The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-30

The members OF the Seattle city council
Aava s,a4 a ssnsss. They went go q speeaai
train over sse lice Of Etgs ssosgulfsss 4 Fu-
ses Sound % Dansiiis ss14ng. walked CO
sx,ae In farm wagons f1ws mites f1S2nxa
snstA ard rain Isssp@esss. the ecas property
~ ire Seattle 4 sas Francisco Railway
Il gaysxatsaa Company. walked or rode
Anrk 70 shs fFaln. wsFs fhssser ts* Maase
0ar4hex sogsa, wished another ussis and
aack 10 inspect the Intake OK sas pfopossa
r-~sizr river xafsf system. ana fnsn
cana hou1e~agl 81 which happened yesisr-
day.
n was ire intention TO make jolly
trina az the excursion. ard * was JOLLY
tsrse ereert for the weather. and the
c0strci,yn~r and ofasre who went on tae
Junkrs have nothing but praise for those
whe inspired snc carried oss the a''asr.
One Of the greatest OBJECTS achieved oy Va"
trip was that stse soancilnen nov renlaze
sornessins 81 ,hp magnitude Of tire pretes :
the company has under way. and for
which ii n Applying far frglacnis There
= coal tsseru ia almost countless millions az
tons. actually sticking asaye shs xFonfsa.
some OF it, with main vein of twenty feet
thickness ard other cross and tributary
veins nearly ~ large extending for miles
Ia the surrounding country.
Tne preliminary work or getting this
G90$ TO MAI &E- - wen NtlS&t WaS.
within . few monshs. " IL proceeds win
Que raplaisy. trains viii be hauling tho
psuauot 20 tide water in this port. The
present fares ef workers numbers between
thirty and forty men. al Of whom 1--we on
chs ground. They are unaer taA direction
e AFFIXED engineers ard faremeD. and Will
before long - ready 10 proceed to the erec-
a1en OF bunksss
ef the cSsnpAny carries out al the plans
u has formed for the development OF this
.ffzkx
d Intends to establish . regular city
81 the mines. which shall embrace all tho
testussa that can D. secured Tor the con
fort and iaaury Of the peDpie who viii be
esApi0y~d- Ths first idea. after the mines
ere Ia working 9fdsr. IL 10 bald = school
6ouse-~of coarse. h4Jnes fer this men being
orst ereetsd-~shsn town hall viii follow.
then hospital. then q church. where pee
Die Of ali denominations may gather. then
baseball park. and In short. MI facilities
that may be wanted hy the Inhabitants
II was tss eESaion OF tire coal experts
n the party that the mineral tn the com.
Dany.s lands was Of . superior atsa.Igy
And that x existed Ia enormous abundance.
They Expressed the belief that IL 1t went
ON with 10 development work II would in
tha future be ene OF the most extensive
concerns In the Northwest Not much
hos yet been done. beyond putting In the
preliminary stakes and erecting few tsm
porsTt buildings fer the accommodation os
the employees. A portable sawmi.i. except
this ssvea.tcH boiler. has been taken TO the
grounds. and will be puf UP Ia time 10 he
gin turning oas lumber for the permanent,
buildings In = fsw weeks. Then evidences
II the material progrsss OF the uniertak-
lng VIII bA shown. and also Gy that time
the baakegx VIII be we'll under way.
The following maize the special trip to- the
grounds. leaving here al . osciaek 10 the
morning. and returning NJ in the even
Tag: :.
Rude Y. Nj. Mulduon Themas Navir, III
w. castiemfan, ]. A. James. William crsw.
ford. u. W. It'll. Leonard piiIex. William
AaArase and John Tayiar. City ..efnpkrA-
Ter WIZ II. Parry, Cts Engineer H. II
Thomson. Aseis,aat t.ts Enxlaeer III, w.
eeosf; r. q. 1rases, president and Thos
W rrasch, seeretary. os the Chamber Of
Commerce. J. r. Hoge. jr., prs slasnt 10
tho First National bank: Mat. j r. HAY
dan cashier Of the Peoples saving bank
r. r.. Spencer. cashier Of thu National
Bank os Commerce. f. NJ salshers. OF
Fenton. az Postmaster Griy.ith Davies
John t.oiiins, Attorney Alfred Rattle. j.
y I.owmaa. tSeruaIa reiiy. Attorney p T.
EQry, G, J, Smith, M. Tseafy. air Fritoh
ny Dow nins. Mr. MeCa3s ana two ar three
othsrss The train was In charge OF Con
ductor l.. IL Curtis and Engineer James
III. cifinly.