The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

eastern &szcs @of2EDS Out ~ ASc- Nl NA4c
western side. X 3 estimated taa1 th.s
g-szt work VII take about two years n
SIS construction. and that Il VII cost be-
tween txo and three million dollars.
The G. n Seattle Terminals.
TIE Great Northern mas A.so been doing
some good xorz n E1e way .. improve
nests a. IS Seattle terminals during the
year. l. las bu.st new 1re-ga1 Rouse. oss
feet long by 4 feet vide, costing about
So Co. X has also II conEec-4ol with tie
Northern Paclflc and Columbia * Puget
SQUAD, ou-is : swstca tower and put IL a.
srlsrIock-ng sysee.n. also ASSISTED IL ell
l@rg.as me C2-ou cspol, and has n-.e1 ~
ard e..2rsed rs yards. Il mas added 10
Iset 20 SAe Arlington dock for tae accom-
mediation " lae japanese NAL Steamship
Company. and altogether has spent IN Is
Seattle terminals during the past year n
the neg D0EnooG OF 80. 999. and What v-Eh
IS .EnprgE eneReS and nose o. otaeE Ines
On Railroad avenue t.lag avenue, walea
IS The ilTsL 10 strike tie visitor 10 the c.ty,
IS APT 20 impress him W-eA s.1e eltys great
trade ana the convenient facilities for a
ST. greater, the rails ot al. the companies
running parallel and within = few feet Of
the docks.
Route Of the Great Northern.
The Great Northern enters the state
from the southeastern corner OF Stevens
county and runs sou thSest 10 Spokane,
westward across the great wheat fieids Of
the Big Bend. through Llnco.n and Doug
las counties, carrying rhe4r great gran
and cattle products, 10 q cantIiever bridge
near Rock Island, BY means OF which AZ
crosses the Columbia. IL runs along the
right bank Of the Columbia 10 wenatchee,
where * connects wFan the Columbia river
steamer City OF EllenSbGTg and draws The
traffic OF the great mineral belt n OkaEso-
gan county, and the celebrated Funerals
ing district along The Wenatchee valley.
II continues along this fruitful ya..ey TO
Leavenworuh, where the div.s-on head
quarters are located, then UP and up by
the splendid Tumwater canon 10 the
sw4tchback over the Stevens pass, about
the glorious scenery OF which <ranscon-
tineEtal travellers have written so many
glowing accounts TO Eastern newspapers.
1ne ..ne runs over INTO Western Wash
.ng1on when x crosses the pass, into r.ch
and heavily ttmDered country that in the
distance and She Valleys below melts into
the pastoral beauty Of farms and fruit
lands. AS its trains scud along the Sky
koIlEsla RIVER they carry with them the
products OF the magnificent lumber and
timber country lying both TO the north and
10 the south. The run through Saohom.sn
county down TO Everett, the City Of
Smokestacks, discovers the wonderful
Sound country, with ITS variety OF silvery
waters, green slopes and bold headlands,
frinsed ard surrounded by undulat.ng
lines of sn0weaps that blend with and are
lost n the fieecy clouds. From the busy
town of Everett. the run is along the shore
OF the Sound, showing its great shipping
traffic and the metropolis of the state al
the head of Elliott bay. which is the ter
minus OF the road.
This man line makes connection at Ev-
ereet with the coast line running north
ward through SnohoTn4sh and the rich
farm lands Of Skagit and Wnatcom coun-
ties. by way of Mount Vernon, Fairhaven
and NAatcom 10 the British Columbia
boundary at Blaine, from which there is
branch controlled by the Great Northern
10 the Fraser river az New Yves minister,
by means of which II makes direct com-
nect.on With the Canadian Pacific. THIS
branch draws u large lumber, fish and coal
traffic from the northern Sound country.
The Seattle a. International.
The Seattle. Lake Shore * Eastern is
another OF Washington's roads that has
emerged from the depressing shadows OF
a receiversh.p during the year. The air
for long tine was thick with the ru-
lfors Of the sale of this road TO one or the
other transcont!nental companies now
here or desiring 10 get there, but these
threatening ghosts were all laid by the
new organization that took hold of the
Hns on July /. The stock and bonds of
the road and its control were placed N the
hands OF three yotiye trustees, Morton S.
Patton. ii. o. Armour and c. NJ. White.
Under their direction the road was sold
and bought in by the bondholders. and
was then reehr.stened the Seattle * Inter
national railroad. Gen. John Fl. Bryant
was retained as the president and general
manager and III. @. Strive was made Sec
rotary.
The bondholders are well satisfied that
fhey have a good property, and they
showed their confidence In It by agree ng
10 ask for no interest for five years, so
that The company should have plenty OF
funds TO put the road in first class order
The present stated purpose IS TO maintain
the road an independent organization,
doing business win any other road but
affiAating with none. and 70 make such
extensions and branches in the future as
the growing needs 0G Its territory seems to
warrant. Meantime they purpose spend
ing some 5000 TO $4,000 on betterments.
fhe plan OF the Organization only refers
20 that portion OF the road west af the
Cascade mountains and which runs from
Seattle 10 Sumas on the boundary line Of
British Columbia. and there makes con-
nection with a branch OF the Canadian
Pacific, and 20 Ssllai prairie in the Sno-
qualmie valley. In fact, the plan
provided for the formation OF TWO com
pan+es, one 10 acquire the property east
OF the Cascade mountains. and The other
The territory TO the west ot that barrier.
which the old company was never able 10
cross. the eastern division e called the
Spokane * Seattle. The capital stock OF
these corporations IS not 70 exceed $500 600
each. and the Spokane s Seattle 3 10 issue
not more than S.I00Ug3 IN first mortgage
to-year per cents, and the Seattle & In
ternatsonsl rot more than s. go 0a0 OF sim
liar bonds. When the road started. Il was
70 come from Spokane 10 this city, and
while 4 was building n that city. Il ac-
CURED very valuable terminal grants N
Spokane Ia conjunction with the O. r. g.
y. Company. and these two roads united
N bulld.nE the Unl0n depot there This
with the s. miles OF road - Davenport. are
the only valuable assets the road has IN
the eastern section.
May bring i'm the BurIfngton.
But these are % immense va.ue in con-
necuon with he ambitions OF the COM
rsay ia .ts future operations. 1t hopes 10
take up thls broken lire from Davenport
across the mountains. following n. sur
veyor's pegs now rott.ax in the ground
Then. Z, - reasoned. the Chicago. Bu-ling-
ton 4 Quincy has already get az far w--s-
ward as Billings. ana al extension over
the Rocky mountain summit would con-
meet 4 VIII the Spokane & Seattle and
bring fourth trGnscoztiHentai line 20
this port
The Seattle & International ard 81
branches are credited with - mile, OF
road. q which the main line from Seattle
% SUmas . Is5 T, runs from tbs city
around th- northern end OF Lake Wash
fHEton. through SroAar0{sh A~ffnero,