The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-11
A NEW FREIGHT YARD
Northern Pacific Providing for
More Traffic.
SUPERINTENDENT MrcAsE TALKS
Moro RoIIGng 8toek-Bettsr Services ana
Large Freight Tssds-Ffent
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Joseph McCabe, superintendent Of the
Pacific division Of the Northern Paclfe
railroad, and Of the part Of the Cascade
division between Cascade station and t.
coma, was IN the city yesterday, sud left
last evening for Portland, to hand over the
terminal grounds there 10 the Terminal
Company. He Was looking over the COM
psny's property with General Agent
Eadeau, this being his first visit since his
appointment Nj. NcCabe has been super
infendent Of the St Paul division Of the
road for some years, and said TO Posr-
IErELLrsKsCER reporter that he thought
that vas pretty big division, but the Pa
cifc division beat f. He had heard great
passed them. He said he had never seen
city where 30 much building was going
on and had had no expectations of finding
Seattle such large city - 1t is.
Mr.. NcCabe intends to exert himself to
improve the transportation facilities OF this
division and to secure greater trackage In
Seattle. Six first~class coaches for this di-
vision came in from ST. Paul yesterday and
viii be added to the trains running between
Seattle and Tacoma and Portland. which
now employ thirty-sight frst-ciass coaches,
besides Pullman cars. The passenger
trains are so well patronizcd that the advis-
ability Of putting on an additional train
viii soon have TO be considered. The pat
ronage Of the Pullman cars fully justified
the recent action of the officials in putting
on through cars to and from Seattle. Mr..
McCabe adds that eighteen rev engines
will be put on the road about the end OF
September and beginning OF October, and
most of them viii go on the divisions west
OF Pasco Mr.. McCabe expects TO return
n Seattle in few days. and will spend
most of his time for the next two weeks in
this city.
With view to securing additional track
age for the road. negotiations have
been entered upon for the purchase from
William s. Iladd of . strip Of land 360xl 800
feet along the line of The new track now
under construction along South street 10
the head of the bay. II is proposed to use
this strip for additional tracks on which to
store freight cars and to build round
house there.
The Mount Vernon Neso says: The
Great Northern line presents busy scene
Just now. Men are working all along the
line above town to the river. and new
camps are being established every few days
below town. French & Co. now have ten
miles of right-of-way cleared. extending
from the river south land the grade Is be-
ING pushed IS fast a. possible consistent
with good work. Six more dump cars
arrived last week and will be added to the
train being worked in the cut around the
foot of the hill. A bridge crew was organ
ised last week and is now at word con-
structing pile-driver and getting out piles
with which to bridge the sloughs between
this place and the river. The contractors
are doing good work. all the logs and
stumps being taken out and the grade
built up in substantial manner.
The new track of the Front Street cable
road in the Occidental triangle is nearly
finished. The turnfable to be placed at
Commercial and King streets was expected
on the Walla Walla last evening, and
superintendent Gibson will make an effort
to have it in place by Saturday evening
The road win then stop operations until
the new track at the junction of the
extension with the old Front street track
has been concerted and the new cable has
been stretched. This can probably be
done on Sunday, so that on Monday morn
ing. if all goes we'll. cars will run through
from the power-house to King street.
The board of directors of the Front street
cable railway met last evening at the Puget
Sound national bank to arrange for the
construction of The extension over the
nnoov, AOuo hill dac;IaI - A. -
the work out by contract, but to hire men
directly for it un0er a superintendent.
James Murray. who will have charge of it.
presented estimates for different STYLES of
work, but the figures were not complete
and decision was deferred to future
meeting.
President L. H. Griffith and Manager
Mccarthy. of the Seattle Electric railway
and DR.. E. c. Kilbourne, manager OF the
Green Lake Electric road. met yesterday
morning TO endeavor TO fix the RESPONSE
bility for the collision OF Tuesday MORN
ing. No agreement was reached. Mean
while the Seattle Electric Railway Com
pany is caring for the injured men, though
they are held to be themselves to blame for
their injuries.
The West street q North End Electric
Railway Company will begin laying track
in Ballard as soon as c street Is graded.
Only about half mile of track will be laid
there this fall, the rest being left till next
year. The machinery for the road is now
on the way.
Mrs. L. NJ. Johnson, wife Of the general
manager of the Mexican Central railroad,
and Mrs. DR.. Irwin. of San Francisco. re-
turned to San Francisco in their private
car yesterday.
The Seattle & Montana railroad will use
about 8. 1000, 900 feet of timber in the bridges
and cribb:ng and about 5000 piles, averag-
Ing thirty feet in length.
t. ]. Miner. right-of-way agent of the
Seattle Il Montana railroad, Will return to-
day from Mount Vernon and Fairhaven.
Cars on the Front street line stopped for
several hours last evening on account of
The stranding of the cable
Not Enough to Kill Him.
Thomas Graham, OF Gilman, who has
been ct Providence hospital for the past
i've weeks. was discharged yesterday, and
though very weak from the injuries. left
Tor his home. The mans case is a very