The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-11
SUPT. HORsER OUT.
He Takes Leave Of Absence =
From Northern Pacific.
ON TOWARDS cRAY's HARBoR
The Northern Pacific. Union Pacfic and
Hunts Roads Near Chehaiis-
Progress Of Other Lines.


Progress Of Other Lines.
Superintendent A. L. Horner, of the
Cascade and Pacific divisions of the North.
ern Pacific railroad, has rendered his res
ignation, to take effect August l. Mr..
Horner was seen by Posr-INrEILIGENcER
reporter last night and he stated that it
was virtually true. He had asked the
company for an indefinite leave of absence,
because of i'll health, and as he had other
interests which he was neglec.ing. He
win go over in the Okanogan mining re-
gion to look after his interests there. He
was unable to state who his successor
would be.
The Centralia correspondent of the PosT-
IETLLLIGENcER telegraphs: The Northern
Pacific's branch road to Gray's harbor has
crossed the Skookumchuck and is now
away across Ford's prairie. They did not
stop to build bridge, bat crossed on false
work, the intention being to build next fall
in time for the floods. They are laying
track just as fast as men can do it, and
viii soon be on top of their graders. Hunts
rival road is slowly but surely overtaking
the Northern Pacific. Today Hunt COM
pletes the first fourteen miles of grade west
of the skookumchuck, 5esides having
about six miles more partly graded. By
the time the two rival forces catch the first
Whit of salt sea air they will be neck and
neck. and this notwithstanding the start
the Northern Pacific gained by buying the
Ellensburgh right-of-way with its eight
miles of roadbed already graded. A force
OF men have just commenced laying the
iron on the Ellensburgh coal read and are
already getting out of sight between the
hills east of Centralia. This makes tive
railroads laying track out of this city, while
all three of them are grading as rapidly as
dirt can be made to fly. Men and teams
Tor the different roads arrive every day.
Another carload OF horses and wagons ar
rived last night. consigned to Contractor
Charles Erickson, of the Northern Pacific.
The engineers OF the Union Pacific rail-
road are camped on the banks of the
Skookumchuck river, having worked their
way here from Kalama. Nothing definite
can be ascertained as to when they are
likely to commence operations at this
point. Considerable difficulty is aniici-
pated in securing the right-of-way between
here and OLYMPIA, as in some places the
only practicable pass is over narrow strip
of prairie already occupied by the two
lines working towards the harbor.
The Whatcom correspondent of the Posi-
ISTELLIGENcER telegraphs: Railroad sur
veyors are reported in the North Fork val
ley of the Nooksack. endeayoring to find a
pass across or around the Mount Baker
foot hills. The Drayton Harber. Lynden &
Spokane Falls railroad line, surveyed recent
ly through Whatcom county, would like
to be adopted by some capitalists with
stamps enough to build it. The route is
good one, and subsidies have been secured
near Lynden and Blaine. Any railroad
king DESTROYS of securing an orphan
should apply early. Work on the Bennett
railroad from this city northward to New
Westminster continues, and trains will
probably run over the line within sixty
days.
Eighteen thousand piles have been
ordered by the Oregon Improvement Com
pany for the Port Townsend Southern
railroad and work on the second section of
ten miles is going OH. Grading on the line
at Olympia has been commenced by the
driving of piles. President J. r. Melon
aid, of the Satsop railroad. has a contract
to supply large raft of timber for the
road. The line between Port Townsend
and Quilcene is nearly completed, large
number OF the men have been withdrawn
and sent to work at the head of Hood s
canal, toward Olympia.
A railroad man, well informed as to the
movements in this section said yesterday !:
II have it on the best of authority that
when the Great Northern acquired an op-
ton on the Fairhavep & Southern railroad,
it was preconceived plan of the former
company to have the Farhaven & South
ern apply for the remaining thirty feet of
Railroad avenue, so as to secure ninety
feet of the one hundred and twenty feet of
the avenue for the Seattle & Montana,
leaving none for the rest of the railroads. -
The Stanwood correspondent of the
PosT-IHTELLIGENcER writes: Great North
ern surveyors are now located on Z. O.
Hereims' place. one mile west of Norman.
The question of permanent location will
doubtless be settled in the Iext few days.
1t is rumored about town that surveyors
will shortly run line to Utsaady, con-
bSStihS "ihh thC '1Cds INOItASIn ll1e III
ready located between Stillaguamish and
Skagit rivers, probably at McMurray lake.
Five miles of the Fairhaven & Southern
railroad from the Skagit north are ready
for track laying and nearly four miles of a
branch to the coal mines will be completed
in about seventv-five days. A party of
engineers are at Rouse for the purpose of
locating the tunnel, and preliminary lines
have been run to the foot of the mountains.
A cargo of rails and fittings for the Fair
haven Il Northern has arrived at Fairha-
ven, sufficient to complete thirty miles of
the road to Blaine, and rail laying will be-
gin next month. Trains will be running
to Westminster, B. c.. by September /.
There are fully 5000 men at work on the
Northern Pacific between Mullan, Idaho,
and Fish creek, in Montana, and they are
pushing the track through very rapidly.
1t is thought the track will be completed
as far as Mullau by September l.
Acting superintendent F. w. Dunn, of
the Seattle. Lake Shore & Eastern, went to
snohomish yesterday morning.
E. Il. EBY DEAD.
A Pioneer OF Puget sound-Indians Muir