WEST SIIORK.
09
Another transcontinental railway scheme is an
nounced. This is the extension of the Illinois Central
to the Pacific coast. The route outlined for the new
enterprise ia to run from Sioux Falls, S. I)., to Ilutte
City, Montana, thence crowing the Hitter Hoot moun
tains and pawing down the Clearwater river to Ix-wis-ton,
Idaho, down the north hank of the Snake to the
Columbia, which it will bridge and continue westward
through the Cispns paw of the Cascade to Centralia,
on the Northern Pacific. It in said that thin route will
be lfrO miles shorter than any now existing tatween
the coast and Chicago, though it wrmi doubtful that
the exact length of the line can be stated with so many
of the details; yet to mature. This project, however,
is for the. future. The (ireat Northern, or ManitoU,
will lc the next line to the Pacific. It has already
made arrangements for comjH-tition business as far
west as SKkane Falls.
Congress has been asked by the North Uiver Ilridge
Company for the privilege of constructing a bridge
across the Hudson river for the purjiose of giving rail
roads access to New York. If granted, a bridge will
be built that will have no less than six railroad tracks,
and will extend from shore to shore, a distance of
2.H.V) feet, in a single span. This will lo the longest
span ever built or planned, U ing l,'J00 feet longer than
those of the proposed bridge across the Knglish chan
nel. It will also k higher from the water I "(0 fH-t
which is fifteen feet higher than the Prooklyn bridge.
Seven years will Is required to complete it. The com
pletion of this structure will increase the amount of
" unearned increment" coming to a great many people.
One of the greatest engineering feats of the age was
begun on the twentieth of January, Uing nothing less
than the construction of a huge bridge across th Kn
glish channel to France. The struc ture will If twenty-four
and one-half miles long, the main spans ling
1,010 fed and the lesser ones h'M fut. From the Ut
torn of the foundation at lowest mint, where the water
is IK) feet deep, to the top of the tower, will m a dis
tance of CiU) frvt. A clear headway at high water of
l.TUfrt will admit of the passage of all vessels. Kaih
pier will have a lighthouse tower. It is estimated that
it will take twelve yean to complete the struct ur. '
Knglandwill gain more renown from works like this
than from bullying Portugal.
It is announced that a colony from France will W
catein Yakima county, Washington, In the spring and
engage in viticulture on a large seal, and that tb
Northern Pacific company is arranging for boring artes
ian wills to supply the colony with waUr for irrigating
purjsjNs.
IN MEMORY OF HENRY WOODFEN CRADY.
I.
A ml J ths wmk ol rriraUi fortanwi and
Tlie fall of commonwealth, ha sa arise
A stricken oj U, and, with moonful ayes,
IWhulil () mukt of war hrdlm thr-lr Un.l,
And in Its Mils tha foments of a land
Knit boond, u by grim Fat, t tiarrU)
Thrlr Judgment In tha wrung and sacrifice
Against the maurre l'rovldrnce had planned.
l'nron'ieml still, he saw the Huotliern futk.
Though ail ant vanjuUhcl j the deadly ir
Of war's deep thunlrr belching furth, " )t inut ! "
In lovt Uils Muter sought to lift tht ytAe
Of Ignorance from the Kouth Un.l, n! to sUr
Its night w ith thoae sauie itar trailed In lu dual !
II.
Unto the North he, as a brother, ram,
And In lilt brad the great warm rkwth ha brought,
And as heitoud and od hi mouth he wrought
Hit miracle ol setting heart sflime,
That led (o rrown hlrn orator of fama,
Hince In hi own rmtatdi'ned hand he'd raughl
Ttit gulden chain of lovt, bjr man; sought,
To hind our Colon something more than name,
Hut hark I The while hi elofjerne did charm
Tlia Nation's far, tha lightning flashed along
The wire tha weeping nwa, " it no mutt I"
Uravt er I Ttiott didst both NufUi and Mjth disarm !
Iap lightning, from your wlrea, tha cloud among.
And flash hi tu?j tha heaven o'er!
heaUle, January II, IW). I " Yuvmi.
Hepresentative Carter ha intuitu d a bill in the
house, appropriating 1 7),(M) fr the ur of si
rial rxaminatioii of the public land in Montana, Ma
bo and Washington forth purjoeeofdrtrrmlningJust
whi h sections shall 1 ( la d a mineral land This
is a very iinortant question, esj-rially In Montana,
where th" railroad grant rover thousand of aerre
claimed to U' mineral land and wher the title to
many valuable mine sr In diput. This action tf
Mr. Carter I the outgruwth of tl.o mineral land con
vention rently held In Ilelroa.
Kdward Foster I th nam of a Walla Walla man
who inited on letting his wtfo di with faith cuf,
until his neighbor itop-rd lh prerding by baring
him arrested for Inanity. A man I hardly n U
tl charg" of inunity for trying faith cuf on t;rnr
r.n rl. It I when U ha4 far Ut hi gfap ujm
hi menUl iv ultin a t try it uj-n kiruwlf that
reavn may U sail Ut havw alIi atrd her thron.
Foraker mtut M like g ing ut Intoa fivv-trrt M,
. a U gie him on aer of vrui, and adminUtrring
-bl ratiation to !iiulf