Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-14

fion 70 raIouss Junc<ion. and shs
Nosthexu Psc1fc MIGHT pas On pro
hibif0Ey rzfs over this forty or ffsy
mfleA Sill is would BE- po6nibis fol
foFtis1d - reach CoIfax Va Snake
river and Almota, and rats might be
made - Iog from PeFfIsnd as 70 ever
come the seventeen miles Of wagon
ha1l from Almoka to Colfax. Still, Il
Portland vas TO withdraw from the
Northern Pacific. the loss 20 the rail.
road uouid be 20 great ~ compared
with the los TO Portland of the trade
of one valley. that IL would hardly look
like retaliation. | would much rather
sse the Northern Pacific retreat from
their present position. which i think
viii be done. and let us have the trads
naturally Tributary 70 usr
VERY CONSERVATIVE VIEW.
Said man whose mistakes 10 busi-
ness have been remarkably fec, and
whose freight bills have been very large
for 10 these many years The North
ern Pacific have treated rs shabbiIy,
very shabbily; l might say downright
mean, bat will be SLOW TO make any
change. Suppose We sign contraet to
ship all our goods over the Short Line
next year. and then aboat March or
April the Northern Pacific leases the o.
r. q ~? The result viii be shat oar
goods will be longer getting to Portland
than the goods Of our neighbors which
are shipped over the Northern. Some
how or other there will be an unaccount-
abIe delay af Huntington. and the cars
will get side tracked somewhere be-
twesn Huntington and Portland; and
our claims for rsbate will be awful slow
getting through the ciroumiocution
Office and none Of our claims for over.
charges viii be in form they will he
sending them back for further proof,
and maybe after awhile We would never
be able 10 furnish enough pronf. They
could give us very great deal OF an
and that il what every mer-
chant tries to avoid. / will wait to see
my way clear before l sign contract
with the Short Line"
But suppose the q. r. IL N. MAIN
tains neutral position 70 was asked.
mo one Can tell how long il will last.
| believe that the Northern Pacific must
lease il. for self protection. IL, however,
II II leased with the proviso that the o.
t. q N. will continue to operate it as a
separate company, not as q division of
the Northern Pacific, no favoritisn, can
be shown. and goods by either line will
have like dispatch. In that case, be-
iicve a majority of the shippers will
favor the Short Mne, unless the North
ern Pacific shows a more liberal spirit"
4 cAPTrALIsr's VIEW.
Said large property owner, who
keeps well informed on railroad mat
ters. though not familiar with mer
chant. grievances: "The Northern Pa
cific management have town lots on
Puget Sound. which they would like to
sell at large profit. They do not spe-
cialIy care whether Portland thrives or
not. The Union Pacific have no town
10 boom. They want Portland to pros
per and grow TO DO great city, so that
they can haul larger freight aud more
passengers. IL is clear to me which road
Portland ought tp and will favor. The
Union Pacific is better eqipped with
Eastern agents than any other Western
Lot it once be known that
Portland merchants desire TO est 4blish
railway connection through the Union
Pacific. and there will not be hundred
pounds of freight offered for Portland
in any city along the Atlantic seaboard,
bat some agent of the Union Pacific
will be aftef il. think the Northern
Pacific will sutfer after the Short Line
Is opened"