The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-12
WEB OF STEEL.
, More Railroads Projected
In Washington.
PIERCE OLYMPIC MLDs.
-. railroad Men From the East
sreat Demand for Cars-Ths
Kpgineers' Picnic.


xpgineers' Picnic.
=. Can Dc Fuca q Northwestern Rail.
81 rompsny will be incorporated In .
- ~. 81 J. j. Malone, II. X. Moore,
~ = Peck, G. E. Hayden, w. P. Ban
"A 8. E. Southland, with q capital
.ssss 81 81, COO 900. Messrs. Gillespie. Jen-
zsE Monnee and Powers, of San de
~ - busy raising subsidies. The
80 - plates for the road have been
7eonk G. Ross, of Tacoma. proposes to
II railroad from Gig Harbor north
~ through Kitsap county to Hoods
-. % cross that channel by ferry-boats.
~ "a through the Olympic mountains
= 80 Angeles. Mr.. Ross has had sur
5ror out in the mountains for two
Ssnths md claims to have found the east
- - vet discovered. The whole route
- IN surveyed. Subsidies have been
urod dong the inhabited part of the
- :. and construction is to begin as soon
!. - prsparasions are completed. A line
n i<rlJ.boats is to connect the road with
IenA
N Spokane Falls Spokcsmdn SAYS:
s6snnt Northern surveyors are at work in
~ Kootenai country. and. although the
- les not been cross-sectioned, it is de-
isy settled. Competent engineers claim
1koas year will be required for the road
~ build 10 Spokane Falls, as there is q
~ deal Of heavy work to do in the
|neunisins. 1t will. most probably, not
|sn direct into Spokane Falls, but will
.nne into this city over the Spokane Falls
- Northern railroad. This will give this
~ = direct connection practically as If
o Iine 9as buiit here directly. aud it will
~ ~ extra advantage of enabling the
opxt Northern to give Spokane Falls
tu1inaI rates without being obliged to give
ko1one figures 10 all points between this
"a ~ 1ound. west OF the crossing of the
opotnne 3 Northern. The road will run
lkfoueh 0kanogan county to connection
uifh ~ Fairhaven & Southern, which
tie Gross Northern recently purchased.
knc(hor important railroad project that is
~ ~ the tapis is this: An arrangement
! oontemplated between the Spokane 4
rorshern and the Great Northern by which
~ former road will be extended west
&rpuSh the Colville reservation to juno
n NTH the Fairhaven Il Southern, CON-
ling the connection outlined in one of
oboye paragraphs. The Great North
n MI then have only to build from Mon
NJ 10 junction with the Spokane q
Joffhern, and IN the meantime the Spo-
I'm \ Northern can build west and the
llrhssen a Southern east, and will COM
~ Ihe Great Northern's line to the coast
rs than eighteen months. Mr.. Corbin
11psdy has permission from congress to
- he C0IviIle reservation, which will
Ipbably be thrown open next year to set
l1nenk
Z n private car Of the president Of the
lahieh Valley railroad arrived in the city
y Sunday night over the Northern Pacific
qlfpsd, Bringing Vice-President r. H.
NllbuF. Of the Lehigh Valley, and Z party
4fiends. Besides Mr.. Wilbur, this party
helndesJ D. Broadhead, district attorney
Z northampton county, Pennsylvania;
N A. Lamberton. attorney for
= Reading railroad at Harris
m, Pa; w. H. Hammond, an Insurance.
ypnt 1t Harrisburg; Leonard Goodwin. OF
nth Bethlehem, Pa: NJ. B. Augur and
! y. sawtells, Of Lehigh University. South
kthlehem. The party left South Bethle-
I'm On August 4, came over the Reading
M . Harrisburg. over the Pennsylvania
e chicago. stopping at Pitrsburg; over the
!nr1nSton b Northern to st. Paul and
annapolis, ana thence over the Northern
tecne The whole party, with the excep-
nan M Sawtelle, went to Victoria yes
usQg morning. and will return today,
Hnn they viii go to Tacoma, Portland and
sn francisco, returning east over the
Union Pacific The Car in which the party
= uaveling is one OF the finest in the coun.
~ md y 70 strongly built that 1t came
eas q wreck at Black Shier, Ca, two
yees go, very slightly damaged. In this
.teck . lei through trestle distance of
isek and son of Mr.. Wilbur and
avlour other persons were killed.
uenera Passenger Agent G. s. Fee, Of
- Northern Pacific railroad. has tele-
eapned to General Agent Nadeau that
ssneral Superintendent Dickinson has
we instructions to provide an additional
per and carry out the programme al
I Y described in regard 70 sleeping cars
ssssn Seattle. and Portland, and be.
'ssen Seattle and Spokane.
me Terminal Railway & Elevator Com
,ay has bought of G. H. Hamilton. agent
ne American Construction Company.
No BALDWIN six-wheel switching engines.
. nahg 5000 each. These are the heaviest
asxns engines made, weighing $1,000
ssunos each, or, with the tender, los, 600
pounds each.
,ae locomotive engineers on the Seattle,
/, cnore q Eastern railroad will give q
seuic 9 Snoqualmie Falls on August 24th.
49, Trains will run. and the Northern
!. .1'nc mas made arrangements to run cars
~ through at low rates. Invitations
q 80 oeen rendered 10 all local railroad
!. - meeting of the trustees of the Seat
y. la.e Shore q Eastern last Saturday
7 : george G. Lyon and ex-President
-. = AacDonaid resigned and John Craig.
.slsef Of the road, and F. w. Dunn, the
7. s.n'endent were elected to fill their
Fs0es on the board.
~ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES regular cor
sp0nuent at Mount Vernon YESTERDAY
Z & that work had just commenced
"s construction of the Great Northern
=. W 'aaes above town. The dispatch saws:
'aisiag.' " "''A anu 'ne a'i'
= n1s'ness on the Columbia 4 Puget Sound
~ Is Increasing 80 rapidly that the
- ~ the shops is kept constantly at
~. ouiiding new cars. Not only are the
~ - worked to their full capacity, but
oeing done out of doors in the yard.
s.ssai Manager John L. Howard, Resi-
-.