The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-21
To REMOVE BARRIERS
Union Pacific Right-of- Way
Bill Sure Of Passage.
BALLARD OFFERS CONCESSIONS.
The Great Northern Will Be Given
Thirty Feet-Mellen to Manage the
Lake shores Spokane Division.

The Washington City correspondent Of
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES telekraphs:
The bill granting right-of-way over the
fuyaliup reservation to the Portland IL
Puget Sound railway, over which there has
been so much discussion. is now on the
calendar. Senator Allen thinks it can be
reached Monday or Tuesday aud passed.
The bill has been considerably amended,
and Senator Allen says he does not think
IT will be changed in the Senate. As it
goes to the conference committee. it is
most likely that Representative Wilson
will be one of the conferees. and it may be
changed back to its original form.
The proposition which the Ballard coun-
Gil will submit to the officials of the Lake
Shore and the Great Northern railroads is
as follows: They will grant thirty feet to
the Seattle & Montana, fifteen feet on each
side of the center of Shilshole avenue. On
The south and east OF the Seattle & Mon
tana grant they will allow fifteen feet to
the Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern and all
other roads in common. This fifteen feet
is on the south and west side OF the pro-
posed grant to the Seattle e. Montana. and
embraces the track at present used by the
Seattle & Montana.
As Mr.. Miner. Of the Great Northern,
has gone to Fairhaven he could not be
found to give his opinion on this new prop
o-ition. President Durham, Of the Lake
Shore. said bis road would accept nothing
less than what it already had. which was
space for single track and sidings.
President A. s. Durham, OF the Seattle,
Lake Shore d Eastern railroad, has ap-
pointed w. S. Melien general manager of
the Spokane division. The appointment to
take effect September %. Mr.. Melen is
general manager of the Northern Pacific
railroad and will hold the Two offices in
conjunction, hut the Spokane division vii
still be under the control of the Lake Shore
officials.
The Madison Street Cable Railway COM
pany has an engine and piledriver at the
end of the track near Railroad avenue, and
is preparing to put in tension sheave to
take up the slack in the cable. Some thirty
plies will be driven. number under the
Seattle, Lake Shore g. Eastern tracks, and
others nearer the turn,able. Work begins
this morning.
A special round trip rate of one and one
hitu TIC oIuiudSy Iuto IOI tChSto W WIG
Republican state convention on September
IS has been made by the Northern Pacific
railroad The tickets will be purchasable
on September Is and 20 and be good for re-
turn passage up TO September 20.
The Northern Pacific railroad has made
a special round trip rate to the Walla
Walla valley fair of one aud one-fifth times
the ordinary fare. The fair will last from
October to II. and the sale of tickets will
begin on October and they will be good
to return up to October Is.
Articles of incorporation of the Rainier
Avenue Electric Railway Company were
filed with Auditor Forrest yesterday by s.
L. Bowman and ]. K. Edmiston, of Seat
tie. and George F. Edmiston, of Spokane
Falls. The capital stock of the corpora
ton is fixed at $780,
The steamer G. w. Purdy yesterday
took forty men down Sound to work on
the New Westminster Southern railroad,
which is the Canadian end of the Seattle &
Montana.
Chief Engineer Bogue and Division Engi-
neer Gates, Of the Union Pacific railroad
went to Tacoma yesterday afternoon.
l. A. Nadeau. general agent of thu
Northern Pacific railroad, went out on the
road with pay car yesterday.
One car of wheat came in yesterday for
the Terminal Railway & Elevator Com.