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The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17
Boston & M aine e. r.
In effect Oct. 4th. 1889.

In ei1ect Oct. 4Jn, 1857.
Trains leave Union Station. for scarboro
Crossing. 1000 a. M. BIB. $40 p.m.; scarbo-
70 Beach, Pine Point 90, 1000 a. NJ. go.
5l5 e2o M n ., nld d. Orchard saoo, BID "a
BIB, $40 p. M; Kennsbunk. 100, 8. 40 a. M,
12 - $50; b,iS SOP. m; K sn
North Berwick, somerswo' tn, Dover.f 4.o5,
zoo. $50 a M M. 124', $50; 61 q m m.
Esr%inssoa 0 3lsoa Eay SO a. M Iaa
$50 D. M; Northern Day.. Lakeport. La
coma. Plymouth. $40 a. M: 1245 p. m.:
Junction, 100 a. m. $50 p. m.i
Rockingham Junction, Exeter. H a:S es
t zfGse IN Boston, r. 1918 'sU 1g5o
Ia 5S M Hsaso Boston iSs is
p. m. Arrive Portland. 1913 HOO a.
M, 1900, 1920, 300, 800 p. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
scarboro Beach. Pine Point, Old Or
Beach, l2.b5. 4.3o p. M. North Berwick,
Dover, Exeter, Haverhill. Lawrence. Low
ell, Boston. 4.05 a. M. 1855. -4.3O p m. Ar
rive Boston, 7.25 a. M. 5.2S, S.45 p. m. Leave
Boston for Portland 3. 80 a. M. arrive Port.
land ITO a. m.
EASTERN DIVISION.
For Way stations, 8 a. m; Biddeford,
Portsmouth, Newburyport. salem. Lynn,
%. m. Arrive in Boston, 6.57 a. M. 1850.
4.16, 9.25 .. m. Leave Boston, for
Portland, 7.30, 800 a. M, 1880. TOO,
D. M Arrive Portland, 11.50 "a. M. IL. Is.
4.30, 1920 p M
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Biddeford. Portsmouth. Nswbury-
port. Salem. Lynn. Boston. 2.0c a. m.- LOO
3. %. Arrive in Boston. 5.57 a. M. <-l6 p. M
Leave Boston for Portland. 500 q. m. 100
D. m. ArriveI in Portland, 1925. 1890
D. m.
tConnects with Rail Lines for New York;
South and West.
TDaily except Monday.
sConnects with Sound Lines for New York.
Through tickets to all points for sale at Union
D. J.FLANDERs. G. P. g. T. A.. Boston.
GEO. d. THOMPSON Ticket Agent. Port.
land.
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M ARINE NEW (
PORT OF PORTLAND.
WEDNESDAY March 16.
Arrived,

WEDNESDAY March 16.
Arrived.
Steamship Hurona, (Br) Dorwood Shields
mdse to r Reford & Co.
Steamship Manhattan. Bennett. New York
passengers and mdse to COyle
Steamer Salacia, Oliver. Boothbav Harbor and
Wiscasset.
Steamer Enterprise, Race, South Bristol and
East BOOtbbay. e
Sch VIM B Palmer. Mcdonald, Louisburg. CB,
with $500 tons coal to G I Ry Co.
Sch Sarah Ropes, Kreger. Newport News
Sch Carrie Bell. Durwin. St John, NIB, for
New York. 0l
Sch Emma, Hunter, st John, NIB. for Boston.
Sch Abby Bowker Perry, Calais Tor Bal
Sch W Leggett. wyman. Wiscasset for Bos-
ton dismasted. See Men,.
Sch Ada Ames, Rockland for New York.
Sch Mary Brewer ROckland for New YORK.
Sch Addie M Sawyer. Calais for Boston.
Sch Waterman, Huntley. Calais for New Haven
Sch Lillian Norwood, fremont.
Sch Henry Chase, Chatto, Deer Isle.
Sch Railroad. Simmons. Port Clyde-canned
goods to Durham & Morrill, Co.
Sch David Story. Orland for Boston,.
Sch Harvester Roberts. Vinalhaven for Bos-
ton.
Packet sch Rosa E. Davis, Georgetown. Me-.
Sch Louisa & Rosa. Albert w Black Ella M
Doughty. and Lettle May, fishing.
Cleared.
Steamship Monaghan. (Br) Braes. Liverpool.
steamship Iona. tBr) Cummings, London
RObJ Reford Co.
Sch Seth Nyman. Rich, Prospect Harbor-J H
Blake.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17

BRAMHALL LODGE, NO. 8, K. of P.
All knights are cordially invited to be
present at Castle hall this evening when
the rank team will confer the rank Of
knight in the long form.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17
Portland and BOathbay Steamboat ca
WINTER ARRANGEMENTS.

WINTER ARRANGEMENTS
GOING WEST.
STEAMER ENTERPRISE leaves as tol
lows:
EAST BOOTHBAY for PORTLAND. Mon
days aad Fridays. at TIC a. M, touching az
South Bristol, and Boothbay ILarbor,
PEMAQUlD for PORTLAND, Wednesdays
at 600 a. m touching at above landings
GOING EAST.
Leave PORTLAND at 700 a. M Thursdays
and Saturdays for
Boothbay Harbor, South Bristol,
and East Boothbay,
Leave PORTLAND at 700 a. IN. Tuesdays
for PEMAQUID and above landings.
oct3Oatt ALFRED RACE, Manager
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17
NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, PHILA.
DEPHIA.

Seven day Pennsylvania Railroad per
sonalIy conducted tour by special train of
Wagner Palace cars, April 1. All expen-
SEES s25. Special Wagner Palace cars from
New York on April 7, and without
additional expense for those desiring to
remain longer in Washington Or stop over
in New York. Itinerary of Ds N. Bell
Tourist Agent, 205 Washington Street
Boston.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17

LIVERPOOL, ENG. Steamship Mongolian-
9.122 bush wheat 4O17 do peas 40 sacks oat-
meal 972 cs splints 81 cts wheels 1l.0l5 sacks
-four $50 do beans 24o' bbls apples s410 pcs
maple blocks 26 cs brooms l3o pkgs butter $50
boxes cheese 81 800 Tbs me ts21S, 1eO do leath-
er o7y bales hay 1oSs pkgs chair stock 279 pes
lumber 694 bales cotton 10 bbls pork $50 cat
tie l6 horses.
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tHy Telegraph,

tDy Telegraph
Mch 16. 1898.
NEW YORK-The Flour market-receipts
2O,279 bbls; exports 3,676 bbls; sales 5000
packages; quiet. barely steady lower to SELL
flour quolations-city mills patents at 8 FOG
at E0a5 So; winter STRAITS 56M4 10; Mimi
pats 2C@5 As: winter extras 7o@4 10 MINI
bakers S5@4 So; winter low grades at cog
3 90.
Rye easier-so2 Western at 5s@5s1s o b
af1oat New York.
Wheat-reoeipts s7,s75 bush; exports = bus:
sales 345 900 bush futures 10000 bush; spot
weak; No Red 035s o afioat to arrive {:
Mol Northern Duluth l GSss o b afloat to ar
rive No hard Manitoba o9as + o afioat.
sales 10000 bush; futures 10000 bush spot j;
spot lower No at nc; No at 303c; No 2
white at 33c; No white &c track white at $50
39c
Lard easy: Western steam s 30. EEa
Pork steady; mess.
Butter steady: Western lcreamy 15@ &c; do
factory at l2a loc; Egns SC: state dairy / "a
VI &c do crem 15MI9c.
Cheese dull; large white Sc; small white at
s1sc.
Western fresh at1oAc.
Tallow steady.
etro IN dull.
RoSin steady.
Spirits Turppentlne steady
Molasses steady.
FreightS strong.
CHICAGO-Cash quotations;
Flour weak.
Wheau-No spring 91@93c; No do at COG
93c; No 2 Red Az o.. Corp-No2 at ISAAC
2S5sc. Oats-No 2 at 25ss @251ac; No white
b at SOC; No 3 White at 271a a 28s4 C; No 2
rye at 4ss4 c. No Barley o b 34@41c: No 1
Flaxseed 20; Prime Timothy seed So. Mess
pork az 8 759l9 sc. Lard 4 81 1a15 90; short
rib sizes 8O95 10. Dry sailed meats-shoul-
ders 4s4 as short clear sides 25@5 40.
Butter STEADY ;eremry 3@1S Vac dairy 101a q
l6c Cheese quiet atgSAc. Eggs steady; fresh
at 91a.
Receirts-Flour, $4,000 bbls; wheat 1877, 900
bus; corn.63o,ooo bush: oats 4iS.0oo bushi
rye 5000 bush; barley $4,000 bush.
Shipments-Flour So, 600 bbls ;wheat 2O1 900
bush corn 296 900 bush; oats $4,000 bush;
rye 40U0 bush; barley 42.O0U bush.
-Wheat-No 2 cash at 9e1ac; May
96 n c bid.
COrn-No mixed at 3OAc.
Oats dull-No mixed 27c.
Rye-No 2 at SOC.
Cioverseed-prime cash and Dec -.
Wheat = March 97ss May
94Asc; July 9254@92 Sc: No hard at 99as !;
No Northern at 97asc.
Observation-Disclosures patents SOC
5 90; second patents 6524 IS: first clears at
Sut14 %; second clears at 8O43 90.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17
RAILROADS.
PORTLAND & WORCESTER.
PORTLAND & ROCHESTER R. R.
Stntinn EoOt nf prehse Ct
station Foot Of Preble 81.

St0J1On FOOT Oh FrcDkc Sic
On and after Monday, Oct. A. 1897 Passenger
trains will Leave Portland:
For Worcester. Clinton, Aver Junction, Nashua,
Windham and Epping at 7.30 a. m. and 1890
.. m.
For Manchester, Concord and points North at
730 a. m. and 1890 p. m.
For Rochester, Springyale, Alfred, Water.
boro and Saco River at 7.30 a. M. 1890 and
For Gorham at 7.so and 945 a. m. 1890. 800.
6.35 and $40 p. m.
For Westbrook, Cumberland Mills, Westbrook
junction and Wocdfords at 7.30 9.45 a. NJ.
1880, 800, 5.35 and $40 p. m.
The 1880 p. m. train from Portland connects
at Aver Junction with "Hoosac Tunnel Route"
for the West and at Union Station, Worcester,
for Providence and New York via "Providencs
Line for Norwich and New York, via "Nor-
witch Line" with Boston and Albany r. R. for
the West and with the New York all rail via
Springfield"
Trains arrive in Portland from Worcester
at 100 p. m. from Rochester at $50 a. M, 1.3O
and b.b2 p. M; from Gorham at $40, $50 and
1880 a. M, 1.30, 4.15, 5.52 p. m.
For tickets lot all points West and South ap-
ply to I: f. McGILLICUDDY, Ticket Agent,
POrtlond Me.
je25dtf j. W. PETERS. Supt
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17
Chicago Live stock srarket.

UCHICAGO, Mch. l6. Observation-Disclosures
14.50O; fairly active; stockers and feeders at
6O(014 Z 8 ;choiee steers 25G5 so.
Hogs-recelpts 2b, 900; weak at 3 S0GA 90.
Sheep-receipts $4,000; stronger z6@4 60;
year,ings 6OU5 90.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17
CASC0 BAY STEAMBOAT co

Custom House Wharf, Portland, Ne.
Week day time table, commencing Sunday
Nov. 28, 1897.
For Forest City Landing. Peaks Island.
$50, $40. 500. a. M, 2.15, 6.15 p. m.
For Ponce's Landing, Long Island, 500,
a. m.,215 p. m.
For Trefethen's Landing, Little and Great
Diamond Islands 500. a. m 2. is p. m.
All Sunday trips on Casco Bay Steamboat Co.
line discontinued for the season.
sept24dtf C. w. T. COOLING. Gen. Man.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17
STEAMERS.
Portland, Mt. Desert and MaChias Stbt. Co.
Str. Crank IOmes.''

Beginning Friday, April 1st, 1898, will leave
Portland Tuesdays and Fridays at Ii p. M, on
arrival Of train leaving Boston at T p. M. for
Rockland. Bar Harbor, Machiasport and inter
mediate landings Returning leave Machias-
port on Mondays and Thursdays at a. IN.
Passenger and freight rates the lowest, SER
vice the best. GEO. +. EVANS
mar15dtf General Manager.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17
International Steamship Co.

- FOR -
Eastport, Lubec, Calais, ST. 10 ". n B.. Halifax MS.
and all parts of New Bruins wick, Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton. The
fayorite route to Campobello and ST. Andrews
LIB.
Winter Arrangement.
On aud after Monday, Dec. Goth. steamer will
leave Portland on Mondays at p. m
Returning leave StJohn and PASSPORT Thurs
days.
Through tickets issued and baggage checked
to destination. g Freight received up to 400
p. m.
For Tickets and Staterooms apply at the
Pine Tree Ticket Office Monument Square or
for other Information, at Company'S Office
Railroad Wharf, foot of State street
JB. COYLE. Gen. Man.
sep2Odtf III. P. G. HERSEY Agent
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Hides.

The following quotations represent the pay
ing prices in this market:
Low ana OK hldes. ...............7sc y ID
Duiis anu stags....... ............ o7ac
DO untrimmed. ................. sc
Lamb skins ................ so to soc each
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17
EXCHANGE DISPATCHES.

Passed Brow Head 18th. steamer Carthagn-
ian, Portland for Liverpool.
Ar at Leith 10th, steamer Escalona, Lindsay.
Portland.
Ar at Bermuda 18th. steamer Trinidad, from
New York.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17

Retail Grocorx' sugar TSss-.
Portland market-cut loaf Z: CONNECTION ga y
~ pViyerised &c: powered, Sc; gralliatcu
OLA coffee crushed Sc: yellow a.. IS
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17
Boston rrouuce Market.

BOSTON. Mch. 16. 1898-Ths following are
to-day's euotauons of Provisions, etc..
FLOUR.
Spring patents. 5 25@6 90.
Spring, ciearlanu straight. 6Oa5 20
Winter patents. 20a6 C5.
Winter. clear and straight, 90 % 30
Extra and Seconds 90.
Fine and Supers-.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

I FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS
PORT CLYDE, March 15th-Ar. sch Louisa
Frances, Portland for Rockland.
CONTEMPLATION Mch 16th-Ar, schs
Belle Rartlett. Bar Harbor for Portland: Seth
W Smith, and Lucy. Calais for New York: Mad
agascar. and Julia Il Martina, do for do.
Sid. sch Fred A Emerson, I'm Thomaston for
New York.
ROCKPORT. Mch I6-Ar. schs Lulu, Griffin
Millbridge; Oracle j, Ramsdell, Harrington !;
Myra Sears. Fullerton, Ellsworth; Lydia NJ
Webster, Hooper. Portland.
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Portland wno,..a.e MARI.

PORTLAND. Mch l6
Flour dull and easy in sympathy with Wheat;
in Chicago to-day, July Wheat at one time
showed a break of &c. closing at s4ba. Corn
and Oats closed about lie lower. Provisions
were slow and showed little change.
The following are todys' wholesale prices of
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17
Cotton NJ arkets.
lily Telegraph.

lily Telegraph.
NIGH. 16, 1898.
NEW YORK-The Cotton market lto-day
closed dull; middling uplands Sac; do gulf
at 6ssc; sales - bales.
CHARLESTC N-Ths Cotton market to-day
was quiet; Midaling 9-16c.
GALVESTON-Cotton market today was
easy middling 1880.
MEMPHIS-The Cotton market to-day was
steady; mddlings l1-16c.
NEW ORLEA NS-The Cotton market to-day
was firm; middlIng 9-l6c.
MOBILE-The Cotton market to-day was
quiet; mi0dlDg 59Sc.
SAvANNAH-ThsC Gotten market to-day was
quiet; middling 56ae
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17
NARPsWELL STEAMBOAT GO.

NARPSWELL STEAMBOAT 60.
Beginning October 1st, 1897, steamer. Aucocis-
co will leave Portland Pier, Portland, daily, Sun
days excepted, as follows;
For Long and Chebeague Islands, Harpswell,
Bailey'S and Orr's Island, 200 p. M.
For Cliff Island, Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays. 200 p. m.
Return for Portland Orr's Island. by
way OF above landings, 100 a. m. Arrive Port
lard, $50 a. m.
ISAIAH DANIELS. Gen1 Mgr.
Sep11 dtf
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17
u uropean Markets.
" telegraph

LONDON. Mich. l6, 1s9S.-Consols closed at
Ill 11-l6 for money and Ill 1916 for account.
LIVERPOOL, Mch. 16, 1S9s.-Cotton market
is hardening American Iniddling at 3 ll-32d;
sales 10000 bales including 500 bales for spec
ulation and export
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Exporrs.

Louisburg, CD. Schr VIM B Palmer-2so8 tons
coal to G T H.
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FLOUR


FLOUR
Superflne B
low grades.4 0OG4 70
Spring Wheat baK-
ers.cl ana STD 1C05l0
Patent sLrne
Wneat... 8 eOG6 20
Mlcn. str gill
roller s S6G6 90
clear do. . .5 logs 20
.tLouis sTgi
roller. . 35Go 20
clear do. IS 20@o 30
" nt'r wheat
pstenys.. s 85d6 90
Fish.
(Buying& selling prlce)
Cool arRe
Shore 7505OO
small do. 2 0OA3 50
Pollock ....2 25&3 SO
paddock. Il 1902 90
uake.. ....2 00@2 20
Herring. pox
Scaled ...s 9G14c
@ackerei. ~
Shore Is s22 0O0S2e
Shore 20 SIS 0O@S2O
Large IS $13lS15
produce.
Cape { anrrcJe moo
do Dbl 8 5O@lOsOO
Name. 8 90
Pea Beans.1 30@I 40
yellow kyes.l 55GI Go
Cal Pea. 56G1 go
lrlshPotars. DuSS5@95
10, Dol a
SweeLsJerSey375@4 DOL
90 Norfolk OO1o
do Vineland. A 50@s5
Onions. Egp$3 0O@3 81
DO NaJlves 3 5O@3 rs
Chickens 80. 100l2
TURKEYS. w es. 13@I6e
Northern 40.
Eowls,.. S@9,
apples.
Eating appPs3 5o@4 so
do common &293 90
Baldwlns 3 50eD4 90
Evap u ID 9@10 hc|
Lemons
MessJna 2 1908 so
Oranges.
Florida A 0004 go
Jamaica 376@4 90
California, 3 00@3 60I
do Seedlings 2 6043 90
Eggs.
Eastern extra. Ola
Fresh W esuern.. l2@l3I
Hold......
Butt01s
Crcamery.fn cy. .lS@2O,
Gilt EGge vPnu. G13I
CHOICE. ss..sss
Cheeae.
N. y, tccry10 GIL
Vermont -. 10 GIL |
Sage ...s.11A @12 !
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ARRIVALS IN PORTLAND.
Portland & RumtOrd Falls R'y.
In Effect Nov. Is. 1897.

In Effect Nov. is, 1897.
DEPARTURES.
$50 A. NJ and Ito P. M. From Union Station
for Poland, Mechanic Falls. Buckfeld. Can
ton, Dixfield. Rumford Falls.
$50 a. m. ITO and 515 D. m. From Union
Station fol. Mechanic Falls and intermediate
stations
Ito train makes close connections at Rum
ford Falls for Bemis and all stations on r. +.
g. r. L. r. r.
Through Tickets on Sale.
r. @. BRADFORD, Traffic Manager,
Portland, Maine.
E. L. LOVEJOY, superintendent
je18 diff Rumford Fails. Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-17

100 a. m. Paper train for Brunswick A.
gusta, Naterville and Bangor.
1880 .. m. Train for Brunswick, Lewiston,
Bath. Augusta, Waterville, and Bangor.
HOO p. m. Night Express with sleeping cars
fOi all points.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-02
THE ROUTE OF THE WRECKED MONTE CRsTo RAILROAD.

the walls OF rock, of which the prevail
ing black is relieved by brighter colors
given IL by the weather. The whole is
crowned by thick covering Of lnournful
frs which grudglngiy give glimpse OF
the blue sky among their boughs and in
the narrow slit between the cliffs
Here It is that the worst damage was
done The road Is as good as ever for
ten miles east ~ Hartford Junction a
mile Of that distance being in the can
yon Then il crosses the river TO the
right bank and straightway drives Into
tunnel Nc. /. This tunnel was cut
through n hill OF gravel and blue clay.
which the river could wash away In a
single night If il were a few Zee; higher
than It's maximum of last November. The
hill IL as steep as a man cares 70 climb
and though every rRlastorm causes u
slice 70 break oft ana slide this does not
decrease the angle Of It's slope A slide
Of Nater-soaked earth has stopped down
and covered the track from The west
portal of the tunnel 10 the bridge carry
tuE with il 4 number 81 sapiinrs. one Of
which stands upright IN the middle of the
track II Is three or four feet deep and
has spread into the mouth of the tunnel.
80 the great discomfort OF some men who
-s.re walking out from Slverion and
plunged into il unswares, in the dark.
Ia order N overcome this obstruction
one must either make "a derour ny the
tote road or climb over the hill. chose
fAe latter alternative, although II involved
my scru Tnbing among hriars and wind
falls which are trying - ones patience.
| climbed Down the other side along A
chute which had been built in construc-
tiau DAYS to slide ties down - the road
Here ones descent $ rapid, bat rot dig
ntn-d aua without handhOids would end
in me raging river.
Th,s hrnas one - the scene II the
worst distraction. where the road clrrx
- one side Of IKE winding cash IN the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-02
Much of the Track Destroyed by the Resstess Torrent but the
First Estimates Were Excessive

farms Of the settlers. or battered the
railroad with them, worrying II as a cat
delights 10 worry a mouse. n short dis
lance beyond the bridge one nnos the
track swinging in mid air over slough,
which was formerly crossed by a trestte
The trestle is In fragments. somewhere
down the river. On the further SIDE OF
this gap. the track touches earth when
the drift does not buoy ii up, until at one
point II is borne down by n great log
lying sQuarely across is. 1t stretches on
ward across the bottoms, having noated
off the grade and lost many ties. some
times borne up by the drift which mas
been deposited beneath il. at other times
buried beneath a pile or Such forest
wreckage. For distance OF 100 feet or
more the whole track had fioated or the
roadbed and been dropped on one side
For half a mile beyond the road is in
good condition. then il is found that
small tres;ie and the ties have been
washed away. the mouth OF tributary
stream has been added TO the main chan
nel and the bare rails hang suspended
over deep water. In order TO pass tins
point one must Chamber along newly
made trail up the face of the cliff.
through the brush and down steep
muddy BLUM again. II is advisable TO spy
out the trail ahead before starting, lest
you get into a tight place.
Here follows good stretch of good
track bun Ii leads TO a quarter or
mile Of road which has been washed out.
has lost half the ties and has no vestige
OF a railroad except the track, twisted
ike a weighing snake and at one point
hanging sideways on the river bank. haV-
ing been fioated off the grade.
Half n Mile of Road Gone.
The worst washout above the canyon Is
found half a mile further east. below tho
gravel bank near Bogardus station. The
road formerly skirted the edge of a long,
high gravel bar. The current has swerv-
ed until il struck this bar with its full
force and. aided by its battery of float
ing logs. undermined it, cut out huge
slices Of It, caused the upper part 10 cave
in with numberless doomed trees and
carried the whole along with 1t. deposit
ing the dirt III bars AT other points and
adding the trees to its battery for de-
struction of the eribbing. Not vestige
of the railroad remains for half mile
at this point. the river flowing deep and
swift where it once was. In order to pass
this washout, one must follow a trail
through the woods on the Hill above. but
1t is a good one. as Washington trails go.
At the east end of the washout cable
has been swung across the river by set
tiers in the bottoms on the other bank
to transport goods to and from the track.
which is still rassable for hand cars as
far as Silverton.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-02

played some strange tricks. Two rails
hang together by the fishrlates, bent at
a sharp angle in several places. At the
west end OF this gap the rails have been
twisted off 10y the force of the water. and
the last two lengths have been bert al
most in a semi-circle. and hang far out
over the edge OF the bank AT the east
end the ties have been torn off. but
both lines OF rails for dozen lengths
hang suspended between the end of the
roadbed and a projecting rock, where
they are adorned with a tuft of drift
wood A jutting rock affords additional
support In the middle.
For the next mile the damage Is COM
parativelv slight, consisting mostly Of
washouts few feet long for half the
width OF the track, the ties and rails be-
ing intact. except that here and there
two or three ties are missing. The good
track continues past the limestone quar-
ny. but a few hundred yards west Of tun-
mel No. 8 a pile OF gravel, rocks and
stumps has come down for a width OF
fifty feet Within another hundred yards
a gravel till is washed out and the track
is tilted sideways, with only the inner end
OF the ties resting on the bank, sim
liar washout has occurred between tun-
neIs No and 5, and east or the latter
tunnel pile Of driftwood has been
washed 10 the inner side Of the track
and the water has slightly eaten into the
bank at intervals. About this point u
great yellow boulder twenty feet high
has lodged IN the middle Of the stream
and against It are piled several large
FIR trees stripped. of their limbs and with
roots fCayed into "A fringe. forming a
natural bridge. The opposite bank. just
below this point has been washed clear
~ gravel and filed with rocks and up
rooted trees.
Inc worst havoc or ali has occurred at
tunnel No s Where the mountains close
IN TO form the canyon a rocky point juts
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-02

But the river, sweeping around the
curve, had struck this point directly with
its full force. 1t probably carried with
il large FIR trees, head downstream, and
beat them against the crib timbers until
the points caught. Then these trees
would act like a crcwbar. welded by the
resistless force Of the current. until they
would tear the timbers apart and admit
the swelling torrent TO complete the ruin.
However IT may have happened. not a
fragment of the road-bed or track re-
mains. The river flowing deep and swift
where the crib once chung to the cliff.
About one hundred yards OF unimpaired
track follows: then the rails are found
dangling in midair over the end Of a gap
800 yards long from which the crihbing
has disappeared the rails being strewn
along the bank among The boulders. and
at the further end OF this gap the track
hangs sideways down he bank at an an
gle Of IS degrees from the end OF the crib
bling, which has suffered no damage. A
considerable stretch o. goCd track fol-
lows although The telegraph wire lies
tangled at one point and AZ another hangs
from n pole which has its foot In the riv-
e. and leans It's head over the track
After rounding the next curve a point
ia encountered where the river has
sCuopcd e}it the road-hef for few wards
leaving the rails and ties suspended by
the spikes and 6sGpl7tee. \ short dis
lance further A rockslide has come down
a blum three o. four hundred feet high
and covered he track for some twenty
feet. The road continues good around the
next curve. when point * reached
where the crib aud the fiji for half the
width az The track are gone. while
slide from the bluff has partly allied the
gap. ami then considerable stretch OF UNI
damaged track follows the torrent hav-
irg devoted It's attention TO It's opposite
bank. where mud ard r0rk~lide has
carried large trees head downward 20