The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-12
TALK WITH PRESIDENT GILMAN


Something About the Big Contract
and Future Plaza
Ar. H. II. Gilman, president Of the seas
sse, Lake SHORE 4 Eastern railway. from
whom the as.ore facts Eere obtained. Vas
found IN the csRpsny's osice yesterday
afternoon By PoET-IxI ELIEsEScKR man.
and spoke freely Of plans for the immediate
future. I'VE shall Lar 30 Eailes Of track
Bext year" he said. -and probably 100
miles more In Isso Mr.. Kirk's company
VII not only furnish the rails bat also the
engle plates, or ash-piasss, for fas;eninzs-
which Is no Small ifela- The spikes and
bolts We mus. get elsewhere. sfe5ess some
subsidiary plant Is erected ia connection
with the main works Al Kirkland
CONSTRUCTIONS TO COMMENCE AT 0xcE-
with this contract entered into" con-
tfnued Mr.. Gilman, mfr. Kirk viii begin
construction Of his works ct Kirkland i'm
raeslAteIy. lie has nearly year in which
70 begin the first delivery Of rails for Us,
aud have 10 doubt he will be ON time
II Is understood between Mr.. XIX and our
company that all our further needs are to
be supplied by bis company as1 mas say
that we viii probably need more rails In
the future than we have provided for in
This contract The rails VIII he the best
quality Of 50 10. steel. We sill begin the
construction Of our Kirkland branch with
10 fortnight.
Hox w0KK WILL RE PUSHED.
The first % .ooo tons Of rails win be made
feoa steel ingoss cas-. AZ the Moss Bay
works Of wOrkington, Cumberland. Eng
land These bear 4 duty OF - per cent
The rssfs viii be rolled and the angie plates
made AZ kirkland from these ingots. In
the mean time the Moss Bay Company Of
America viii be erecting tlseir furnace and
getting ready 70 make Bessemer pig from
The, raw material. Future manufactures
win be wholly within King county from
the mining OF the ore to delivery aboard
the cars.
about 1900 tons TO be delivered under
the present contract win be used 10 lay
track 20 connect a, the International boun-
dairy line where the Canadian Pacific have
promised to meet Us. The other ls.soe tons
win be used on the main line
INTERESTING SCRAP OF HISTORY
at may interest you to know how our
company came 10 have such close reia-
lions with the Moss Bay Works, remarked
Mr.. Gilman. I'VE bought our first 200
tons from their works nj MoEkington
through their agent In New York That
was In the fan of lss5. The prospectus OF
the seattle. Lake Shore & Eastern Goa
tanned an analysis Of the ores in the sno-
quaimie pass Mr.. Kirk and associates
saw copy Of the prospectus ard were i'm
raedlateiy struck by the analysis. Almost
Immediately Mr.. Kirk decided 10 examine
a., tf.,.-if :, he came here with an e1-
r.ers. aud they and made tramp into the
mines. We got about 20 samples. which
carried out on my back. The analysis oil
these specimens was In every way satisfse-
tory, aud after due consideration MI. Airk
came 20 the eoneiusion that II was saie
business venture 10 establish works on
Lake Washington within easy reach of IA
lures store Of the raw material 20
think em not hoas,fnl when ! say that
the seattle. Lake She-c 4 Eastern railway
was the principal agency Ia securing this
great enterprise With promises 20 much
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