The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-11

nounced, will be one Of the handsomest ami
most complete passenger trains IN Tue
country. With its new seyehty-ioot bi's-
gage and express cars, combination snok-
er, new first-claSs coacnes, new fulllldn
tourist sleepers. handsomely upholstere1 IN
dark green leather, tnoroushiy In l'l
first-class sleepers and elegant dining cars
all wide vestibuled. the train might be con-
sidered complete. It's chief ATTRACTIONS;
however. viii be the thorougn hghtIhS q
the train throughout by electricity, includ-
ing two berth lights for reading IN each
section, and an observation car more com
plete than ANYTHING Of the sing ,, hereto:ore
" feet in length. with wide and hand
somely rallied rear platform, VIII nave
fourteen upholstered plush chairs, with
writing desk and reading table in the rear
end: a carefully selected library OF 10
volumes; bathroom. barber snop ana puI-
fet in the center, while IN the rear, IN d.
dision to toilet rooms for men and women,
there viii be two smoking and card rooms
each furnished with six comfortable chaifS
and folding table, These smoking or
card rooms will be shut on from the re-
rrainder Of the car and so thoroughly ven
tiated that those addicted to the weed
may indulge at leisure without attracting
undue attention.
The Observation Car.
The North Coast Limited" Of the NORTH
ern Pacific Will be run exclusively in the
interest Of passengers and. as a conse-
auence. the observation car viii be kept
on the end of the train for the benefit II
the Messengers who have paid their money
and 10 INC disgust possibly Of the "private
car" tourists and railroad official who is
so frequently in evidence. President Mel
len says that neither his own private car
nor the private cars Of other officials or
people will be hauled on this train.
Assistant General Superintendent W. G.
Pearce came over from Tacoma yesterday
in his private car and spent the day in
perfecting arrangements at this end of the
line for the new service.
I'VE have been doing great amount OF
work on the line from st Paul to Seattle"
he said in an interview curves have
been strai ghteued and the roadbe1 Is be-
ing put IN perfect shape for this new ser
vice. The Palmer cutoff viii be compiet-
ed In sixty DAYS and win shorten the main
line twenty miles. Our work on the Rel
wharf in Seattle will he completed this
month. We are now working on plans FOR
improvements at Yesler wharf land they
win be ready shortly We will extend this
wharf TO the war department harbor line
leaving large slip in the center On each
OF the wharf floors we viii erect sheds or
houses 400 feet long by 100 feet wide. This
work we expect to complete this summer.
1.-The Tacoma warehouses and wharf VIII
he completed this month We have now
a large force Mt work finishing up the Nat
cars in our shops which we needed very
badly They will be finished this month
when we VIII begin building large num-
her OF box cars
I'VE are now well into our regular sum-
mer's work of ballasting the road, putting
in new rails and bridges. When the ROAD
was first built the track was laid with
fifty-gx pound rails These we are replqc-
getting along very wen! The old rails we
arc taking up are being used TO build sid
ings and branch lines.
''Business at this end Of the read Is the
very best and promises to keep up for the
entire year.