June, 1883.
3
THE WEST SHORE.
Transportation.
Boats now run daily lietween New Tacpmaand
Victoria, lo accommodate the increasing travel.
The fluent tleamer on the upper waters it the
ft. '. Kitket, a new boat of the C. P. N. Co.
running on the Fraei mcr route fiom Victoria.
Ilnggin Tevii have licgun the construction of
a line from the Anaconda mine near Butte City
10 their imcller, with a possible extension to
Black'foot.
A ileaiiier called the Idaho has been built at
Montesano, W. T., to navigate Chehalis and
Mack riven. She ii sixty feet long and draws
only twelve inches of water.
Thn ugh travel on the Northern Pacific, includ
ing singes across the unfinished gap, was inaugu
rated in May. The length of the stage route will
gradually decrease ai work progresses on the
road.
Fifty miles of the branch road from Billings to
Foil Benton have been placed under contract to
be completed the coming fall. It is expected
that the line will 1 extended to Denton next
year.
A branch line from Missoula up the Bitter Root
valley is contemplated by the Northern Pacific,
opening up one of the best agricultural sections of
Western Montana and a region rich in minerals
and limber.
The contemplated branch of the Utah and
Northern road to the National Park will run ui
Ruby river lo Virginia City, crow the divide lo
Madison river and continue up that stream to
Hie Hole basin. It is expected that wotk wi
be commenced upon it Iwfore long.
iimiiimci won icrry ooai 10 le used in
transporting trains across the Columbia, between
Kalama and Ignore, has lieen shipped in sections
and is now on the way by an. It has a ca
pacuy 01 unity cars and is excelled in site onlvbv
the &lai.o, used by the Central Pacific at Bcnicia.
Agents of Boston capitalists have examined the
country between Roseburg and Coos bay with re
peri m us coal and limlwr resomcei and the
feasibility of a tailioad, and have returned with
favorable rcxrt. The pimpects for a road from
Koseburg to the coast are blighter than ever be.
fote.
Die bridge across the Willamette will be l,lS6
feet long, exclusive of approaches. The draw
span will be.391 fect;in length with nivotal tr,
in the center. F.at of this will 1 a tpan of 264
fret, while et will l two more of the same
length. The btidge is to be of the rocsit tuhttan
lial kind, and will have a double track.
Work lhas at last been commenced upon the
lascaurtam.ion 01 the Xotthern.Pacific, connect
inS tsirmana elem Washington. A parly
uken mi new near Yakima City with in
mictions lo push wettwatd aero the mountains
and arukih.r is'tll .L 1 r. ..
. """ iioro me main
line tnwaids tkinu It it expected that 1,000
en will toon be dumbuted along the route.
The signs that the Noithein Pacific will I
competed by the first of ScptemUr tiill continue
LivotmtilV TtuMdM 1:. 1 1 . 1
v.m ,uicu Utirna two
wrens ..go, lnd the nark on the west ha jus,
tcen Knutittl to Missoula. At a low .wage j
one mile per day o each eod, the 16 rmlM yet
to be laid will all be down before September.
The road bed is all graded and the bridge work
so far progressed as to be ready for the track as
fast as it approaches. To provide for the possi
bility of a delay in the completion of the Mullan
tunnel, a temporary track it being laid over the
summit on a grade of 212 feet to the mile.
In order to connect Boise City with the great
railway system of the west, the business men of
that place consider necessary a line from the city
to the proposed junction of the Oregon Short Line
with the 0. R. & N. Co. on Burnt river. They
have incorporated the Idaho, Utah and Oregon
R. K. Co. with a capital stock of $5,000,000 to
construct the following railroad and telegraph
lines : From Boise City, in Ada county, Idaho,
in a west and northerly direction to a point on
Burnt river, in Baker county, Oregon, with a
branch from tome point in Ada county to Horse
shoe Bend, on the Payette river in Boise county,
Idaho; and from Boise City in an easterly direc
tion to Atlanta, in Alturas county, Idaho, with a
branch line to Idaho City, in Boise county ; and
from Boise City, in a southeasterly direction, to
Ogden, Utah. The success of this project, or
the more important part of it, would add ma
terially to the prosperity of Boise and the country
tributary to that city.
The bill which recently passed the Provincial
Legislature of British Columbia subsidising the
Columbia and Kootenai Railway and Transporta
tion company, granted it the right to build, equip
uu uuiimam a continuous line ot railway fiom
tne outlet of Kootenai lake, throueh the Selkirk
range ol mountains, to a point on the Columbi
river as near as practicable to the junction of the
Kootenai with the Columbia river in British Co.
lumbia; also a line of steamers suitable for pas
sengcr and freight traffic, and other vessels, upon
the Colambia river to and from the point on the
Columbia liver where the Columbia and Kootenai
railway from Kootenai lake terminates, to that
point on thi woct hr., r .u. r- , .
-- me coiumuia river
where the Canadian Pacific railway shall strike the
.u river ana cross the same near the Eagle pass.
... v....clallun 01 me undertaking nM,m.A i.
the company the government ol British Columbia
grants to it all alternate sections of land on each
.e oi ine route, or routes, proposed tn .:.
gated by the company's steamers and n,
Ihe railway ,h,H pas,, provided lhe
amount o the grant shall not exceed 750,0c
. .1 company has a capital stock of $? ,
000,000, and its incorporate.. .i...,., .
. . luusmt mm
we interests in iK .! .,. .
11 ,.. v ln" are eeking to
develop. We have previously called attention to
the agricultural and mineral wealth of th irw
nati RJ sk: .w.,.-
",u "" ""me lor opening un th.i
There are splendid rmn :.: " ... . "h
- ,,-..... lor enterprising
men.
VVk .L: 1
"7..p.Dun,nRunot carried 0 more ex
tensively on Pucet sound it i. A.m...,. .
" " "'""-un 10 explain.
-n-nl,y ,, ,,duetonolhi Wt
pn failure of ship-builder, to realise he
-'-tag ,es offered there for work o7, a
We will ot be surprid at any time
abluhed a, ,me )k)iiu
"More than . d.uen new steamboat, will' be
dow on the stocks.
This is better than ever was done before, but H
is still within the demand, to supply which east.
ern ship-yards have been called upon, while boats
are constantly being sent here from Oregon and
Califof nia. A considerable number of schooners,
barkentines and barks have been built on Pu;t
sound during the past few yeats, and two fine
large ships. These show what can be done, and
would be worth boasting of were not a greater
number of like vessels built during the same
period of time at the less advantageously located
port of San Francisco.
"A ship-yard here has the pick of its lumber
from the yard or the mill, or, what is better, can
go to the logs in the boom and have cut the
dimensions wanted. Better sticks are obtained,
and the waste is less. Further, the home yard
saves $8 a thousand feet on the transportation ot
lumber compared with the San Francisco yard.
This makes a difference in favor of the Puget
sound builder of from $1,500 to $3,000 on every
vessel built of from 200 to 500 tons measure
ment.
"What is needed, and what would pay here,
is a yard on a large scale, covering a surface of
twenty acres, and having a front to the Sound of
several hundred feet, perhaps a thousand. Here
should be steam power and shops, and ways for
the hauling out of vessels of ten or twelve hundred
tons measurement. They should be able to re
pair any mishap to any ordinary wooden ship.
They should be able to build and equip, from
keel to masthead, sail vessels fit for coastwise or
foreign trade, and they should be able to turn
out, machinery and all, steamers like the Wash
ington or North Pacific, and even larger or bet
ter ones. To do all this would require a capital
of over a hundred thousand dollars, and would
necessitate the employmen' of at least two hun
dred men. There is nothing visionary in what
we have written. The proposition is bassd upon
the present trade of the coast, upon work now
being done, partly here, but principally in the
docks and yards of San Francisco."
The Red Bluff and Hot Snrini?i minim? districts,
in Montana, are attracting considerable attention.
A rich, free gold quartz ledce has been discov
ered seven miles north of Boise City, Idaho.
The famous Atlantic Cable mine, in Deer
Lodge county, Montana, has been re-opened after
years of idleness.
The Virginia City Reduction Company is build
ing reduction works of fifty tons daily capacity, at
Virginia City, Montana.
The Smoky Bullion mine, in Alturas county,
Idaho, has been incorporated. A stamp mill will
be erected this season.
The Silver Creek Mining Co. has begun opera
tions on their ledge in the Coast Range, twenty
miles west o( Dallas, Oregon. '
More discoveries have been 11 ade in the new
Horse Prairie district, near Red Rock, Montana,
on the Utah and Northern railroad. The ores
carry gold, silver and copper.
Blackburn is the name of new mining camp
on Little Lost river, Idaho, seventy miles west of
Camas Station on the U. & N. road. Until re
cently it was known simply as the Big Sink
country. The principal lode can be traced a dis
tauce of six mile, and fifteen locations have been
made upon it A smelter will toon be ereeted.