The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-14

the track laid from the Sxagi5 river 20 Ne
Murray lske fourteen miles south oy last
night There Is four miles laid rom ceofo
Dofthwari. aUd by fne mid1Ie ot ;oi- week
VII oegia laying another elghE ana one
bali mines 70 he >amisG river. The Sedro
bridge VIII BE- Teads 70 wing into place THIS
week. bat vii take aeoul three weeks 10
raise into place Woea the tracA reaches
the oami-h p..e-arlyiuz for the bridge
across that river 11l uegtn Plies are also
being driven On tbe north FORK 81 the NOOK
sack. BENZ procured from ieT miles W
shat stream. lie latest reports from the
Canad al END 81 the road are thai al, OUt
two spans O. the Mission b-tdge have 6een
raised. Clearing and grading are progress
Ing weii, and g soon ss the bridge is tn
isne3 track-layiag vii begin from that
end
The Front street cane cars will run TO
King stfesg tensgrroe morning This vas
made necessary Dv tie breaking Of the
cable au4 consequent stopping o. cars. 1t
vas then determined not 10 waste any
time "a -nHcsug the cable. As 70 had been
intended To ran no cars today in any case.
The ear. WeFe therefore hauled into the pow
er-hO8se aaa no More cars ran last night.
The road ali ~ id e. unta tomorrow morn
inE, a hen ibe new cable viii have been
stretched 70 h.u; street and cars viii
run tnro4gb al the way. During the day
the curve at tie triangle wiI &c finished
and concerted. the track t. KING street with
temporary switch completed. Tue turn-
table a.il be pat Ia p 4ce "a the course ot
the week. 3 second tIrmgable wu. run 10
anu fro underneath the railroad tracks TO
take up the slack Ia the caoe TINS turn
table being worked by a heavy weight
Ihus the cable vii always De kept taut.
The james Street & Trunk Line Com
pany yesterday closed a contract Tor two
Westinghouse electric motors. when are 10
DC tested against the >praeue and Ihom-
son Houston motors on this Inc. Tue
track Oh James street IS being laid At the
rate OF a Dlock q DAY, following close Ou
the heels oil the trench digger-. and the
tracks are being paved win cement. winch
Viii gave the line tine appearance. The
cement - ribbed at frequent intervals 20 a.
TO give a ioothoid - horses. Ia the well
which Is being sunk az the power house.
qdicksaud was struck a. t!~pta of seventy
SIX feet. Excavation viii be continued by
means OF caisson twenty fee. deep, and
the brick casing vii ue built above this,
sinking with u A. excavation proceeds and
being constantly DdAt up TO the level ct
the earth.
The directors oi the North Seattle Rail
way Company met yesterday afternoon
and instructed President \ T. Ml,ten to
30 ahead With the construction OF the road
according 10 the plans submitted by him.
These pans provide for tighter sy stem
OF construction imam that of the Front
street ana Madison street roads The
road wlll be an extension of The Front
street line aud will run beyond Bradley
street on a continuation OF TEMPERANCE
street. a distance OF Il little over mile.
This road will be- operated by separate
caoie from the Front street liue. but the
Front street cars vail run through over IT,
The work vii begin Immediately and ne
completed in about three months. James
Murray has been engaged as surerIu-
tendeut
I. J, Miner, igh,-oi-way agent for the
seattle 4 Montana railroad left tor Ka.ama
yesterday 10 begin 800 condemnation suits
for rlgh,-ot-way before Judge s. mheld in
that CITY