The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-16
THE BELATED FOLK.
Arrival of a Large Batch OF
Overland Travellers.
RAILROADS RUNNING ON TIME.
Three Weeks Between Michigan and
the sennd-Water Failing hsptais
All Along the Lines

The messengers on the Northern Pacific
who have been delayed at Missoula. Mont,
by the foods, arrived about Io;SO p m.
Yesterday, glad that their travels were
ended. There we're among them Mr.. ana
Mrs. A. n. McEwan, Mr.. and Mrs. H. a
Snyder. Mrs. III. w. Kenny. OF FairhaVen.
and Miss Hattie Perkins. OF Saginaw.
Mich. Mr.. and Mrs. McEwan had been
on visit to relatives IN Michigan, ana
have been three weeks on their way home
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have just been mar
ried at Harrisburg, Pa. Mrs. Kenny vas
returning from a visit East, and was met
by her husband, who had been waiting for
her at the Rainier. and Miss Perkins 10 on
a visit to her brother Mr. J. II. Perkins.
The passengers had been tied up for
week at Missoula, but the time did not
drag on their hands, for the Northern Pa
eihc officials did everything possible Tor
their comfort, and the people Of Missouia
took them driving and provided other en-
tertainment such as their hospitabie ma
ture dictated The trip was made by the
Union Pacific from Butte 10 Spokane and
was varied By tselve-mile ride in inm-
Der wagon over the washout at Dry creek.
They had bed of roses compared with
some OF those who were tied up at Clark's
fork, for the latter ate up all the provis-
ions within reach. even down to -four. and
during the last day or two we're living on
pork and beans. They have all been
brought out safely. however, and have no
complaints 20 maze, as they were given the
best 10 be had.
The passengers pronounce the reports OF
the floods much exaggerated, the subsi-
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damage was much less than anticipated
The road was expected to be in condition
for trains next week, though IL had been
said that no trains could run for six weeks
The railroads are pushing temporary re-
pairs on their tracks and next week Will
probably see through traffic 10 81. Paul re-
stored over both the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern. The Northern Pacific has
BOO car loads of material collected at the
edges of the washouts in Idaho and Mon
tana and hired every man who offered him
self and was at all likely TO be useful. The
result was that Assistant General Superin-
tendent g. w. Dickinson was able to tele-
graph General Agent Nadeau yesterday as
follows:
Water In Clark's Fork country and
around Jacko falling rapidly. Main line
nov paS3ADte between ll0TSe ItalDS anu
point two and n half miles east of Clark's
Fork, a distance of ninety-four miles.
which was IN bad Snaps. From Horse
Plains TO Jacko track is washed in places.
bat will be rapidly put Ia shape. East Of
Jaeko we are o. X. Expect to cross break
two and half miles east of Clark's Fork
tomorrow. DE Smet branch will not be
open until Wednesday next, but we expect
to pass trains over main line on Monday"
The result is that passengers leaving
here for the East on Sunday night will so
through on schedule time without trans
fer. The arrangement for sending passen-
ger trains over the Cmur d'Aiene branch
of the Union Pacific will not be carried out,
rs the track west of Wallace il not in con-
dition for trains.
The Great Northern rem q material train
from this city on Thursday night with
timbers for the repair of the Wenatchee
bridge and expects to have the road in
condition for trains to run TO Spokane on
Monday or Tuesday. as the piles for the
approaches : ere already driven. A mixed
train will leave here for Leayenworth ut 8
o'clock this morning.
While traffic will thus soon be restored,
the permanent repairs will occupy several
months. All that 10 being done now il to
block up the track so that trains can
safely run over Il. the restoration of the
permanent roadbed being done at leisure.