The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-30
TRIpT0MONTECRIST0
Receiver Brown and Friends
Witness Scenic Wonders.
ROAD THaouoH THE cssYon.
Party 90 Seattle, Tacoma ssd Kverstt
GensI~msn Go ts shs Msnisx
Camp snd Back.

The wondsrfui scenic bea1tiss Of the
Everett a Moate Cristo railroad wsFe en-
5oysd yesterday By party 81 Seattle, fs-
coH.s and KSerstt gsntsesasn fhroagh trs
courtesy Of Thomss Reeves Brown. re-
eslveF Of the Seattle, Lake Shore East
ern railroad. ard Of sAs cfAeiais Of the
Fvesets 4 aonte Cristo lire.
When the Seattle and Tscorns grests 81
gecsIser Brown left the Lake Shore dspo:
on . SPECIAL train Of sso coaches .; s:i5 Ia
che morning fog hung iow ever The city
and gave Indications of q dismal day. bat
whea the train had climbed from the val
ley By the steady and 81 times heavy
grades the party foasd that above the
clouds the sun was shining and that they
had left the dismal insists Of the sea isvsi for
. perfect day. Those sho accepted the IN
sitati0n Of Rscsiyer Brown vers: y. H.
McHensy. chief engineer: Joseph McCabe.
superintendent Pacific and C2scads d.
visions, n. II. Warner, master mechanic,
and I. A. Sadean. general agent, al OF
the Northern Pacific railroad; A. y. Bur
leigh, general counsel. and b. y. Bush,
general superintendent aud chief engi-
neer Of The Oregon improvement Com
pany; Thomas X. Brown. recsiyer. Har-
old Preston. counseg, and w. J. Jennings,
general freight and passenger agent, OF the
seattle. Lake Shore Al Eastern railroad
A. ID. scroggy, contracting freight agent Of
the Canadian Pacific railroad; Wesley
Wilson, manager Of the Seattle Coal and
Iron Company; /. 8. J. Hunt. ex-senator
John Il. Alien, viii III. Parry, Jacob
Earth. 8. schxabaeher, Jndgs J. A. STRAIT
ton. @. II. HciIbron, Judge Beatty. Of the
United States district court, Of Idaho: r.
NJ Hopkins. clerk OF the United States
court; Judge II. @. Bond. John W.
Hanna. Maurice McMicken, r. u. clegg.
A. =. Hogg.
The run 20 snohomish was made In good
time and there two Everett Il Monte
cristo coaches were waiting with party
Of officials Of that company and friends.
They were; J. T. Mcbride general man
ager; George s. Brown. president; w. II.
Gselock. master mechanic. and s. y.
Baird. auditor OF the Everett & Monte
cflsto railroad: Schuyler Darget. general
mAnageF Everett Land Company: +. A.
White. president Fidelity bank: William
Bennison. J. j. Clark. DR.. &. r. Thomas,
+. :. King, cashier Eyerstt National bank !;
i. l.. Bailey, cashier Puget Sound Re-
inetion Company; James u. Vernon.
Editor Everett Times. Joseph Irving.
manager hotel Monte Cristo, Everett: j.
W. Conells, editor Everett Neae.. r. W.
Foster, 8. Baird. T. +. Cassei. w. II.
Hewitt. A. j. Agnew. manager Monte
Cristo Commercial Company; A. b. Lewis
By the time the combined train had ar
rived at Hartford, where the Everett &
Monte cristo road leaves the Lake Shore
line, introduetions had made every body
acquainted. 80 when the wonderful can
yon Of the Stillagnamish was reached
those who had never been over the line
before settled down for the enjoyment Of
what 10 undoubtedly one of the rarest
scenic treats In America The tortuous
line u suspended on the often perpen-
dicular walls OF the canyon, overhang-
ing the raging torreat that leaps in
cascades below. In many places the
sheer wall of the preclpice 10 so close on
one hand that passenger can touch II
from the car window. while on the other
side he can look down on the foaming
watsr without seeing the solid rock bed
upon which the rails are placed. Noun
tains slope MP from tbs sides oil the can
yon 80 high and steep that their cragged
tops can barely be seen without uneom-
Portable craning OF the neck, their slopes
showing the burrows Of monster slides
that have coursed down. sweeping trees
and boulders before them Expressions
of admiration Of the wonders of nature
we're mixed only with surprise at the
daring and ingenuity of man in under.
taking and accomplishing shs feat OF
opening a magnificent highway OF steel
through what appears 10 be an inaccessible
country. Tho heavy engine of the Everett;
& Monte Cristo Company, which had
taken ths place OF the Lake Shore loco
motive At snohoEn!sh, climbed the Grade
steadily. but with Infinite care in places.
particularly when rounding the II and 2,
per cent curves that form the "Shoo- Fly,
around blind" tunnel No. Z. which has
been temporarily abandoned. At silver.
ton the party received an important add.
ton Ia the persons OF Aitoa T. Diekerman.
consulting engineer OF the Monte Cristc
mining companies: George Montandon
chief engineer uf the Everett Land Com.
psny. and +. II. milford. OF Everett. whe
had zone there the day before Receive,
hr0Su was also made the recipient of !
trout as large as the ordinary silye,
salmon. Of tho Dolly Varlenn variety
Weighing about sir and half pounds. /,
had just been taken from the river Al
sslversoa and WAS exhibited ne a common
specimen Of the product o: The stream.
The mining camp Of Monte Cris.o va,
reached At neon. aud an hour was spent b,
the gussts looking al the progress OF wors
on the trarnways from the mines and ON
the concentration. and more partieulArs,
IN viewing the natural wonders OF Tn,
basin ia which the camp is located. Tn,
swlteahsek By which the final raise from
tue canyon 10 the basin is made. also "a
eeived great deal OF attention. Befor,
the ttasa started on the return trlp a buf
fot lunch vas served 10 one OF the cars
The return iEtp vas made without iuei
dent oihsf than the intense enjoyment 81
again witnessing scenes % varied interest
Al snchomlsh the Everett party "a,
switched of and Receiver Brown and
parry sped on 10 Seattle. arriving home a,
SocIock.