The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-23
THE STATE TRAIL
ys.ws On the Subject Hrom 91Eno7e 90
Whatcom Counties.

VtUVKD On the 9ut1ec1 KrOSn
Whatcom Counties.
Anscowssz, Feb. z.-SpecisL-Aess
4ssAn i.see citizens Of skasit county have
3ofned In q pexiIion 70 tAs .legisi&furs
praying for the bulisflag Of . read across
the Cascade mountains via skzxlt river.
Euby and State creeks TO the Aethew
country, In OkanogaA county. a mass
meeting OF Ekzgst county citizens nsia
~ Hamilton has usemorfaiizcd the tesis-
jatare to make an appropriations, - mas
also Che AnaeoFtes Board or TSsde arc
Hamilton and Anaeorfes city councils.
The read asked for hy 3ksgst county 10
sAe Same as provided for In ffss bills IN
4rolueed In the legislature by Senator
Harper ard Representative Conner. The
bill OF two years ago provides Tor oufia-
ing a trail frosn whatcorn across the
Baker range, norsh OF Mount Baker. 10
a point on the Ekagft river near the
mouth Of Ruby creek, thence up haby
and sgats creeks 20 tho summit OF the
usaiE Cascade range and to~n the cast
slope to the Mstlsow country. In OsaH-
Usan county. The ccsnrnssssozs found IL
impossible to build over the Baker range.
and recommended starting further south
and fellswsng the main sksgt river TO
the mouth OF Ruby creek. and from that
posnk eastward foibowing the route pro-
posed By the bill passed two years ago.
a trail exists over the eatire route at
the pFesen. time. but IL In net passable
xor animals all the way.
The road IL built will aid greatly In
developing a country that even now 10
y Aeerai patron of Seattle and Tacoma
wholesale houses. The Harp<r-Conner
bin provides for the ROAD as pe.itioned
for by Skagit county.
Whascora, Feb. disqualification
bill as, introduced by Representative
Conner. of Ekagit county. providing for
che completion OF the state road across
the Cascades via Ruby creek ana Skagit
canyon. - hardly likely to meet with any
opposition from this county. The route
proposed is the sasns a. that recon-
mended by tia late road commission.
with ths exception OF the portion be-
tween Lyman. on the Skagit river. and
the Whatcom county line above Bian-
chArd. The commission proposed ieav-
tng the Gkagis 1t Lyman and crossing
the divide AZ thu South Fork OF the
NooksAck. and coming down that stream
80 Wickersham. and thence 10 this city
by way OF Lake Whatcom. The Conner
route from Lyman to Beliingham bay
ts tho same as that outlined In the Post
Infelligenocr about two months ago in
the correspondence from here. when a
~esi-known Skagtt county citizen visited
the bay cities and endeayorea TO have
The road commissioners and others rec
cmmend his proposition. There In hard
ly a doubt thai the route proposed by
tho Conner bill IL she best one that can
be selected. or at least equally as good
as the South Fork route. and probably
. little less expensive 10 construct. AS
regards distance and grades there Ia
very little difference. and what there Ia
Ia probably la favor OF the Conner route.
Should that route be selected, less than
I'VE miles of road west OF the canyon OF
ahe Skagit VIII be In whatrosn county
that poriion being between FaIrhaven
and the skagit county line. over which
this county has JUST Completed a first.
class road with which no connection
has yet been made either by the city o!
Fairhasen or by Skagit county. II is q
fact that either of the routes now sux.
sgsted In shorter than the lefty Hanns.
San pass route north OF Mount Baker
upon which the ola commission blew Ii
80 much state and county money before
Its asteS impraetlosbiilty was coaclu.
siveiy demonstrated