Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-06-04
PRESIDENT HILL IN TOWN
The First Trip of His Palatial
New Private Coach
ga l."
He Continues Averse to Talk
ing Through His Hat or
the Newspapers.
Mr.. Becker Talks of the Rapid
Progress of Construc-
ton Work.

President Hill, of the Great North
ern, arrived by special train from the
south last evening, in his palatial new
private car, "a - which has taken
the place of the old Manitoba" IN
which Mr.. Hill has travelled tens OF
thousands of miles during the past lew
wears. If the name Of the new car is
odd it is certainly appropriate, for in
every respect-in beauty of interior de-
sign, elegance of finish and accommo-
dations for comfort it is "A l." Mr..
Hill is accompanied by p. p. Shelby,
who, it is understood, is to have
general supervision of the company's
great interests on the Pacific coast;
Chief Engineer f. II. Becker, and
Superintendent S. S. Nefi, of the coast
division. Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Becker
arrived in Seattle from the east at ll:45
Yesterday, leaving there for Fairhaven
about four o'clock. The party returns
To Seattle tonight, leaving here at q
o'clock this morning and stopping a
few hours at Everett. Mr.. Hill was IN
consultation with Mr.. Larrabee nearly
all the evening, and had nothing
special to say for publication. lie Is
well pleased with the progress OF con-
struction work all along the line, and
expects to be ready to handle through
traffic by January l.
He will leave for Spokane in day
or two, after making some further Ell
fort to effect satisfactory settlement
of the right of way difficulty at Seattle
He evinced "A good deal of interest II
the new samples of coal and coke from
the Fairhaven mine which were showI
him, and talked for some time will
Mr.. Jennings. the mine superlntend
ent.
Mr.. Shelby has not yet commenced
active work in his new position, bu
will do so in a few days. His office 70
the time being will be in Seattle.
In conversation with a HERALD re
porter about the progress of construC
zion work on the main line, Chief En-
gineer Becker said: "The work is pre-
Crossing very satisfactorily. Track
Iaying IS now completed to Spokane
ard regular freight and passenger sci
| vice 10 anu lIOli Jhdl poihN VIZ (,
tablished in about ten days. No, d
not intend to locate my headquarter
there. The fact is the road is bein
built so rapidly that Spokane wi
very soon be way station. The mos
, important part of the work remalnin
t viii be nearer the Sound than Spokane
| and can be better directed from 81
]. attic. In fewsdays we will be layin
3 track west of Spokane at the rate
three to four miles day to the Colun
q bia river, which the road will cross te
: miles south of Wenatchee. From the
e to the summit of the mountains u
distance is fifty-five miles and the tot
distance from Spokane to where Il
! main line will intersect the coast Iii
q u near Marysville is 305 miles. That
the number of miles of track yet to
# laid. On this side track laying will
gin about the middle of July, and viii
Il may be possible to have rail come
ton completed across the switch-ba
in November, it is yet too early to s.
that it will be done. If early al
heavy SHOWS in the mountains
not interfere with the work and del
the building of snow sheds, / think
can have through trains running
, January ~