The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-04
Railroad and Industrial Notes.

W. Il. Bird. of Tacoma, travelling audi
tor OF the Northern Pacific, was in Seat
tie yesterday.
Judge Mel. Brown. district passenger
agent, and IL. j. Coyle. agent at Portland
OF the Canadian Pacific, went up TO VAN
couver Sunday.
the O. r. & n and Union Pacific. IS back
at his desk after weeks lay-off with a
Kprained ankle.
c. r. Liyernore, of the immigration de-
yelopnent Company. was visitor at the
Great Northern office yesterday.
The Marquis, of Breaaalbane. who will
arrive IN Vancouver today. viii visit San
francisco and then return north, going
East Via the Canadian Pacific.
Nine members of the Hoo Hoo yester-
day presented Victor Fl. Beckman's new
baby with z silver cup, appropriately en-
graxed with the mystic number and do
nors' names.
j. w. Casey. travelling passenger and
Ifelght agent Of the Chicago. Milwaukee,
& st. Paul is In the city and expects TO
spend a week In the Sound country before
returning TO Portland
The Great Northern offices yesterday
received d CONSIGNMENT OF printing from
81, Paul. including flyers Tor the toint
lake and rail business OF the line and
folders with the new time cards
IL j. expected that the first consignment
OF the 5000 tons OF new steel rails. re-
Gently purchased by the Baltimore &,
Ohio Railroad Company. will be delivered
the latter part OF April. and the steel
VIII be placed in the track as rapidly as
possible.
Sixteen and half tons OF steel I-bearns.
channels and angle iron have been re-
ceived for the colman building. The
amount necessary for the building VIII be
greatly reduced by the change from brick
20 stone as a material for the structure.
Pa.
Frank W. Parker has returned to tho
~ sfrfp a 49,
harbor country. II reports a general inn
proyenent Of business in the section or
the state that he has visited, with the
mills running full time and a liberal mar
ket 70 be supplied.
A lake and ran rate Of 10 cents per
pushed on wheat in car loads from Chicago
and Milwaukee 70 Boston ard New Eng
land points was ordered Dy the joint traf-
nc managers on April H. 20 continue until
January Is. The reductions thus made Is
expected 10 turn the aow OF some OF the
traffic now going 90 gulf ports
The Bowers drefge patents may be used
BY the city OF Portland Or, for $1,000 for
tneIr lifetime, according 70 a late propo-
ssffon raade tsy the Flowers comma nv
But While tsle city may equip its dredges
with these patents for dredging in the
I Willamette and Columbia rivers and de-
poait the material on the banks. II IS pro-
hlMfed from entering into any contracts
or arrangements for filing land.
John Hickey. formerly superintendent
OF motive power Of the Northern Pacific.
Who EtEz4N fled IN JaflGH4y on account OF
poor health, has been appointed super
lnteHdeut OF motive power ~ the Denver
a. Rio IraDde. with headquarters af Den
Yer. The nesx mastod0n engines Of the
Northern Pacific the largest and most
powerful locomotives IN the world, are
! the results OK his skill as A drauEhtsman.
/ Nr Hickey began MS new duties Aay j.
The Empress OF China viii leave quar-
anfine a. Victoria today for Vancouver
with The SaA0on and intermediate paSseD-
gers. The steerase passengers VIII be
4 heia al quarantine until the expiration OF
the legal Two weeks detention. IL no
! other cases Of smallpox are developed
/ during that time those held will be dis
charged. Tysiesrs ssI4c advtceS were re-
/ celYed u the above effect al the local
/ Canadian Pacific offices yesterday.
I The project for building a railway from
MOSCOW, Lasaa county. Idaho. into the
/ white pine forests 10 the eastward seems
1 20 be gaining AeaaWag- a meeting was
1 lately held at Moscow IN promotion 81 rna
| Undertaking. when resulted IN liberal
4 ss4bScF4 pftons 20 tne stock Letters are
| being received from Illinois. Iowa. Ne
braska, Kansas, Minnesota and Oregon,