Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-20

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Tho isnns of rs propriy = % Ase-
usn Razusy 4 Nasiestlen uomfan1 =
- Unisn Psssae uhish ny 30 %
Isoksd upon e assoupllnas4, = 90
sssnt q ths nsnssi inpoEtanss p -
psopss q he Northwest. - shssaa
urnn Cha aramapossaiion sgstam q
waahineson sd Oregon VII b TAR
rsneasinr. Aersat Sasp toward - eEa
a free sempe4itisa has bssa l4ken-
n Immediate eassl q ne leasss 81
eourss, yin hs % etgs ~ Union PAeths
4 throuah iine % Porilssd - ~ q
shs Orseon ehoEt Lana end TO Eaad
down ths Csinnbia. This line Win Be
andr fbs oenlrol q ~ Union Pae'hs
fsom Omsha % Rogiiand, and - Uaien
Pssias uEI fsx ths aEst sims hass :
shrsuah lIna fssn ~ Mlaeonfi EiysE q
tie paclao Coasf. Il il nov - inaa-
psudsnt a. shs Central Paoaae - ne
Cnuiral Pasias haa bsen e. 4 stncs The
oompletion a ths eoaihsrn rosd. 1hsI
Central Pasifs be- 3 soathsrn outlef %
ths Pes, indsps1dsnt Of iis sonnsstiOn
With she Enion Psnias, and TIE ssaih-
ern Paeiho has q Northern outlet % ths
Paalle Coast independent Of its eoilnee-
son with ne Oanaral Paoifa. Nslshef
oompany 4 neW il TIE power Of tie
other. and shsg can treat viii sAsh
othsF on equal terms.
No Iess impoEtank win b TIE eAsct q
lhs chance upon the Northern Paesne.
Il may BE- thai shs Union Pasiac will
SHARE tbs Coiambia river roste sish iis
Eorthsrn rival 70 the sxtsnt q allosine
Noriharn Pacific ears 70 run through 70
PogtIand. bns u Il not - ali anhksIy
thai Il viii decline 10 make suoh con
esanlon. II tbe lattsE event. the
Northern Paddle viii Be- abls 70 enter
Oregon enly b way Of The Cascade
division and ths Tacoma Portland line,
and Ne Uuion Pseihs viii bs 10 > posi-.
tson 20 oasars The LIENS share Of the
Oregon tBads. This win Be > severe
hIou 70 The Northern Paoihe. fog Port
land and other Oregon points have 10
ihe past furnished = large share Of iisl
throuah tFaiae.
A. matters stand a present. ths lease
win have little or no effect upon the
trade Of Puget Sound. The unisn Pa
oiio Though IL has q through line TO-
Portland. will Be unable 70 deliver
freight a. any point IN Western Wash
ineion, and lhs heavy business of this
Tagien must eontinue 70 be divided be-
swesn TIE Northern aud Canadian Pa
eilo roads, and she roads esnneotina
with the PAsiAs Coast stsamship Com
pany's line a san FFanoieoo. Il Is not
likely, however, that the Union Paeiao
viii Be eontant 70 rsmain blocked q
Portland when the tEads Of Western
Washinaton Il % nearly uithin thsiF
grasp. The construction Of TIE con-
paEatively Inexpensive road from Poss-
land ts Seattle would make the unisn
Pacific master Of the situation, net
only IN Oregon, bat IN Washington also.
With such . link added, the situation
would be entirely changed. TIE Union
Paoiae would NOS Only have . shorter
line 70 Portland, the distributing point
Of Oregon. than any Of ita oompstitors,
bat it would have 3 shooter line 70 Seat
tie, she distributing point Of Puget
Sound, e. well.
OF course there IL no certainty that
such q road will Be bailt. Common
business saeAoisy ought 10 teach the
Union Pacific directors that Il is neoss-
sary foe their lins 10 reach Puget sound.
bat common business saeaciiy does not
always eonirol the movements Of great
corporations. Tho question which
would fFsi present itaalf In discussing
the construction Of q Portland seattle
line would be, ''ls the trade Of Western
Washington worth making q contest
foHf' OF coarse, en- Affirmative answer
h The only one that oenld be given 20
auah q question. aad with THAI point
settled there can be no doubt Of the
great advantage which line to Seattle
would Be 10 the Union Pacific. Itvooid
net only plaes Il in position 20 capture
and retain she Washington trade, bul
By eomplsiiug its line 10 salt water 10
would aive Il free access 10 Australia
and the oriant. Il would be the aRal
touch 10 . magnificent Inns Of read
which he development Of the great
West will msks one Of che most valuable
and best paying railroad properties in
Aha World.