The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-25
NEW RAILROAD TALK.
Representative Of Henry vii
lard on the Sound.
GREAT NORTHERN CONTRACTS
Chief Engineer Becker Goes East to Ar
range for ls5 Miles From Assinni-
boine-Local Roads.

C. 4. Spohord, representative of Henry VII
lard ana director of the Oregon Trsnsc nth
mental company, North American company.
and several other of the Willard companies, ar
rived here yesterday with General Land Agent
Paul Schultze, of the Northern Pacific. Alter
spending several hours in the city they returned
by train to Tacoma, where M. and Mrs Spofford
arrived last week from New York. Mr. Spot
ford intends leaving August for Alaska, which
is special point of interest for railroad men
this season. As Mr.. Ep0ford is the only repre-
sentative having authority TO sign Wizards
name and look after his interests dur ng his
European tour, ana In view Of the recent an
nouncement respecting the sale of the Seattle.
Lake Shore 4 Eastern. it 10 believed Mr.. Spot
ford's visit to Puget sound is an important one
and not altogether for pleasure.
Superintendent F. W. Dunn, of the Seattle,
Lake Shore & Eastern railroad, writes to the
Railroad Gazette: Il give you the results OF our
premium system for trainmen. as shown by two
months trial. You will bear in mind that we
have an unusually hilly and crooked road.
The maximum grades are per cent and the
maximum curves twelve degrees. One-fourth
OF our traffic is logs and piles, ranging from
twenty to l25 feet In length, hauled on trucks
placed under each end OF the timber, without
couplings ether than the logs chained to the
trucks. Men familiar with lumber countries
known that this is the most hazardous traffic
known to railroads, especially on hills and
curves The number OF trains OF all kinds run
in two months was I.750. or an average OF 2oA
trains per day. Our freight train averages show
an increase OF ~ cars pei train There was not
vince OF the track, and the accident reports
for the two months are easily summed up. One
Miller drawbar was showed in; total damage by
accidents of all kinds, $50; decrease Of pay
roll for the two months, $l72.5O. Increase of
traffic, 6,5o4 passengers and l.500 freight
cars over the previous two months.
The Improvement in the service cannot be esti
mated. aud can only be appreciated by being
seen. We would not take 5000 a month and
discontinue the use of the premium system.
Our men are now the best have seen; in fact
their work is as near perfect as it is possible to
get, and all Of them are friends Of the premium
system. have not heard of q single complaint
Of any kind from any of them and they are all
fighting for the road. Money paid for overtime
in two months was $3.50.
The Centralia correspondent of the PosT-IN-
TELLIGEEcER teiegraphs; Mr. Webster, who has
tie sub-coniract under Griggs 4 Heustis for
grading the Yakima d. Pacific Coast railroad, is
expected daily with force of at least 800 men
from San Francisco, where ne has been for the
purpose of obtaining laborers and some part Of
his outfit He wants about 1000 hands, but men
are reported as hard to get It is stated that as
soon as they can get through with the line be-
tween Chehalls and W1ilap6 they will push
through to the Cowlitz coal fields. E. ]. Heriot
has been here several days on Union Pacific
business relative to right.of way and real estate
He has had conferences with the leading men
of Chehalis and it Is stated that sat sfactory ar
rangements have been made for running the
road through here, and Lieutenant Diliman will
be here in day or two to make the final Ioca-
ton of the line.
The Archiu fur Eisenbahnpesen gives the fol-