pratt, who hss chsr,a a, A..
work Of extending the Northern Paciac,s ,;nss
Douth to the city limits. is pushing ths vors
for single track was beeun lima
y ct the intersection Of Raj road avenua s,S
Pine street, and quarter Of mile of the linz ..
Row completed There remain about one ana
dve~oights OF mile of pilins to be dona m
reach the southern limits.
twas announced yesterday tia. n. VAL
wharf had been purchased by the Puget Soma
) Alaska Steamship Company for the srr, -
24000 The property 10 very valuable. AM, a.
res understood three months AGO ths, az
company secured an option nro,, -
which required purchase at this time or ra,asss
II option.
Only about half OF the Lake Washington hal,
the OF railroad has been desn,tslv
ocated and the right-ofway has no,
,een all secured, 90 that Con,r.c,o-
Henry u not In position to proceed actively
With the work.
First Assistant General Freight Aeen, 8 a
Fulton. Of the Northern Pacific. and Gans,si
Passenger Agent Z. w. Run, Of the Seattle
lake shore & Eastern, 60 to snooualmis Fails
his morning to spend the day.
Superintendent A. l. Horner. Of the p.c;ec
liviaion OF the Northern Pacific. came here YES.
ssdsy with the pay car. and returned to Tacoma
b. the . p. m. train.