The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-03
suMAs NEWS.
work on the c. II. *. Depot-New City
Adminisfration-Dyki king the Fraser.


Adminisfration-Dyki king the Fraser.
srn.s July Especial w D. Macintosh,
sfent OF the Canadian Pacific railway and r. r.
Mcdonald. collector Of customs Tor the Dornin-
len government. are now temporarily located IN
the Bellinghsm Bay & British Columbia depot
.orce OF men began preparing the new Cana
dian Pacific depot grounds IN Huntingdon sat
urday morning. The depot will be located three
blocks north of the boundary line. on the east
side Of the track. and VIII be quite an imposing
structure. The plan shown hy Roadrnsster
Monroe today. II Will be a two-sto building
combining on the lower floor passenger aud
freight depot. agent and customs collectors Of
fees. large diuing hall and lunch counter
room. The second floor will be divided into
sleeping rooms and train cispa.chers Office
wide platform or sidewalk between the tracks
Ia to be laid 30 tho boundary lire.
There has 30 FAR been no express Office estab-
iished at this point. though eight regular pass.
enger trains cnter and leave the city daily over
three different roads The need is great, and
the people wonder what causes the delay
The first meeting of the city council was held
ON Saturday evening. st which the mayor, coun-
ciiinen ana treasurer were sworn in. j. E.
Leader was appointed city clerk, l. G. Van Val.
Senoefg, justice OF the peace. j. c. Lawrence.
city attorney, and {. O. Moore, marshal The
matter OF itqaor licenses, street improvements
and general ordinances win receive the stten.
ti"ie ~ NS NuNtiStt Hfst a ttlouk euorl II eeluE
made by the w. c, 7. Z. TO stop the selling OF
liquor.
Great preparations are being made to cele
bratc the Fourth OF July Youthful sumas
boasts OF we'll drilled brass hand. with a drum
major. fund has also been raised, fags and
fireworks have been purchased. and surround
ing towns invited TO participate. Major A. :
Cole, OF Whateom, will deliver the grafton In
place of Judge o, Jacobs, of Seattle, who will DO
unable 20 attend. Quite celebration is also To
be held by the squatters in the mountains on
the north fork OF the Sooksack
The crops throughout the valley never looked
better than they do now. But few hop lice arc
reported. even less than in former years. Fruit,
"a looking exceedingly we'll.
The Fraser river which annually. in tho
month of June overfows the large Lumss
prairie, reaching from the chillivhAck country
nearly TO the boundary line, distance Of fully
twenty Eve miles, during the pas, week has been
AZ its height The view from Bsrker's hill west
Of town shows the valley between sumss noun
tain aud the foothills 20 be one sheet OF water
the farms which are above high water mark
stausilng out like islands I'm lake The rise O,
the river is caused by the melting of the SHOWS
In the mountains in British Columbia and
usually covers the prairie for about three weeks
A charter 90 dyke the Fraser at the mouth ~ the
sunas has heen applied for. n McGilyrsy,
president cf the Caribou. Chiiliwhack 4 sunas
railway has stated thet they would begin con
sfruetlon In July, and use the dyke Tor a road.
hsd along the Fraser river. This win fully re-
claim 5000 acres of the richest aiiava lands In
the northern part of the Sumw valley, and
hereafter prevent tho meeting of the waters OF
ths Fraser and Srokssck rivers ~ they
eid In the extreme high wslsr Of lsss.