The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-28
4 LINE 70 THE k(N)IENAY.
WORkMEN LAYING RAILS FROM
ROBSON TO MIDWAY.
When FYntshed the Road VIII he los
Mice Leax and VIII Tap . Ce0n-
try Rich In Mtnerals-titimate OBJ
teet - FERN q Line both Ways.

Special Dispatch TO the Post-H atelEgencer.
BROOKLYN. Is. C.. OFT. 2s--Tae con-
s,ruction OF the Robson Fenticsoh
branch OF the Columbia :" EST
ern railway nov owned By the Ca
madam Pacific, has been actively under
way for about three months. and notwitn-
standing the hercuiean task undertaken
by the contractors. excellent progress mas
been thus Tar made Mann. Foley Bros-
X Larson, who were the successful pidfers
for the work, have brought their immense
resources 10 BEAR and al the present time
over 5il,0 g1eH art scattered aioIlS iAe
line u.der the thirty or forty suo-coh-
tractors. =,
Al the inception Of the work. late IN
jane or early In July, IL was q c-ElculI
matter TO secure laborers 10 suH-cieHt
numbers, bat efforts were pat form agsn-
e.fs established IN leading cites IN the far
East and the results were soon apparent
In tae increasing numbers Landing naty
at the wharf in Brooklyn. ihen, aso.
the work OF construction on the Crow
Nest line TO koo;enay lake was beng rap
idly closed up. and as fast as discharged
hundreds Of laporers came acre rlom INA.
Is that a good-sized army OF men Is now
employed N cutting down mountains ana
filling In valleys, 10 say nothing OF oaho-
ing almost nunlberiess tresues and Dracges
and boring many tunnels in the Effort 10
complete the work laid opt at the ear9i-
EST possible date.
miles long. and extends from Robson, a
small town located al the junet. OF the
Columbia and Koctenay rivers. through
the Gold range of mountains TO Midway,
a town In what is known az the boundary
country In its course II follows UP the
Columbia for eighteen miles and lnen
strikes across the highest peaks. almost
due west ~ CHRISTINA lake Here IL
reaches Cascade City, and then touches
also Grand Forks and Greenwood. all OF
which are most promising FOR The future
from mineral @tAnGpQ
IL Is part OF the far-seeang plan Of the
Canadian Pacific railway officials 20 build
4 point Hope. on the Canadian Pa
e4hc railway, east TO Peniicion and Mid
way, and thus form short hne To the
kocieraN fra nj tcth tae east and west.
This wii undoubtedly be doae in due
time and will make close the business
connections with Puget sound and tie
Old railway men are unanimous in say
ing that. beyond any question. THIS is
Of the heaviest and most difficult
pieces OF railroad building eyer under
lake.i from 4lle pacAc Northwest On the
contract far instance, there a:e no less
than s.soo feet Of tunnels. reqmring the
ter-al. or nearly 2ee.oao tons. This OF
course, does not account for the a6al-
ion9I Immense qiantity of rock to be
feature hqlshte1ing the difficulty IS the
hard nature OF the rock. being largely
syeas.e n character. So much black pow
tHfstt4t
soaTcps Of the Hamilton Powder Company
- manufacture II fass enough
An item Of gigantic i'rppog tions - tt,st
for bridges and trestles. one OF these.
over Pofcutaae creek. Is over l,tee feet
}@ng 20 feet fsseb. and requires tss3 .tse
feet Of lumber Another, over Mohersy
Will use VI go feet OF lumber when
completed. There are many o. ners. oui
these Instances VIII give some little idea
Of t.3e work ahead OF the bridge gang.
~ II ny
is4.lsss tees sia.}y, are running on this work.
and mach timber is also brought from
rhe coast, being Song sticks. one mill
alone. located a. Gladstone. twenty FIVE
ulls=s frosn Brooklyn, mas a S 4e. go foot
cat nappaa oui for it. and ils owners
Will asse supply 1893 ties. about haif The
quantity NEEDED on the line.
on the S.as1-foos iun.3el 10 be bored
Through tae mountain four miles frogi
Brooklyn, Che latest improved machine
drAAs Wal he ussd. \ foarieen-driu ar
compressor plant has al~raiv been ordered
from the Canadian Hand ttfii Company.
and = expected Ia be ga the ground and
in working order IN another ter. DAYS THIS
plant alone Will cost SaD.esa When IN
Si.alle1s la@rc VII be seven drills 'orerxteri
q each end. ard en- pie5 nlent for 10 men
for mary months viii ee given. TIE work
has already heen sta~ts. by hand p.nd-
sng he arrival OF the eemDrsvsos plant.
ftnts ,hs lorg tunnel IS completed
trains VIII be- taken er the mountain b,
series uf saisCh3aekp there nesns nv.
segs en each side. The grading for ta!s
HoEk - atFsa1y finished
Fay day OH tb.S construction work i
scheduled - toe se!h of every month ara
t5ge men ase all pz.d ia checks Tnls
nontG there We're over soc ea.Cks sselsi
aad 2astusSteF y Goldman aud a corps Of
ssst s4aats aaNa iseen busy tsT some TINE
III preparing them Probably s38 500 i.or
north viii Ne distributed from this lime
on ~ .A!S way
Construction camps are located al the
nav frosn Robson IS Greenwood = as
taf}CA II over eighty miles, and the great
80 activity - everywhere pye,a4.,at In
itagst cases pr, pgFaCioUs aa Sc beea made
far wsnteria9 here ana pushing ~ work
for al that l. is worth
No track hAs tsera laid or mas evea ar
rived YET bsaf few aa>les s4i probably
as laid IL d abort s.fr2S &x d staFfer