The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-01
The purposes OF the more important are
.ated in fhe following summary.
the DEvELoPmESr OF TRAFFIC,
A Great BuiIdsng Era of Railroads and
Steamboats,.

A Great BuiIdsng Era Of Railroads and
Steamboats,.
Three transcontinental roads new com.
pete for the traffic OF Washington. They
are the Northern, Union and Canadian
Pacific The Noshern has its three ter
rninaly at Seattle, Tacoma and Portland,
Ore, and by It's trunk line and feeders
drains the larger part OF the state. The
Union Pacific having leased the Oregon
Short Line, running from Granger Utah,
to Portland. reaches Eastern Washington
by the network of roads leased from the o.
r. a n, and has a Northern terminus at
Spokane Falls. The trade of Puget sound
Is reached through new line OF steamships
plying between the Sound and Portland.
and By a traffic arrangement with the
Northern Pacific the Canadian Pacific is
now extended TO Seattle and the Sound
from Vancouver by line OF steamships:
but all rail connection With Seattle will be
secured during the coming spring over the
Seattle. Lake Shore Il Eastern by an extern
sion from Snohomish - the line and juno
ton there with a span OF the Canadian
built down from Mission, point about
forty miles east of Vancouver. The con-
tract for the grading o. the road has been
let, ard work has been going forward dur
ing the winter. Il Is sae express intention
OF the Canadian to make Seattle its Ameri-
can terminus on the Pacific.
More miles Of road have been built in
Washington during 1889 than in any other
Northern state There is hardly county
that has not Witnessed active railroad
operations OF some sort. The Port Town
send Southern. understood TO he project
OF the Union Pacific. Is building south
from Port Townsend 10 Portland. The
Bennett read is building from Fairhayen
10 the skagit mines, and also road 10
British Coiumbia. The Cornwall road is
bailding from Whateom TO tue Nooksaok.
The Seattle & Northern. also branch OF
the Union Pacife, is bnilding from Ana
cortes, on the east side OF the sound, 10 tho
Skagit mines. The northern branch of the
Seattle. Lake Shore & Eastern to the
Canadian Pacific has been mentioned. Ten
miles of the extension Of the Lake Shore
from Snohomish east have been Enizhed.
The survey of the Seattle d Southern,
I15 rniles from Seattle 60 Portland. has just
been completed, ard the road Is 70 be bailt
the coming summer. II is the northern
extension OF the mighty Southern Pacisic
system nov eomplete to Portland. Seattle
i 90 be the aerihern terminus The Puget
Sound 4 Gray's harbor read has been
baiit from Kamiichie, shook lIn inlet, On
the sound, thirty miles 20 AcnseSaao on
the Chehalis river. giving the sound direct
connection with trays h2rbor. Several sog-
Eing roads have been constructed west OF
the mountains Ten miles OF the sancoa-
yer, Khcklsas & Yakima road hAxe been
constructed northeast from Vancouver.
wnhin one year the Hunt road has eeeZa
coH,fs.sssd from WalIuiA junction 70 WallA
WaIis. aity miles, ard i now being pushed
on 10 Dayton. thfrty-aEe mics. NATions
branches OF the oregon Railroad & Aavi-
CATION inow Union FarsEcl have been ex-
tended. The Northern P&siflc hss
has.t xezt from Spokane TO Al
mira in Lincoln county. It's puTpose
Is 10 make q Short euE scross
the nsr BEND cosuty % North Yakima
Taa Seattle. LAKE SnoFe & Eastern. has3d-
Ing from Spokane 10 seattle. and being con-
styaetea grosn both essGs, i ia operation oa
the eAss trog2 spokane 70 DAyenpoFt. forty
mites. TIE Spokane & NortlerI, building
t4g fhe Gauaas1u Psess3c, completed ninety
nlles - Colx5lse since Aay l. IAs EAal-
foass 81 WAshsnxioa are the snhseet 0t
speesAi srtscse ia lhss sasue-
The increase of steam rbost tgAiae has
he@n not less notznIe- -eyenty-bxe steam
ers engaged ia I2eal txAEIle hAFe hes1aa2F-
ten AZ seattle alofse 20 heavy Is The trade
on Pnzet sonra gha- ths pressst fsaEsE gsaeEst
81 sseausaaass il iss1entAk1y made
oaaas 10 meet she demands ssv-
eral nsw steamboat companies