The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-10


The Nooksack City correspondent OF the PosT.
lNTELLIGENCER teIegraphs: The work, of driv
ing piles for the bridge on the Seattle Iata
Shore & Eastern railroad at North FORK was he.
gun on the I'd inst. and is progressing at the
rate OF ABOUT thirty piles day. The driver is of
the improved engine traction overhspoiro
pattern. and performs the work in a most sa.,
factory manner. The bridge will consist of ono
lu1-ioot span Howe truss and TWO I6O.foot snsrs
combination truss. The total length of the
bridge, including approaches will be a trife in
excess of onehalf mile. rock je,ty will no
punt on the upper side. from the north shore IN
tne nose OF the most northerly pier, as a rrotee
uon against driftwo0d, aud the bank will Ia
protected by cribbing filled with rock Tho
steel Tor the bridges is now waiting ar tho
northerly end of the track. NJ j. Henev ia ~
complete another five-mile Contract NJ gradi,
ont toward the Summit. This will have To he
done by october l, and will make Mr. Henev,s
thirtieth mile at this end OF the route
Chief Engineer r. II. Talcott. accomnsniad ~,
Mrs Talcott and Miss French, was the enest
OF Mr.. NJ J. Heney during The past week.
The New Westminster Columbian se,S. ri..,
Chinese lahorers left by the steamer Dalawara
this morning for the Mission, where tbev w;r
nc emp'oVeh on the Mission branch of the Ca
madam Pacific railroad. Construction on ,bis
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large portion OF the roaibed is ready for ,ha
rails connection Will be made with the Amer
lean line at the boundary within Jew wool.
ana IT viii not be long after that date hefo,o
trains are running between Mission and ReIlina
Fam bay. The contractor is giving emnIov.
ment 10 every man Offering in order 10 nrsh
the work 10 completion at the earliest possibla
date.
Inc Olympia correspondent of the posy.
iNTtLII6ENCER teiesraphs; A lew minutes
after o'clock this afternoon an engine ana
three stsudard-gauee cars labeled .port ~ ~
send Il southern" pulled ont from TeDino Tho
track Tor the entire distance of sixteen miles
hhu Deen Wldenel in nine hours A force of
seNehN'tWo men was put to work at 6 O'clock
TINS morning and finished at 8 The ears and
engine are new and were manned by Fnsinaar
henry buchanan aud Fireman J. A. Mcintosh
the private car OF the Tenussee Cos. l. r,or
company arrived in the city Yesterday on rho
afternoon Northern Pacific train. bringing II r
hohd' me Rev York general manager az the
company; his son, l. W. Bond, OF Birmingham,
Ala. g b. Compton, OF Birmingham. ana NJ
ana MIS- J. r. Emmons. of New York. Tho
pat,! went 20 the RAINIER and in the evening
attended The reception given by Colonel Tborn.s
Ewing at his residence, al West Seattle
Aspec'ai 'heater train will run to Ballard
o'e' 'Ae LAKE ehoFe * Eastern road on Thurs
oaS evening after the performance of Pima.
fore for the convenience of those ras;5e1.s-
along the line who desire 70 see the narlo-roI
aAee. twiu leave Seattle about II O'Clock
Ice Seattle Electric Railway COmpanv has
forty men at work putting in curve on ,ba
North oeatile line in readiness for tha go
track. There are also twenty-five men 81 80
putting N switch at Seventh and y,rg,,,,a
streets, on the Fremont line.
Inc pfiVaie car Buensventura, of the Central
racine road, is at the Northern Pacific dsro,
having brought Mrs l. f. johnson. wjfa ot 80
general manager OF the Mexican Central rsii-
road, and her family, aud Mrs. DR.. Irvin ~
family. OF San Francisco. from the lattar CITY