The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-15
RUSH TO THE BORDER
Canadian Pacific Cars in Seattle
by December.
THE RACE TO oRAy's HARsoR.
The Unions Branch to Lewis River
Great Northern Securing Right
of-way to Portland.

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road arrived In the city vest rday afternoon.
BRINGING @. w. Dickinson, assistant general 81.
perintendent; j. 1. Horner, superintendent OF
the Pacific division, and w. H. Crimson, the
new assistant super ntendeut OF the Pacific d.
vision. They are on q tour Of the road. M
Dickinson having come direct from 81 Paul
The pa ty left for Tacoma last evening and 60
thence to Portland From Portland they will
gradually work their way Eastward Mr..
Dickinson spoke highly OF the condition OF the
road, and was much impressed with the prosper
ity and size of Seattle He said that the i'm
proved sleeping car accommo1 atoms. would be
pa. on as soon as 1t could be done, and that he
had recommended the change year ago.
The chehaiis correspondent of the PosT-IN-
TELLIGEScEs telegrauhs: Engineer Kryle, with
a large gang of surveyors and their camp out
fits, arrived 1t Chehalis by the north bound
train last evening, having come straight
through from South Bend. They have finished
their work at that end, and there Is now only
one camp OF engineers left over there, 70 cross
section about ten miles out from South Bend.
All the rest OF the work will 10 done from the
chehalis end. This move is being made on &C
count Of the heavy expense and difficulty OF
getting men. The two camps Of engineefs. who
came in last night, are to be started right of
surveying the route east to North Yakima The
town is full of railroad men, and constant
stream of them may be seen coming and going
between here and the two CO mps. The North
ern Pacific has camp of from $50 TO Us men on
the other side OF the Chehalis river, about four
miles from here. They are working their grade
both ways from camp Contractor Webster re-
ports that they are putting on from twenty to
thirty more men daily. and every one who
comes along can get al the work he wants to do.
He reports that they have about 800 Cinnamon
at the South Bend end of the line, and few
rr6 me ar M 70 n
excepting few cooks The Union Pacific
graders are at work about one and half miles
southwest from town, working from here to
Winlock. They are pushing things vigorously,
working all day sunday and late into the night.
Their grade, where it crosses the Northern
Pacific to South B nd. is eight feet high while
the Northern is only three feet Both SHES dis
cain any fight over the matter The
outcome is awaited with much interest.
The right of way agent for the Union Pacific re.
ports that he has secured the right-of-way on
his division. between Chehalis and Winlock,
with very few exceptions, on terms very agree
able to both the railway company and the own
ers. They have Is rule 9 right-0fway 100 feet
wide through the country, and in Chehalis from
Park to Lafayette streets distance OF 1000 feet.
they have depot grounds 200 feet wide. The
right-of-way in Chehalis cuts through some Of
the most valuable lots in the town, and about
fifteen houses will have to be moved. It also
passes through Jenkins iron foundry and ma
chine shops The cost Of moving this establish
ment alone win not be less than 5000.
The Eooksack City correspondent of the Posr.
INTELLIGENcER telegraphs: An informal con-
sutation was held at this place yesterday by the
following named railway officials H. B.
Walker, division engineer in charge of the
Fraser river bridge; A. q. Green. division engi-
neer in charge of construction from the Fraser
&c, he drxx~. 40 ~~rA n
Gilvray, contractor of the above line, of the
Canadian Pacific railway. and r. II. Talcoit,
chief engineer, and Edwin Hall Warner princi-
pal assistant engineer of the Seattle, Lake Shore
Eastern railway. Your correspondent was in
formed that the work on the bridge at Mission
was progressing in q satisfactory manner, and
that undoubtedly Seattle would be linked by
rail with Mission by December. The Skagit
river bridge viii be finished by September 90
by which time the line as far north as the south
fork OF the Nooksack win be completed and
trains run to that point. Further advancement
will follow completion of bridge work over the
Nooksack, and, as above stated, the entireline to
Mission viii be ready for operation by December
The continuous dry weather during the past six
weeks has favored construction, and work has
been pushed vigorously all along the line. The
contract for BUILDING the depot 1t Nooksack 10
to be let during the week, construction to follow
Immediately.
The Kalama correspondent OF the Posr.IN-
TELLIGENCER telegrsphs: The Union P,cifc is
surveying branch to run from here back to
the coal, iron and timber country. It il to
be thirty-five miles long. and will run only six
miles from Lewis river, touching that rich val
ley twelve miles up the river. This is why they
purchased laud for such large yard facilities.
they will operate the mine to supply their
steamers with coal.
The right-of-way il being procured for the
Seattle a. Montana, and from ell appearances
that road will not let the Union Pacific get much
ahead of them building from Portland to the
Sound.
The timber work on the new Northern Pacific
track has begun and will follow the pile driving
closely. All the piles will be driven and cut OF
by the end OF next week.
Work is going ahead constantly on the extern
sion of the Front street cable road along Com
mercial to King street. Il
Mr.. H. O'Conner. travelling freight and passen-
ger agent for the Canadian Pacific railway, is in
off