Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-18

ihHur VI WIZ any TRANSPORTATION line IT
the o. X. and n. Co. Within three
years | expect to find a very muoh
larger market for the coal of Western
washington Territory than il now
found by way of Seattle. notvithstand
ing the quantity Of coal that now goes
down to California. 1 may be mis-
taken. / have been warned by the
fosT IsTELLIGKScEa that there are a
great many things that | do not know.
That am pretty we'll aware Of II I
Am not greatly mistaken, the quantity of
coal that will be shipped over the
mountains to the treeiess regions he
yOnd will greatly exceed that shipped by
sea to San Francisco. And while ex-
planning the attitude OF the company,
| right here let 10 ask yoQ 10 bear IN
mind the true position | hold: think
Mr.. Mcknight will say that II a policy
Is To be IN rked ont for tae company.
that 1t must be carefully presented TO
the Board and reasons urged for i.s en-
dorsement, and when that ~ done 10
can be claimed that IL Ia the action Of
| the company. / cannot undertake TO
bind IL or IL men besides myself "a TO
what they will do, until those l2 have
had chance to vote; and after they
have voted / am ready TO hold them to
what theF have committed the compi ny
| TO. Pending that, | can ouIy indicate
what my Views are, or Indicate what
sm perfectly willing to advocate to
| them. and state tue reasons why am
| ready to advocate IL. IL IL well known
IN Seattle that there has been a question
between the .. |. and y. T. Companies
As to certain obligations. IA the q. /.
Company has understood then between
the n. L. and the .. |. Company, by
reason OF Mr.. Wizards action. IL would
MT DE proper Of course for me To dis
cuss In any public place matters be-
| tween the two Companies. They Will
be undoubtedly Satisfactorily adjusted
by the parties IN reference to ali the
coal lands that the company owns OF
| will own; and most unheaitatinRly am
| ready to say of any lands that are trib-
utary to the Cedar river extension, or
that can be reached by this line of road
| running into Seattle, that We are ready
| and will urge the making of such con
| tracts ~ will insure to any person, or
body, or company that wants 20 develop
coal on a large scale-or on SIN all scale
for that nattsf-l say large scale, be-
cause the expense is considerable, and 1t
must be based on large scale. That
the N. +. X. X. Company will, as far a.
| royalty Is concerned, place it SO low
that Is no Just cause for complaint on
that account. Bot IL anybody should
| ask us To sell $50 worth for $50, we
would not like to do it.
As TO the second question, for making
contracts that will allow a conptnv
owning even sections, II they want t.
mark ont larger business than they
ha ehAr. hot hax
| tracts which they can rely upon. and
which can be enforced in the courts
because there might be some President
of the Northern Pacific who would not
know his duty. We will stand perfectly
ready to make such contracts, but We
will be cautious about il. | will stand
ready to advocate at to the Board,
/ and urge that policy. feel very conf
| dent indeed, from my experience and
| discussions with the Board, that that
policy will be borne ont. Mr.. Schulze
| mas been substantially instructed on
that basis.
Mr.. SchulZs have.
Mr.. Harris, resuming The best arpu-
ments that know of are based on facts
| As | stated at Portland, and as has been
announced in the OreqoH,dn, the map of
the definite location of the 25 miles
| from the South Prairie and Green River
coal fields Is now on its way tn New
York. ] have written TO Mr. Billings.
| who Ia Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee in my absence, and who will call
the Board together for the purpose OF
having that presented at Washington,
aud Gen. Anderson has been instructed
| to pnt u under contract as soon as he
can on basis that Is satisfactory to
hun. That will take Us to Green River
The work il quite difficult, more 30 than
| anticipated. At all events, there are
two tunnels that are rock. and which
will take little while. hoped TO get
that done this year, but think IL prob
able that IL will have to go over until
next June before We get that % miles
finished and ready for acceptance. The
line of definite location il being pushed
across the mountains now with strong
force. ID Is so densely Wooded and the
timber il SO thick that the progress is
very slow. We can. of course. make y
reconnaissance TO get an idea, but when
we come TO locate with reference to the
payment of money in construction IL
will take perhaps all summer to- get the
exact location from the % miles herr
over to whore II is already located
where II IL now. II l mistake not, q
miles north of Yakima City. We shall
| place the rails on the Is miles on the
Yakima by October list. The grading
| IL comparatively light. There is no gsa-
sou Why we should not have that done
the first % miles-by the LIST OF De
oember. The location of the line from
| Green River aud the location up the
| Yakima to- point involves the necessity
Of going through the Stampede Pass or
some pass further north. We certainly
could not retrsct and 20 down to tn.
Natchess, but We could go mp to the SHo
| qualmie. The Stampede Pass Ia the
one that Gen. Anderson recommended
| The definite line will he located there
| for the obvious reas m that IL IL 500 feet
lower than the Natchess. In transpur
tation we do not want TO haul mp 3 u
feet nj great expense aud run down with
some slight danger. so the Northern
| Pacific Railroad will be extended this
year to Green River, except what IL may
be DELAYED on account of around work.
Take 10 after the first of Ootoo er or No
vember, and IL IL 80 expensive TO do
earthwork that We cannot do it,. We
will tunnel through the winter, aud the
balance Ne vill finish in the spring, or
Just a. soon a. We ought to do work of
that kind.
Fourth-My Judgment is three years
We have about tive miles of tanned
5000 feet-and 10 ought to take about
tvo years 10 do IL economically. and
there ought 90 be margin of about n
year for work of that kind. Three
years will he the time in my rind for
the holding of celebration for contin-
ous communication between here and
ST. Paul. When the Cascade division
il completed, the Northern Pacific will
make connection with the Oregon In
provement Company from the common
point 20 Seattle. ! am very cautious
aboat how far prophesy. As you have
observed, and as am advised by the
PosT -IsTKLIIaHNcER, there IL zap OF
about eight miles from tde common
point where the junction by the Cedar
River extension ought 20 be made With
the Cascade division. There should be
spur into the principal coal fields.
which are on SECTIONS 3. J, 3 aud ~ a
spur from your main line continuing on
about eight miles To the junction OF the
Cascade division 90 the common point.
Now how soon is the Oregon Improve