The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-03
clHHElD's USUAL DENIAL.
He Has Not Sold Ont to the North
ern Pacific.
constrrctien TO Begin from Seattle
The Reprrt About the Cnion
Pacific

i. hseeezaes incumbent o. ne 20 deny
About once eFsrT mouth the statement
thai have ssl1 the Bellinxhaza Bay read.
and the New Westminster road 70 the
Northern Pxeiae,~ said Mr. Ergene cxu-
hssd, 70 reporter who called upon him
Yesterday 81 Els ofzce n this czty. ~ IRE
surne the origin Of tie LATEST rungy 20 this
s4ec. Is the fact thss we hare been max
Tag some s-afie arrangements with me
Northern. and that Mr.. Charles =. Yfux. Of
the Northern Pacific. has been Al New
Westminster working On construction
with Us. our Transactions with the gorth-
ern have been of thE ordinary business
nature and are sEch ss we expect % make
with 81 Pacific roads These
people who start the reports Of cur deal
WITH the Northern probably forget the
weaI-k known fact that BY its charter the
Northern Pacific Railroad COMPANY has
no p<fwer 10 build. operate or purchase
nr1Ech line. and that It's operations rnnst
be confined alone to It's own main road.
@Of course there Is 10 telling what might
ina*ppen. aaaed the seuator generallF-
"A suppose IL the Sorfhe- P&eiSe offered
as enough money We wozld sell ous 20
item. Is would be pErely business mat
ter but repeat that during three years
the Northern has made no ofFer 20 US, nor
have we 20 them.
,~&Ak AEA- At2 ><1k2kEtzk&E& ~ II a. &c u
Interest 10 the people of seattle During
TIE past several weeks have been max
lug arrangements TO raise money 20 begin
the construction Of the Bsllingha1n bay
read from Seattle north. and have every
xeasen 70 think that my negotiations VIII
De successful. Construction will then be
gln IN Seattle inside of eight weeks
Many people have doubtless wondered.
and many have inquired OF me. why we
didn't begin the construction OF the road
nom Seattle originally, instead Of starting
both st Whafcoun and 1t New NasfrnIns-
ter. The reasons are three. They are.
First. A line from New Westminster To
Hhaseou viii be paying institution IN T.
self second. the people of New wessu1ins-
ter have subscribed TO as cash subsidy OF
$4,000 and q land subsidy of Ss5o.oo
more and freedom from taxation for 30
years; third. fhis portion of the road Is
much easier TO construct, inasnach as
there is total elevation OF bat 40
feet between Bellingham bay and
Fraser river The construction for the
nrsi 10 miles from Seattle presents many
diniclIities, because right AZ the edge Of
the city we VIII have 70 dig 5000 foot
tznnel through Lake Union hill al cost
Of $4,000.
when our q miles from New West
minister 20 whatcom are finished, we win
be able 10 bond the road for Loot. 900
This money could be used in the con
-
but have peferred not to wait until those
funds can be negotiated. which viii be
next fall; but have been arranging 70
borrow the money on other securities.
and. as said before, have every reason
70 believe win succeed. T"
MR.. TrsDALE HAS DOUBTS
II do not place any reliance In the state
ment that the union Pacific railroad viii
run into Tacoma over the track of the
Northern and probably into Seattle over
the Puget Sound Shore" sold Nj T. H.
Tyndsle, president of the Puget Sound
shore railroad yesterday. sit Is true that
for about four years there have been efforts
20 unity the interests of the two franscon-
unrfiai routes, one of these attempts
being the joint lease of the road OF the
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company:
but they have never been successful,
though the two roads are yet very friendly
towards each other.
Even II there were anything To tie
statement aboat the Union Pacific / am
astonished that President Cakes should
have made the announcement so publicly
That Is not his usual custom