The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-06

Falls is difficult. and the Seattle route
from johnson creek. on the Okanogan river.
Is still worse. A bill has passed the legis-
iature to construct two roads, one over
this last route and the other up the San
Poll river. from Wilbur. on the Central
Washington railroad Neither of these
roads Will likely be finished until late in
the fall: thus the necessities of the coming
spring and summer would not be relieved
at all.
There are four different railroads spoken
of. One of them is up the San Poll valley,
from the Great Northern 10 the Northern
Pacific. seventy-five miles. Another il
across from Marcus. on the Spokane Falls
& Northern, forty-five miles. The third is
ID. {. Corbin's project to build a read
through Kettle river valley and into Re-
public. and the fourth is a rumor of the
Canadian Pacific's construction of a
branch from Its line into the Boundary
mining district. or these two last projects
The Boundary Creek Times, of Greenwood.
Already the Eastern newspapers are
beginning to discuss Mr.. Corhin's chances
Kettle River Valley railway The papers
are much more favorable toward the
project than they We're year ago and
are consequently more hopeful of the
charter being granted
The Canadian Pacific Railway Com
pany. whose officials made such a strong
hight against the charter will not have
the same arguments this year The presi-
dent of the company pointed out that his
road would take twice as long TO build
and would cost twice as much and that
II was anything but fair 10 Canadian
enterprise that an American road should
have the privilege of coming into the
boundary creek country first and secur-
ing the cream of the trade
This WAS a strong argument from n
G. =. X. standpoint and would therefore
appeal strongly To certain members of
the house The 4. y. X. will now have.
It's me into boundary creek almost com
picted before Mr.. Corbiu can begin n
can max. its traffic arrangements and
freight contracts long before Mr. corbir.s
road can be completed. Neither the
members OF the house nor the q p n
can attack the right OF any district To
competition In transportation"
The T. n. has no Intention of build
valley says the Rspublie Minere There
- not the least probability that ,h, &
T. *. will cross the Canadian boundary
and invade American territory west of the
Rocky mountains. IL the company had
wanted 10 do anything Of the kind they
would have ecured the Spokane Falls 4
/ Northern. Bat the &. p x will soon
have lire completed to Midway th,r,y
! five miles north of Republic as we'll a
In Grand Forks and Greenwood As soon
as This is done the present situation may
he much modified. for freight for Rep,ib-
brought ever the G p r. In bond and Dc.
hNered at tsrand Forks Midway There
Is a goce wagon road from Republic 10
both these points, and il would be al.
easy Raul from either poinT 10 RanuhIIr
there would he great saving i'm time
| ana cost in getting freight into this
camp" e
" ben President Hill. Of the Great
Northern Was here he stated most POSI-
tftax tnat he would not build a road
/ !Nto tepaelie. fSut there are few min
ihs me- in Eastern Washington who, be
iiexe that BE means what ne SAYS. They
INSIST fhat u - she best opportunity far
FaJrssaa ia the Northwest and .hav a.,
ret believe Mr. Hill viii overlook n.