, 1888-06-07
N. L. II. X. OFFICIALS INTER
VIEWED.
Very Interesting Information Con-
oernlng the Attitude of the N. p.
r. r. towards Spokane, as told
Review Reporter by
Chas, S. Fee, General
Passenger Agent
The Cha noes OF a Freight Reduction
Discussed by s. q. Fulton,
Assistant General
Freight Agent.


whose Office is at st. Paul and Mr.. $. G
Fulton, assistant general freight agent
, with headquarters at Portland, are in
the city. Both gentlemen are here
purely on business. Mr.. Fee is on
his way to st. Paul from meeting of
the trans.continental association at
San Francisco. With view Of get
ting an expression Of opinion from
these gentlemen on matters of interest
to every resident Of Spokane Falls, n
REVIEW reporter called upon them
and found them willing to
give any Information which might
prove OF interest to the people. Mr..
Fee, when accosted, was asked the
usual question about the future pros.
poets OF Spokane and said there is no
section of the United States that is at
tracting as much attention rs Oregon
and Washington, and this attention is
largely augmented by the collapse oi
the California boom. Large crowds of
people are leaving that state by train
loads and going to Washington and
Oregon, Washington territory receiv-
ing the bulk of the heigera. He said
that the Northern Pacific railroad
has some fifteen passenger agents east
who are diverting immigration this
way and they have reported that there
is no other section Of the country that
is attracting half the attention OF
Washington territory and Spokane
particularly is looked upon with great
favor, and that aside from their west.
ern terminal, Tacoma, Spokane Falls
is attracting the cream of the travel
and is looked npon generally
as the metropolis of eastern
Washington, with all the pres
tge which that implies, with her
uuquestonable position as distribu-
ting center for all the vast mineral
and agricultural country which sur
rounds her.
] was here ten months ago, the
growth of your city has been remark
able. But you have not reached the
climax by any means. Indications all
point to II repetition this fall OF the
lPGge influx of population you had il.
TIE spring. All statements that the
North Pacific has ever Disseminated
against Spokane are untrue. On the
contrary, we have done IL great deal
Tor Spokane along with the other
towns in Oregon and Washington ter.
ritory For instance, we have issued
sixty thousand copies Of II thirty six
page pamphlet, devoted in part to Spo-
kane. The Northern Pacific regard
your city as great and progressive, and
according to size it will compare favor
ably with any place in America. Travel
IN l.ny 10 hAr -.
increasing rapidly. The increase for
February was 12l per cent over the
same month last year, and for March
l47 per cent, April l76 per cent, and
for May l65 per cent.
Another thing we have done for
Spokane two years ago there were
no stop'over tickets for Spokane as
there were no round trip land excur-
sion tickets from st. Paul west. In
spite of the opposition Of the trans
continental association. we decided 10
give on second class tickets o Port
land and Tacoma, stop-over privileges
for the intermediate points in order
that people might have chance to
stop where they pleased and examine
the country along the line of the road,
and we did this against the protest of
all the trans-continental lines. AS
late as last November the lines in the
trans.continental association entered
a protest against these stop-over tick
cts, but we refused to accede to their
wishes and to-day stop-overs on sec
ond class tickets are issued, good for
Spokane. ! am very sorry to find
that there are parties in your city at
this time scalping our stop-over tick
cts and we will be compelled to stop
issuing them unless these rarties de-
sist as the privilege is beiug used to
our disadvantage.
Sixty per cent OF our letters are let
ters of inquire about Washington ter.
ritory and Oregon. We have contracts
with over 200 papers in which we adj
vertise regularly the advantages of
your city, besides our special circulars.
Your board of trade ought to get up
pamphlets confainingsuch information
as settlers generally desire and distri-
butte them broadcast over the coun-
try.
No attempt has ever been made to
direct travel away from your city. You
now enjoy round trip excursion rates,
first.class for $40 from ST. Paul or Min
neapolis. The first time ever went
through here thought it the prettiest
intermediate location on the road and
I think so now. The growth of the
town is far beyond what l expected.
You are to be congratulated upon
having such magnificent field for the
RRvIEw.
The reporter then turned TO Mr..