The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-09
NEWS OF RAILROADS.
Return of Manager C. J. Smith
From New York.
NO CHANGES IN LOCAL OFFICERS
Status OF Railroad Avenue Injunction
1nehaaged-opensns Of New Great
Northrsn Track.


If. G. J. Smith. Of The Oregon Improve
ment Compaay, retained q the citg yes
seTaay. lie has beea ii New York. and
ieE some aays has bssn stopping in Port
lane lookiag after the atTalFs OF the CONF
fsny He said: IN regard 10 the gen
efai affairs OF the COMPANY do not kaow
that tsere is ANYTHING 10 be said that has
not already been printed in the Circulars
ana dispatches. We shall continue the
business as usual in the VARIOUS depart
meats. The only thing to be stopped is the
WORK on TIC railroad extensions; bl, the
only extension which is not practically
completed is the Port Townsend & South
ern. expect that WHEAT little is 10 be done
elsewhere will be done promptly. For the
Port Townsend & Southern we shall have
10 make oar estimates and proye TO the
court that the road is necessary as part
OF the oomrany's system before we shall be
granted permission TO 20 on.
The change in the Offices practically
means transfer OF the New York Office,
to which all general plans were submitted.
to Portland. Dir. Joseph Simon. the re-
ceiver. aud the court under which he is
acting are at Portland. So all the money
OF the company viii have TO go through
Portland, where AIR. Simon will have en-
auditor and treasurer. / shall probably
divide my time about EQUALLY between Sc
at'le and Portland The Offices ara The
stan at present here viii DO maintained
practically as they are now"
President d. C. Gilman. OF the Seattle &
Montana railroad, said YESTERDAY. in re-
gard to the part of the Grea, Northern
which Is TO be opened today: "The section
extends from Assinaboine. IN Northern
Montsna, lS5 miles west to the summit OF
the Marias pass in the Rocky mountains.
AT Assinaolne the main line joins the Mon
tana Central. which is branch running
down 10 Helena and Butte. Hitherto, trains
have not oeea run Oh the main line further
west than Assinaooiae. This new section,
which Is now completed, runs toward Spo-
kane, through Northern Montana and up
the NeFias river. Work has been ru he'd
on il IS rapidly as possible and the con
trSctors agscsG 10 have II done hy the lsi
CT January, 50 that durag the winter the
heavy work, tuauelipg and he Iike, further
on IA The pass, may bs continued. The
completion Of this section makes il possible
70 pa b the cutting and grading during The
winter."
c. s. Clarke, the mechanical engineer
who has charge OF building the Seattle &
Montana raSEo0d bridge across the Skaglg
river above NJ Vernon, was seen by a
Skdgit NeTs Ferorter few days ago, and
when asked: How long viii il lie before
the bridge viii bt completed ana ready
for trains to cross2' he replied. I'VE
will have everything completed and
| be through work, not only on the
bridge across the Skagit river, but on nearly
all the bridges between Seattle and the
British line by the Let of January next. and
the grading will be completed about the
same time, so that trains will be running
into Mt. Vernon not later than the Ist
OF February"
Vernon would be the division between
Seattle and their connection with the Cam
adam Pacific in British Columbia.
The complaints made to the county conf
missioners, that the Northern Pacific rail-
road company, III pushing its belt line
through the country, on the eastern side OF
Lake Washington, had seriously damaged
the county road. were confirmed yesterday
by Chairman Gasch. MIR. Gasch made tour
of the section from which the complaints
came and found that in the neighborhood of
Mercer slough tie damage TO the roads was
considerable. The holes made by the
graders now are filed with water, and
small, muddy lakes, through which it is
impossible for teams TO pass, are numcr-
Gus. The commissioner reports that the
farmers OF the section have just cause FOR
complaint. He viii take active measures
to see that the Northern Pacific company
grades. improves and cuts through new
roads in the place Of those il has damaged.
The injunction suit oi the Seattle & Mon
taua railroad against the Northern Pacific
is in starr qtto duse The Northern Pacific
started 50 build : switch NJ the Railroad
avenue i across The Uaiou Pacific and the
Seattle & Montsns syg1;s-ot-waY over to
the IsrEiirsl C5Mplng'5 r.eat-of.way on
the lut,her eide. The Uai5n Pacific drew
papess Ter - Injunction, 0ut TIE Seattle &
Mountains. whose tracks wou8d be crossed
first. Il 81 the papers Ter TIE suit first, and
50 lho Ualca P4ciac has held bSck. An
a:reemeat gas bcea reacaed hetwesn coGn-
SCI thai tae si.it may BE cal,e& Up at any
time o. q three days noiice. Ths chances
are. however. ,Aas sae u..ttsT viii pa COM
promised outside ci tile c0arts.
Yesterday PosT-tNTEILIsE NcEE reporter
was tolG az the freight olIce OF th- Nor;h-
ern Pacific railroad thS. tie freight tr. tic
st Seattle Is much heavier tnan il mas ever
been before 81 this or any other season.
William 3. Chandler, travelling passenger
agent OF the Minneapolis, ST. Paul & Sau I
Ste Marie and OF the Daiuth, South. Shore
& Atlantic railroad, is wish his wife at the
Rainier hotel.
/. A. Nadeau, the general agent of the
| Northern Pacific, was IN Portland yester-
day. lie returned to Seattle this morning.
f. II. Morrison, manager OF the Ana
CORES office OF the Oregon Improvement
Company, was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. T. J. Miner. o, the Seattle & Mon.
tana railroad. was at Marys ville yesterday.
Since Saturday i've cars Of wheat have
been received here.
Candidates for Ma;rimany.