Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-20
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POST : INTELLIGENCE


In reference TO the extension OF the
Northern Pacific Railroad nov being
bu,h to the city of Seattle, and which
Mr.. Willard, in his s. eech here. said
would he completed by November La
prcximo, we quote from the Ledges OF
the leah instant
But did no. Mr.. Willard promise
that the road MOULD be completed o
November Yes; bat what road 4
local railroad In course OF constroction
nv the Puget Sound Shore Line hal
road Compeny-a corporation enI'fsis
distinct from and foy1fgn 10 the North
ern Pacific"
Let rs see. Before rs lies an oiiiciai
rircular of the Northern Pacific Hall
road. mailed the Pos1-ISTELLIGEscER
from its Office in New York city, and
publisbed in the Ledger September 8,
1893. We quote:
branches. - Seattle Extension. -
poyalIup TO Seattle. Washington Tern.
tory. 20 miles. The branch lines OF
the Northern Pacific system, are built
hy the Oregon ard TraDscsntinentai
COMPANY, which holds a controlling IN
feresf IN he stock of the Northern Poeific
and of the Oregon Railway and Navi-
cation Company, and constructs
Iranrhes under an arrangement by
which the stock ownership 10 TO be ac-
auired by the Northern Pacific Com
nanv after the bonded debt OF the
branches shall have been extingui. he'd
by the operations of sinking funds.
This il the read foreign" TO the
Northern Pacific.
In the same Issue Of the Led3e'
fSeptember 1Gth) we find the fellow
ing:
"The Northern Pacific Railroad is
not completed. The completion OF that
road by the building Of the Cascade
division across the range OF mountains
separating Eastern from Western Wash
inptop will shorten the trip from ocean
to ocean," etc.
Turning TO the official circular before
referred TO we quote:
Branches.-C Cascade Branch.-Ta-
coma, w. r., TO Wilkeson, W. Il. tun-
der constr uction across the Cascade
Mountains and down the Yakima val
lev TO Ainsworth, 30 mi.es), 30 miles
Where il Tacoma, anyhow We find
that II il a station on a railroad line
which begins at Portland and Is being
extended to Seattle; that in time II IL
10 be connected by branch with the
N. p. Il. X. at Ainsworth; that the n.
p. Ia not completed" but that the
construction Of branch" il necessary
TO complete a main line, and We further
find that the main line" between Du-
luth and Tacoma is disconnected by
the distance from Wallula to Portland,
which is owned by corporation dis
tinct from the Northern Pacific Com
pany, to-wit: The Oregon Railway d
Navigation Company; and we further
find from the official circular herein re-
ferred TO that there are no less than
three or four terminal points at the east
enl Of the Observation-Disclosures
Dnluth Is the legal terminus Of the line
Of one company that the west end
Of the system Is Puget Sound, an Elm
mense harbor LEO miles long" Where
II Tacoma? One Of our visitors lid
the other day, SITS place where the
locomotives running from Seattle II
Portland will stop 10 water and oil up.'
II In useless for the Ledger to prolonl
Its attempts TO bewilder and befoR ths
public. The Northern Pacific mair
line runs from Duluth to Wallula, ane
from Portland to Tacoma. II is cut IN
two by over 200 miles Of road belonging
TO company which. TO use the Ledger,
Language. is distinct from and foreign
TO tn, Northern Pacific" But the
Northern Pacific Railroad managers
control, operate and own great many
branches and extensions" as also a
stretch OF over 200 miles Of road CON
Meeting sections Of a trunk line. Ia.
coma will In about six weeks be sta.
ton on line Of railroad extending and
completed from New York Harbor tc
Seattle. That's the milk In the cocoa.
nut which has soured the stomach OF
our neighbor. It isn't pleasant to be a
way station close to live metropoli.
like Seattle.