WEST SHORE.
hwn unarthed. There U a tradition even now two cars and four engines, capable of pawing eight loal,
nvg the few ..miring red men who annually visit the 6W tons in each direction in twelve hoars, including necesaary
mlw 0 (muro,.U, that the Oreat Fpirit was very much di buildings and ten per cent, for contingencies, U UjmS.
4.Mr. at 0 chief and hit companions who attempted to Estimate for improving Three Mile rapids, lUO.Ono.'mij,,-
r.ir! the eernt of their gJ 1 mine to the whites, and that he an aggregate of 12,800,356. It is estimated that a further ex
ma an rvil spirit to drtir oj them for their jrfldv ; that a penditare of $716,000 in buildings, cars, engines and side-tricki
inlghty nrU.uVe ewillowed them op, and with them the will afford the maximum capacity of forty boat each way in
r4 1!' were a!? dutwyed. twenty-four hours.
" BRIDOINO THE COLUMBIA.
DAtHI BOAT RAILWAY. . .. , ,
At a recent meeting of the Vancouver board of trade the
TU n port of the hoard of e ngineera appointed to consider following memorial to congress was adopted :
plan, fur ovr nvmlnf ol mictions to navigation of the Colum Your memorialists, the board of trade of Vancouver, Wash
hi at U dalles has jait e n made puhlic, and as it is a pro- wou-j respectfully represent that Vancouver is situated on the
)t of to mnrh Imjortam e to this region, the general features oorth bank of the Columbia river, about five miles north of
J the Ume are given. In Its general principles the boat city 0 portland, Or., and has a population of 6,500 people
railway wis hoin In an engraving in Wmt Hiiobe December wjlb acbools, churches, street railways, electric light, various
7, Im'j. TU drtals laid down in the report, which were milling and manufacturing establishments, docks and wharrts
wuie4 op by Untenant Kdward Hurt, are as folows : Thtt jt the moet proniincnt citj in the state of Waihiur
to this Hrt Utj are taken f.otn the river at the foot of j. on Columbia river,
the di:re rsti.U end returned to the river at the head of Celilo Tbtt it U the mwi trf M(1 eligible fof the
falls y means of hydraulic hfu, one at each terminus, and are of g jroad and wagon bridge across the Columbia river; that
tar..Mtdom the Intermediate dUUnce, a little more than , Mid river, more than a mile in width, separates the two great
tight miW, by a bit railway. Tl.e lower lift is designed to Ute of Oregon Washington; that the oily means of
raW the lata titty eight feet at low water, and the upper lilt tr,ve, gnd amrvnM intercourse is by ferries and steamboats;
lu.tr Url The dWtamre to whl.li the boats are t 1 lifted thlt more tban 200,000 passengers and teams have croved the
d.miaLh as the water riere. The lift Is an adaptation of the QAmbb river at Vancouver within the past year, and that
hydraulic A. k In um fur some years at tl.e I nlon Iron ork, duriDg the wbolfl d the moath of j m rf h!(
In i-aa raUco. The ,.rore la, therefore, not nperimentil. nncoum of travel and traffic wu entirely suspended by
Tto W.er h i ruf slat. of aite,n rt Iron cylinders wh num of floaU Q inconvenience aD(1 d to
Ihlrtye and one had In, hea in Interior dumrtrr an.l nine- ,e d U tw (tU tmounli lo thowinil( u
Uen Iret an.l wren Inrhe Jong, weighing nineteen tons. In j0lrt
U are rae having a full atrvke of seventeen ft and thr, Ul6 obftroc1ion Co,ambll river with c( h rf
UcUj. Tl,ey are , , wo rows, ortysls M .part, .he fR):n foar to U dQ.
rami Id rath row llng ttenty two and one ha f tvil between ,u 1 .1 . "
. , ,1 1 , which time mails are delayid and travel and buMnt(satTOs
crtiUrw. There ) a p'atfurm, or rrall-, between thee rows, .1 . ..... . . , ,
.... 1 . . the river is wholly suspended.
dvte4 by chains (mn the heaU of the rams. T iecha ns ti . .1 ' 1 j 1 1
' . M . , . .... ., . . That for the foregoing reasons a railroad and wagon rosJ
areMarteivdiMW ilii-avee as to give Uie era a speed and 11. . .. . , . ... j
. t, . ... .,.,., ... bndge Is a paramount necessity to the people of the riiles of
tootement Uir times that of the rams. A dvU fur regu at t .? . , v , . . . , rt 1 .
,,,,,,,1 1 - 1 .1.1 Portland and Vancouver and the atatea ol Oregon and w ah
lig the a lmieUm ol waUr In rarhprrM so controls the move , , , ... , ,, . .
t i il ..,. 1 . i-11 . tf 11 '"g'on J that a bridge at Vancouver will ever be eay to ap-
ht of the rams a ti maintain them at a uniform ied and . , . f . ... , . . . A ' j , '
tKenaJWlaaUn. 1 jtlun, not. Standing .1, differ- ;hl 1 ?T"h '
la tU Ud on the aeveral rams. The cradle I. l.cl un " to ! n'.of . h ,af ' "
der th. K.t w hile in the w r. A fter It I. ra M to the top of M7, oUler r0lnt' C,tJ llt0it 'l VS
ilfith. 1. f.n..,...t .nin. ... -n x. .t i .i.t farthest up the river to which seagoing craft may ascend, and
1. j.n uu is re nuMr.1 anJ the tar on which the boat Is to be . ... . ... , . . . , , , 1 ,n
tra..vd on the uill I. suMitnt-d. Tl.e railroad isa U U,fl ntlar1 h for transh.pment of bland freights to
U
ths
ws
U m t btU and veitioal enrvr. of the road eT the 0rPKon RiIJ ExtD8ion Company will tame
TU as:nrjm 1.-1-1 to U rartled Is eetimaW at oW tons The ite, 0pn lh VOrk 110,1 """ ,QCD bnJfc' " U
rJa'i la Ua Ul lot-g by thirty lg,t Ut -aid. The lateral pepla tw0 ,UU mPrti",J nwd
aiU'.iy, to rr.h the tar to s arwund curves, la obtained
If U arTaB,t-nt i4 tSe try. ka. There are thirty four four- 0AT NORTHERN TO SPOKANE and siaTTLI.
wW irk, p'.d ltt uo o mwnWn fwh fa G flnJ
ll!!, Tt,e m.ilmnm weight 1. ftW lu line from the Missouri to tfpokiat FalU thU year if H
amk f!?, ir'.' I4 rarwiume Tht Ma. Work will U commenced at the ear!ie4 poMibW mr
r.T,T.T' U? k U lrt),yr'n r1"" Un'. J ot It is far from improbable that it will paivhase tbt
....
ring statement in SeaUl):