The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-05
SATAN'S BREAD-PAN.
A Strange Obstruction in the
Track of q Railroad.
MORE TRAINS TO THE NORTH.
Two VIII Run Daily to Anacortes-Log-
ging Road Up White River-Equip-
ment Agents Convention.

The Fairhaven Southern ran its first train
on regular schedule time TO the boundary yes
terday. The beginning Of regular train service
was delayed by the obstruction In the rack
called the Devils Bread pan," about two miles
south OF Dakota creek. correspondent Of the
PosTlNrELLIGEScER recently passed over tue
portion OF the track thrown upward by this
phenomenon. The Internal dough rose after
the track was laid. forcing the road bed up like
the back OF Cat. eight or ten feet above the
level. Like Bsnquo's ghost it will not down.
and has bafl d the ffDrts of number of old
railroad men to rsduce il to the level The
line IS constructed on an even mile tangent,
over q level bottom through Titanic swain cut
through a cane brake of tail FIR st ms, and the
company is ioalh to make curve in so fiue
line Under a small knoll ten or
fifteen feet above the surrounding
bottom. the cook Of hell's kitchen set his
yeast IN pan 200 feet wide. The contractors
made cut or eight ten feet through
this knoll and laid the track without sus-
pecting the internal fermentation that was
going IN beneath. In short time a thin mud
OF diabolical hue, as blue the a me of
W tch's oil, oozsd up between the ties GOV ring
the track, and the entire roaib ed arose as
above stated. Everything that could be thought
OF was tried u resist the fore. Of the satanic
fumes. but n vain. 1t was thought that piles
could be driven, the pan bridged over and the
line preserved souudinss were made to a
depth OF loo feet, but no bottom was found, so
this scheme had to be sbandoned.
There are many theorIe, of the phenomenon,
several Ginning to the belief that IT is volcanic.
The knoll through when the Cut is made is not
over 100 feet across. and nay possibly have been
made by the raising of the devils emptyings.
temporary detour of few hundred feet in the
track was made and trains run around the ris-
ing loaf without interfering with the satanic
bread -maklng.
meeting will be held at Tacoma on, Monday
by r. w. Dunn, sup rintendent OF the Lake
Shore road, Joseph MeCabe. superintendent oil
the Pac fc division of the Northern Pacific, A.
j. Bore, superintendent OF the Fairhavel d
southern ana g, J. McCabe, assistant superia-
tendent OF the Seattle IL Northern, TO arrange
for a reduction of tine for the through train TO
Anacortcs. and to put second through train on
the run. Under this plan morning and after.
noon train will run each way. General Freight
and Passenger Agent E. w. Ruff. OF the Lak.
Shore, will go today TO Sedro, Anacortes and
Fairhaven to arrange for reduction of passen-
ger rates and to start freight busin ess to those
points. II is proposed TO make the rate from
Seattle TO Anacortes S. Is for the single and IS so
for the round trip but these rates have not yet
been decided on. All these changes take effect
on December l5
II. w. Mcneil, resident manager of the Oregon
".
have just received the annual report OF the in.
ters'ate commerce commission. and it contains
aay quantity oil interesting information. Some
oil 1T would surprise a man who n as not followed
the progress of railroad building. For instance
most men fancy that 80 per cent OF the railroads
of tits couatry are standard gauge, but the fact
is that so per cent of the roads are either wider
or narrower than the standard. The gauge runs
al the way from two feet TO over eight The
standard of four feet eight and one-half is about
the easiest for purposes of traction and the
BEST
The White River railroad is under construc-
ton for four and a hal miles from Buckley
into fine body of FIR aud cedar timber, and the
original survey cares it twenty-three miles
ino the mountains, where there is some fine
Alaska cedar. The road, which is narrow
gauge, will follow the north bank of White
river, and haul timber TO the mills at Buckley,
where it will connect with the Northern Pacific
The officers are: e. NJ. Goss. president; d. H.
McNeally, treasurer; C. w. Joynt general man.
ager.
Colonel w. Fl. Effiuger, of Tacoma the coun-
sci fer the Portland d Puget Sound railroad, is
at the Rainier hotel, having come to the city to
see about certain of the condemnation suits for
rignt-oi-way. He said: $50 lar as l can learn
the affairs connected with the Union Pacific ex-
tension from Portland to Seattle are not changed
pushing the suits"
Contracts have been let for a narrow gauge
motor railroad from Foulweather Bay Or, to
Ysquina Bay, by way of Farle. The roadbed
anu ties will be standard guage with a view to
the widening of the track and the extension of
the road through the coast mountains to Salem.
connecting there with tn Southern Pacific The
company has obtained $4,000 in subsidies and
has surveyors at work.
C. l. Hamilton, agent of the American Con-
struction company, returned yesterday from
San Francisco. and left in the evening for Min
neapolis. where ne will at md a national con-
vention OF railroad equipment agents on
December9.
Major W. S. Hinelne. formerly identified with
railroad interests at St. Paul and Chicago has
been appointed general agent of the Canadian
Pacific railroad at Portland, and left this city
for his post last night.
II was found yesterday that the turntable of
the Front street cable line al King street. had
begun To settle, aud an excavation is therefore
being made for the purpose OF finding a frmer
foundation.
Five car loads OF wheat arrived yesterday
THAT CHINESE RAILROAD,