The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-06
RAILROAD TALK.
:. eoxswaLL IS Dorse At THE
xoEIH-
var HI. Road Wow on the
ram san Franeisee-of.ner
80. railroad scherass-En-
.,.x Parties in The FIELD

,~;,. tell Won what Mr.. T. y. Corn
- ,,sssion TO the Sound az the pres
y .;,,e IL said a prominent citizen
81 . -. Like Senator Garfield, Mr.
s-siI has 4 railroad scheme on
-. He Is al the head Of a eorpor-
l - troxn Is the Beilingham Bay
ar, r,,,l.b Columbia Railroad com
Z = ~ object oil which Is to build q
I.a; ~ from some point on
srrtfxsHAz BAY 70 FoET HOPE
- ~erret Of the whole matter l.
-, - GarnwaIl and his associates
w.. wears ago acquired title 70 sew
il ~ ;a,.a,,saissl acres Of land around re
- e.. 80 nj they have grown tired OF
he's.ss ssxes on It, and have con
Fssis.5 a. sF,ift that responsibility on
fiacs,p' .- <bonlaers by dividing the
2 49,, - ar.i selling il. This could not
s-l' 49, ! 4 - 4 rTofit without a railroad.
= -. ,,'-s..-ai generations were formed
a. aas.s Y De road The organization
Y , ~ several companies made
LITTLE sTIE,
o.. shs people gere skeptieai and
D. n ~ 80 the roads InafeTiaiize be-
80 es..i shev would Pat in much money.
~ snas 80 ..ere moving along all right
inssse ~. ain haYbor boom started up,
~ e.a;'' m cofnwalI realized that some
, a.i must be done at Beliiugham
~ ~. and he accordingly vent into
r.girasd building In earnest. He has
a,'a. I number 81 men employed, and
80 l,oard the bark Gerinania, which
=. sailed from San Francisco, he
hss seyen miles OF steel rails and two
I@aoaotiyes Us the Bellingham Bay &
prit;sh Columbia railroad. This
rsag LIKE BUSINESS,
And I candiily believe that this road
Mn be built 70 Fort Hope. OF course,
i vii eventually be extended to Sc
attic.
M II. g. Struve, attorney for the
Company vas seen by reporter. He
all All know about this matter
4 that the Bellingham Bay
{ British Columbia Railroad
Company j. going 70 build some road,
mi lh1t the Germania j.
non en- the say from san Francisco
9Th tao locomotives and eight OF ten
,a.les Of steel rails. A force Of graders
ire now az work, and more will be en-
slowed very soon. Mr.. Cornwall Is
aow on the ground looking after the
interests Of the road "
WHOLLY ISDEPENDKyT.
Has this company any connection
siih the Bellingham Bay Railroad 4
Navigation Company commonly
snown as Senator Caniield's road ~
No, not in the least. they are seFa-
ate and distinct companies, and ]
link they both intend o. bnild their
gojerfed roads one from New West
ainsser To- Whateom and Seattle and
be other from Fort Hope. Belling-
am bay and Seattle There are also
20 ether road projected from Seattle
D a e0nneeiioa with the Cana
ian Pacific. orc ihs northern
ranch OF the Seattle, Lake Shore &
astern nov in process OF construc-
on, and the Seattle 4 Northern.
company hacked by the headmen tn
ie o. 4. e y and Union Pacific Cam
anies. Ii IS well known in certain
relies that all these various companies
ave their engineers in the Geld.
Another gentleman. equally vel in
Ined on railroad matters, said
Nothing has ever been tlibiished re-
riding the Seattle 4 Northern Ral-
Cd Company but. | tell you. there
something ia It. The company
rough IT. agent has secured five
lies Of water front 81 a point on III
Ilgo island, known as Ship Harbor,
which point The company expects
build M quite little city and con
nitrate the trade OF the lower Sound
antfy at that point
snIr HARnoR
q large and councillors body Of
itcr. where good anchorage can he
and and the land around there Is
adapted 20 the building Of
city. The Seattle 4 Northern Rail
~ Company, through ITS agent
We secured over 800 acres
land along the water front,
"a you may depend they will
axe that prominent point GA the
ie OF their road. They have engi-
'ers on the island al the present time
akiug surveys, and there Is already
excitement there among
nd owners. AZ one time il was the
iention Of the Northern Pacific Rail-
iad Company to make its western
rminn4 at ship flarhor, and General
prague and the McNaughts still own
nd there which they acquired more
ian dozen years ago during the cx-
tenlent pending the location OF the
iicial terminus Of the Northern Pa
Sc railroad