The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-18
). Il NJ. FRANCHISE.
Council Committee and Com
pany to Confer Today.
UNION PACIFIC AT cENTRALIA.
Dayton Railroad Talk-Rai1s for the
Wheat Railroad-Great Northern
Routes-Notes.

Dayton fsaAir0ad T8lk-hahs ior INC
Wheat Railroad-Great Northern
Routes-Notes.
The Centralia correspondent of the Posi- IN
TELLIGENcER telegraphs: CHIEF Engineer
Bogue. OF the Union Pacific, with Colonel ELS
bury, are procee ing along the new line 10 the
harbor. Questions of vital Importance to the
citizens OF either end of town are about TO De
settled. Options for depot and yards have been
secured by the Union Pacific in three very de-
sirable localities. The Union Pacific engineer
have staked out two places and have sign1hed
that either will be accepted By the terms OF
the cement made with them the city gives
them SIS, coo and land for depot aud yard pur-
poses. Representatives of the Union Pacific
have met a number of prominent citizens and
the final location of the depot has been dis
cussed. It was about decided that one OF the
locations was on too valuable land, ana the
Washington Land and Improvement Company
and Colonel G. II. Ellsbury agreed to donate
part of the land located midway between both
ends OF town. The chances are that the offer
will be accepted as the city has become tired OF
raising bonus after bonus for one purpose or an
other, and the land located at the south end OF
town would cost about Sc, 600 per acre. Yester-
day the stakes on the Union Pacific survey into
the city from the north were changed to the top
OF the CT mpleted grade OF the Hunt road, and
the business men of the city are anxious to find
out the meaning OF 1t. 1t gives some color to
indefinite rumors which have been intercepted
by your correspondent from time to time, to the
effect that the Union Pacific aud Hunt will pool
issues in the city and that union depot will
result. Another division of Hunts large grad
ing outfit arrive today 1t came from Eastern
Oregon and is much larger than either section
heretofore received. Mayor Swssey has been
engaged as attorney for the Hunt road and is in
~sxl& ~
way case between the road he represents and
the Northern Pacific.
Four carloads of rails arrived Wednesday and
four more yesterday from the East for the Sc
attic Terminal railway. Men will be set to work
today or tomorrow laying the track, and it is
thought that the rails will arrive last enough to
admit of continuous work so that the line will
be completed to the West Seattle wheat ware
houses before the shipments of wheat begin to
/ arrive. The work is going ahead rapidly on the
draw-bridge and it will be ready for rails when
the track layers reach it.
The Dayton correspondent of the Posi- INTEL
LIGENcER telegraphs: Dayton was visited re-
Gently by General Manager G. J. Smith and
party, OF the Union Pacific system, also by As
sistant Manager G. Herman. Of the Hunt line.
The object of the visitors was to look into the
project of extending the Union Pacific system to
cfc evator Company, was also in the city and
will build five elevators the Hunt line at
once, the largest one at Dayton.
Councilman Harry White. D. Mckenzie and
D. E. Durie, the special committee of the eoun-
Gil appointed to confer with yice-President
Clough and officials OF the Seattle d Montana
about the company releasing several feet of its
franchise on Railroad avenue, intended having
the conference today, but owing to the absence
OF Colonel Clough the meeting has been post
poned until tomorrow afternoon. The matter
will be discussed ct the council meeting TO-
night.
General Superintendent NJ. C. Kimberly, OF the
Northern Pacific, Ii inspecting the Western d.
vision of the line. He says 700 miles of new
sixty-si pound steel rails have been ordered to
replace old ones, and the new rails will also be
used on the Pacific division. General Manager
W. S. Mellen Is inspecting the operating depart
ment. He says twenty-nine locomotives and
| 1900 box cars have been ordered, number of
which will be sent out for use on the Western
divisions.
The Wenatchee correspondent of the Posi-
INrELIGENCER writes: party of Great North
ern surveyors unaer charge of Engineer Stevens
PASSED through here last Friday on their way to
the head of the Wenatchee river, TO examine
the passes through the Cascade mountains.
They have been exploring the country between
the Skagit and the Chelan and Methow. A
party of Northern Pacific surveyors is said to be
following them.
The Chehalis correspondent of the PosT-IN-
TELLIGENCER telegraphs: Engineer Marion has
made contract with Girard for 900 feet of
timber for bridge work on the Yakima and Pa
ciic Coast railway. He has also given out a
contract for 10000 ties, with a supplementary
one for much larger quantity provided they
can be got out on time.
vice-President W. P. Clough, of the Great
Northern, and Resident Engineer w. P. Watson,
of the Seattle d Montana, went down Sound
Wednesday night to inspect the route located for
the latter line. They are expected TO return to-
night and the contract for building the first
section of seventy-fve miles will probably be
let tomorrow.
Acting Superintendent F. W. Dunn. Superin-
tendent of Bridges and Building H. Middaugh
and Roadmaster r. Densmore go today over the
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern to inspect the line
as far as Arlington. Beginning next Monday
trains will run regularly to and from Arlington,
leaving the latter station at a. m. for Seattle.
Telegraph offices win be opened and agents
appointed at once at Arlington, Springfield,
Machias and ais at South Bend, on the eastern
| end OF the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern. The
| traffic has jncrease so rapidly on the line that
it is necessary to provide billing stations at the
points named
Surveyors were at work yesterday for the
Union Pacific, locating the line for that COM
pany on its Railroad avenue franchise, from
Yesler avenue south to the Y.
Travelling Passenger Agent Henry Young of
| the Union Pacific. arrived here yesterday from
| Portland, and will remain two or three days in
| the city.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in
| tend having an excursion to Snoqualmie Falls,
| and picnic there, August "a
| Assistant General Traffic Manager Ben Camp
bell, of the Union Pacific, was in the city yester-
| day from Portland Or.
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