The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-14
WILL HAUL OUT THE "4s, oREf
Contract for Transportation and
ROad.Butlding Let

The "a" Consolidated Mining Company
mas lei the contract for the hauling Of
1000 tosas Of ore from its mine on the Sui
tan river 20 the railroad and has thus found
q way OF relief frcm the blockade caused
by the washont Of the Everett d. Monte
Cristo. The contract was let 10 Frank s
Griffith at the rate Of s!i.,0 ton. smelter
weight. on condition that he shall con-
struet an e'ght-foot wagon road from
Headquarters camp. at the mine To Wal.
lace station. shall begin hauling ore on
December ]. lsss. and shall turn over the
road, puncheoned throughout. to the min
ing company next spring.
The route Is tia. of the projected rail-
road through the forest reserve for which
tho Iighi-ef-way has been confirmed by
tbs secretary Of the interior ard the con
strucion OF the wagon road will demon
s,rate the Feasibility Of "a railroad and the
existence OF the necessary tonnage 10 make
~ pay. There Will be then no difficulty in
Raising the necessary capital fer the con-
struction 81 the railroad the English
stockholders In the Stillaguamish and Sui.
tan Mining Company, which owns the LIZ
tie Chief mite being amply able 10 finance
!, and having always stood ready TO take
up proposition for the sale OF bonds
The selecsinu % the route vas deter.
mined not only by its natural advantages
which are many. but hy the liberal ala
which Was given By TIM residents OF Wal
OF mining property. headed by these 81 the
lAtue Chjaf. This ala takes the form OF
subscriptions OF labor. supplies and cash
tbe donors being assured of an ampl. re-
turn IN the traffic which will be brought
10 the iowa. IN describing the work ahead
or aim Ir. Griffith said 10 a Post intelli-
aellccr representative:
The first four and half miles from
wallace Is already built and running over
sandy hills. viii only need "a be puneheor-
ee ia low places fer short distance. The
AsNt four miles extends 10 the feot Of OIL
hey pass over d natural roadltssd. Furtu.
oaTsiS al this paint the timber Is not ,iens.,
ard there VIII - little clearing 10 DO ex-
eept 10 cut out brush ard small trees TIE
whole Of these four miles will be covered
with puncheca before winter sets In. Tn,
remaiasng fourteen miles over the Oiney
Pass across The forks Of the Sultan and
III williamson creek 80 the foot OF the
mountain, below Headquarters camp, viii
Be swemre3 ana graded ths fall, raaay for
use as snow road during the winter
When the SNOW begins 10 melt I'm "a.
sprinw, mon will be put IL work cutting
pun>heons ana before summer this seq.
ton OF the road will he punehaonst,
throughout Tbs steep switchhaok by
which the horse traD climbs oluey pass
VIII be avoided. the road climbing N,or,l
one bench 20 another BY easy ascenfs
avoiding the borders og the swami o., the
summit by following the side hill From
TIE pass. going towards the naine the DE-
scent Ia tie river viii have a maximum
efate OF oaly per cent. ana after reach
lag the TiNsr the road viii be almost iavel
afens the sias hlt - the foot % The
mountain below she mine The ascent q.
oIaey PASS Will be The only uphill stretch