The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-04
Railroad and Industrial Notes.


L a Nadeau. general agent Of the
day.
l. E. Smith. superintendent of the rail-
road lines OF the oregon Improvement
Company, was In Anacortes saturday.
The cargo for the y. i. X steamer Aga
panthus has al been delivered al the Ar
ilngton dock. and cargo for the next ship
Of the line the Ten Shin Maru. is being
delivered daily.
z. c. Blanchard has been appointed act
Ing superintendent Of the Lake SupSFlor
division Of the Ne-.A-~~ Dacific vice Z.
w. Wiisey, who becomes general land
agent N. VI. Fowler has been appointed
division. with headquarters In st. Paul.
vice Mr. Wescott resigned.
W. s. Thorne. assistant general passen-
ger aren't OF the 500" line was n town
Northern Pacific at 1920 for Portland Mr.
Thorue viii return TODAY, and VIII be met
In this city by George Mel. Brown, OF the
Canadian Pacific. whom ne VIII accom-
pany on trip through the kootenay
mining district.
l. RI. Gray. general agent Of the freight
department of the Great Northern left
Yesterday morning on the Mexico for San
Francisco. Mr.. Grav was accompanied
by his wife. who wiz proceed from san
Francisco TO Tucson. AriZ, where her
mother Is dangerously ILL., Mrs. Gray $
absence from Seattle win be indefinite.
and she may remain in the South until
snr.ng. Mr.. Gray will return in about ten
Gays.
The merchants OF Juneau have opened
z bureau of general information of Alas
ka. and particularly the Yukon country
in the rotunda OF the Hotel Northern. G.
W. z. Johnson. OF Juneau is In charge Of
the department OF information A huge
banner stretched acrnsA First avenue an
nounced yesterday the scheme of adver-
Using the resources of the Northwest ter
ritory.
The total gross earnings for the Bur
ington system for November were s2.S22.-
80 q decrease Of SGS1 67S from the same
month Of last year. The net earnings We're
$3.50 co, a decrease OF S2n2 $50 For the
months from January l TO November 50
the gross earnings were S31 POI .4n3 an in
crease of s4s4. eS2: the net earnings for the
Of SOS. $50.
Harry A Kyer. the local agent of the
Maple Leaf route, has been distributing
a new folder OF the Cnica go Great West
ern railway. in which the statement IS
made that through and local freight on
that line passed between chicago Du-
buque. ST Paul. Minneapolis. Des Moines.
St Joseph and Kansas City in one day.
making Il one Of the ernphatically fast
freight routes Of the country.
Work will he recommended on the Dalxo-
ia Wyoming G. Missouri River railroad
as possible to Mystic This road viii run
through the rich timber iron ard gold dis
tTcts OF the Southern hills. The road
pir turn over 10 the Elkhorn ~ Rand
City. and 10 the Burlington al Mystic go
tons Of freight for Omaha Sioux City and
Denver every twenty-four hours This
business Is now in sight. The money TO
comnlete has been secured by William T.
Coad IN Chicago.
\ railroad official Of s.. Paul has offerei
a scientific explanation for the climatic
changes this country~seens to have expert
enced the past few years. II is common
remark IN the North that the winters are
shorter and less severe than formerly.
and IN the South that thew are longer and
more severe Intense cold and heat have
been eauslized appa rentiy 70 a cOnsidera-
BILE degree The official mentioned diSbc-
lieTes that these changes sre meteorologi-
cal ones and explains them by the con-
structfor Of railroad and telegraph lines.
which he saws. conduct Al immense
amount Of electricity In all directions.
thus distrlhutinE heat ana co,d ~ more
impartial quantities. The weather bureau
IS an institution that has not taken the
railroad into us calculations. but perhaps
ii will be different hereafter.
Cant james Grirlths, American nanag-
az ~ the NlDDon Yasan Eaisha Yesterday
S;t,r-slr,, g vetfg - loer - IN Da-
% rnber there was launched 1T Belfast by
Messrs, Workman. Clark & Co. Limited,
A large steel twin-screw steamer built 20
TIE order az the Nipnon Yusen Kaisha ~
Jsnan. ard named the Kamakura Maru.
and according TO Japa1ese custom. on the
npdfiHE U ttEt ft~~tt = NUN w. tft-'t'iia
was liberated from SIS temporary home on
the vessel Th9 principal dimensions OF
the vessel a~a, Length. AZ feet, hr~ 10Th.
- feet inches. depth. moulded. - feet
inches. with a gross tonnage OF about $40
tons. Tho vessel l. built 10 Lloyds' highest
class Thet propeliiug power will consist
~ two sets Of engines with cylinders n
inches 39lk inches and Is Inches dta ne-s~.
stroke AZ fnche. with steam supplied from
four steel boilers at a pressure OF 10
mounds The work hes Neen carried out
under The suOerVi~f0~ Of can't. F@rlam.
NJ Macfar.ine and Mr.. A r Brown.