Year: 1877

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seattle and Walla s:alla Railroad.


Prof Roberts, of Olympia, the re-
porter of the Oregon,an, who was
with the late Legislative excursion
to this city. tells what he saw Of
Seattle, and the Seattle and Walla
Walla Railroad. We make few
extracts:


OF all the towns on the Sound,
Seattle is the most lively and busi-
ness-like especially as relates to its
commercial aspects. With its coal
mines, its railroads, its ships, steam
ers and building prospects. it bids
fair to surpass even Tacoma in the
brilliancy OF its future.


At 2P. NJ, as soon as all the mem
bers who preferred travelling by day
light had arrived at the railway
wharf, genera. rush took place to-
ward the cars, which were soon fill
ed to excess, the majority OF the
travellers being those who had
never seen a coal mine in all their
lives. Without entering too minute
" into particulars, let it suffice to
say that we all enjoyed delightful
ride. visiting the Talbot and Renton
coal mines en- route. finally winding
up bv running out to the end of the
line. as far as completed, and behold
ING, to our astonishment, probably
our of the greatest railroad cuttings
to be found on the Pacific coast.
The projected trestle-work bridge
will be 700 feet in length and 1l6
feet in height, and will command a
grand view of Lake Washington,
one of the wonderful inland seas of
our territory. have been informed
on reliable authority that this cut
is the very worst part of the entire
undertaking, and that the building
of the rest of the road lin compari-
son) is but mere child's play. The
grade will be about so feet to the
mile until within.3 miles of the sum-
NIT, and the opening up of such
grand agricultural country through
means of this line will only have
been exceeded by that other great
event in the history of America.
the connecting of the link which
draws so closely together the mighty
Atlantic and the proud Pacifc, thus
uniting the people together by an
iron band which, I trust, shall never
be loosened. There are $50 China
men and 100 white men working now
on the road, which is in itself suffi-
cient to show that the people of Seat
tie intend to put it through despite
OF all opposition. think we should
clap our hands and encouragingly
cry, go on, ye heroes of Seattle.
and never rest until you have open
ed a way from Walla Walla to the
sea, and made this territory one and
undivided as it should be- I have
often thought with many others that
this Seattle and Walla Walla Rail-
road was a myth-something that
would end in moonshine, but many
of the excursionists yesterday had
their eyes opened to the vastness and
magnitude OF the WORK. ana tney
felt that such ambition deserved to
succeed.


After our return from this trip I
found that the mayor and citizens
intended to do honor to their illus
trious guests by banqueting them
during the evening, and through the
kindness of the we'll and favorably
known Jack Levy, general theatri-
cal and dramatic agent for the
Sound, was presented on the part
of the Oregonian, with a compli-
mentary ticket to the banquet and
also to the grand ball which took
place afterwards in the pavilion.
Mr.. Levy is always ready to oblige
the public, even going SO far as to
keep a bulletin board at his store
filled with all items of interes as
soon as they are received by tele
graph or otherwise.