The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-13
THE PASSING THRoNa.


Wild goose chase - trying 70 dnd . practicable
road scsoss the mountains north Of Mount
Baker," said 4 Won Preaosnsine, . leading msf.
chant OF Sank City nov stopping ct the Airing.
ton. "When tho money appropriated could %.
complain 20 much for the public good By build.
Ing the road through the Cascade pas1, it GsemD
. shazns that IL should b squandsrsd simply 70
have the money spent Three years ago Last
August spent several woeks travelling Ill
through the country north Of Mount Baker.
went al around the headWateD Of the three
forks Of the Nooksack river and . faI - the
Chiliiwsck river, and know there u NO way Of
getting through the mountains that way
over into British Columbia North Of
Mount Baker there u . range OF
high hills with perpendiculae elm almost Inn
possible to climb, which extends almost 70 the
Fraser Evsf. AL the miners and prospeetors
Who have been In that section laugh at the idea
OF wagon road through II, and say that the
only Wy to get through % b. crossing the lima
On the other hand, the route over Cascade pass
u practicable one. and the money appropri-
atsd viii surely build the roa1 into the Okan.
ogan country. On this route there IL . wagon
road from Whatc0m to the south fork of the
Nooksack, eight miles from Lyman on the Ska
git, and between these two points there II .
trail From Lyman s8kagit county has spent
$4,000 building wagon road forty-thrse miles
to Marble mount, ct the mouth Of Casoads creek
and from this point 800 has been spent By the
county and private parties In constructing .
good trail to the pass, tWenty-eight miles dis
sant Ten thousand dollars will convert this
tr.l into good wagon road After
getting through the pass there will b
eighteen miles Of expensive work At the
need OF Pierce river. which ompties into
Lake Chelan. thirty-elsht miles away, the lowor
twenty miles being comparatively inexpensive
work. Now. with the money appropriated BY
the state and the different counties interested
this road could b constructed this season and
great public beneht result But the way they
are going about IL the money will b spent and
shere vill b nothing to show for It In the end.
To show that the pass 10 Q feasible routo. will
cay that last fall 90 head Of cattle and lot OF
horses from Okanogan came through and the
only animal lost was one horsA Now, Il may
seem that ws are intsrestsd in opposing the
road north OF Mount Baker. but it would not
hurt ~ 20 much - people suppose. Because
any road they build will have to cross the head
waters OF the 6kagtt and We can build on mp
the river to connect with them and have bet
tor road than they any way. Considerable de-
velopmsnt u going on on the Upper Skagit
few settlers are constantly coming in, and
the mines are being slowly developed.
Roads and trails are being CONSTRUCTED.
and eight townships will b. surveyed
this summer. They will b township Is range
10 east: township .. range II; township Is,
range II; township 81, range IL; township 50,
range II: township q, range Y: township 80.
range 10: towship 80, range IL Some OF this 10
good agricultural land, although most Of IL IL
timber. The county IL now rebuilding the
bridge across the skagit thirty miles north of
eauk City. on the Ruby trail, which was swept
out BY the foods Last fall It was originally
built By parties in Seattle owning claims mp
there. trail will also be built up Thunder
creek this summer, and, BY the way, there 10
m nj IN In hat o0tSo Ne
most OF our trading with Seattle, but there are
some things We are forced to 60 to Tacoma for.
For instance, We can get any make OF wagon 80
cheaper in Tacoma than In Seattle and " can
get 10 per cont greater discount on ell agri-
cultural implements"
4 H Howclls, Of Port Angeles. chairman Of
the Clallam county board OF tide land apprais-
en-, who 10 stopping at the Occidental, says that
the dificu,ty in regard to the survey OF the Port
Angeles tide lands haa been settled saisfactorily
to oil concerned BY making . correction Of the
map died with the state land commission. "The
maander line has now been placed on the north
side OF Front street, instead of seventy.two feet
further out in the bay, where the former survey
located II. The trouble arose because there was
no government meandsr line in front of the
business portion Of the town Or from Chase to
Tumwater streets. but the north line OF Front
street was universally recognised a. the place
where the line should be located. BY putting
the line seventy-two feet further out the state
would lose the proceeds Of the sale of the tide
lands on which there are Improvements. and
the present water front improvsrs would have
been deprived OF the prior right Of purchase OF
tide lands In front The whole matter. however.
10 now practically settled, and applications for
purchase Of the tide lands can now be sent In to
the land commission"
"The account OF the shinglemen's meeting In
the Posi- INTRILyoENCER was evidently written
BY some one who was present through all the
procesdings." said shinsleman yesterday, who
was present At the meeting. "It caught the
spirit OF the meeting exactly. and NO one who
WAS not Thoroughly familiar with the whole situ-
alton could have written II, and / recognise in
the style Of the article that OF perhaps The lead.
Ing spirit in the Associ alton, with which am
familiar. The a.Ius!on to the constant presence
OF the specter OF dissolution was very happv
because it was evident that lurking behind
every motion and every suggestion was the
dread OF the association going to piscsa"
Mr.. and Mrs. John Leary and Mrs E. p. Ferry
leave tomorrow morning for Chicago, where they
will attend the Worlds fsir, and for New York
and other Eastern cisies They 90 By the Union
Pacific and will stop on the way at Salt Lake.
Denver and Omaha Mr.. Lssry expects 20 "a.
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