The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-29
UP WEST. COAST
NORTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY TO
BUILD LINE.
Permission Asked of Congress to
Cross the Quiniault Reservation.
New Road will Run from Gray's
HarbOr to Port Angeles---Plans
Are Now Under Way.

Seattle, Jan. 23-The Northern Pa
cific railroad has begun the betting of
the Olympic peninsula from Hoquiam
north, through the Quiniault Indian
reservation, along the Coast in Jeffer-
son county and through the wes,
ern portion of Clallam county to
some point, either Neah bay or Clallam
bay. thence along the shores of the
strait of San Juan de Fuca to Port An.
'oeIes, thence continuing eastward along
the shore line to point at the south.
ern extremity of Discovery bay, where
il connects with the recently acquired
Port Townsend Southern.
This much il vouched for in an appli-
cation made by the railroad company
to the government for permission to
cross the Quiniault reservation which
has lust been made public in Seattle.
It is also fact that the transconti-
mental line has had force of engineers
in the field north of Quiniault reserva-
ton running a preliminary survey
northward through the Olympic reserve.
This survey has reached point about
midway between the northern bounda-
nv of the Indian reservation and Clal-
lam bay.
Saturday last the Port Angeles Pa
cifc' a new corporation said to be
owned by the Northern Pacific, began
the construction of line from Port An
geles westward to Clallam bay. From
Clallam bay the ClalIam Bay & South
western railroad. of which d. A. Rob-
inson of Seattle is president, is build
ing line in southwesterly direction
toward the coast, and while this at the
present time is an independent prop
erty, it will terminate close to where
the main coast line, as projected, runs,
and it is even insisted that it will be-
come part of the route.
From Port Angeles eastward to the
point where the new line will connect
with the Port Townsend Southern there
is already good survey made by the
Port Angeles Eastern, line projected
to connect with the Port Townsend
Southern three years ago.
Plans Under Way.
Plans for the great belt line, which,
when completed, will cover in the
neighborhood of $50 miles, are now
we'll under way, and with the permits
sion for crossing the Quiniault reserva.
ton granted the work of construction
will be started, it is said, as soon as
the whole of the permanent survey can
be completed.
On the best authority the statement
is made that by fall the line from Ho-
GUAM north to the reservation will be
completed and ready to turn over to the
company to put in operation. This
line, after leaving Hoquiam, turns west
ward along the shore of Gray's harbor
until it reaches near the mouth OF the
Humptulips river, the banks of which
1t follows in northern direction, and
reaches the reservation about fourteen
miles from the coast.
Beyond the reservation on the north
preliminary survey has already been
made for distance of about thIrty-fve
miles and the corps a short time ago
was still in the field. This survey
starts on the northern boundary OF the
reservation, about fourteen miles from
the coast, and follows the boundary
through che Olympic forest reserve In
northwesterly direction toward the
coast. From thence northward the sur
vey follows through the valleys along
the coast through Jefferson county into
Clallam county.