The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-03


eiAe 80 Obeai.ed-A visiter
1rom Dakota.
Ex.Csoyernor Horace Austin ~ et psul
and Mr.. Fred B. Morrill,. Of Farco. are Is
the city on : trip Tor both business and
pleasure. M. Austin Va 81 t6a bench in
Minnesota for several wears. and then dur
ing the seventies he served 9 eovernor.
After that be held ofice at Wsahineton
City; for time be had charge 81 the Fargo
land once. when II va doing the hexv West
business in the country. and he has lust
served three years term g chairman 81
the Minnesota state railroad commission.
For more than quarter Of ! century be
has been Republican leader. and N i'm.
portant factor in the politics Of his state.
He Il tall ana slender. but straight. His
full and close-cut beard Is gray. hut his
eyes are g bright. and his face a full az
fOrce g ever. .sBefore this. . said he lat
night, II was never further West chan
Billings, in Montana. came a. far g
that in 1882. when the Northern Pacific
railroad was completed 10 that point Thia
country here was than almost I terra in
cognita - far as railroads were concerned.
"But now you are going ahead WITH ran.
roads Ia the liyeliest fashion imaeinahle. /
have kept more or less informed Of rail.
way matters here. not only from reading
the railway journals, but from the fact that
two OF your great roads, the Great NORTH
srn and the Northern Pacific, have their
headquarters ct st. Paul. sec that you
have IN this state under contract for build
ing more miles Of road than any other
country in the Union.
s.Che Great Northern operations are, Of
course, Of large importance. and notice
that Ill your towns along the Sound are
anxious TO know where the terminal il to
be. believe from what can gather that
the Great Northern will try to run into all
the towns along the sound. It cannot
afford to lose their traffic. But. of course.
some one place will be the nominal termi-
nal, with shops, Offices and the like.
I'VE Of St Paul understand that the
Great Northern will also build down into
California, though suppose that will not
come until the road has gotten well into
California Il big undertaking. but guess
Mr.. James J. Hill, the president of the
Great Northern, il equal to it He ID
AZ ~ VIC 0a8 U9eH WOuOo11Ut1y SUCCESSFUL
in railroad management. His vigor is nm
abated. and he is ambitious to be the most
important factor in railway traffic, ct least
west Of the Mississippi, IL not In the whole
country.
His rise has been remarkable. don't
know about the truth Of the story that be
was once . deckhand on 3 steamboat.
When I frst knew him he was running I
small commission house on the wharf at
ST. Paul Then came the breaking up of
49, 49, n = :. upauy' ols lssu -.
80 - Dsun - oalsus vas .ol"eo' .ne
49,, - s.o.e - - - 1880 - sne
49,. s s'1 s.o ptosrlce - NAM
ss-s,a. g 80 ~s ~ G.s = - .e plovlnce
~ :. - 10y lap4Is allu nesueu ~ out
~ e,4. ~ ~ paouucs au0 a.s
~. vs'1'1 NV s0s - sul0usn sne
Do D. -. - -. .s ssss Wy Was uown .ne
..s- A.. 80 sl.u S = 2. aul ano Oni-
sa s.o, e. r. - ~ - 'nT v .saooalo'
49,, ,:l a'ouvlu 20. nsson ana sim nh
-. ~ -. 1As xu ~ o s'same Ussween
throneh rnrr;r. .n;s a.. ths, w.. 80
-,,;-sS 81. ,;.l. e .s.s We, A,rso ~
,.sr h.r r.s.t;a.,,s. !. s.sDS"..: 70 ~. -
pa 49,. "a - st:.. - s: opos.s'on " sae
$40. az. ~ u;, 49, s 49,. a.y
-,sss ~. ,s-.. .a.,s =. O. ,.s - ous'-
t;rrsd ), .-..ss 49, ssS - -" "'u .41 Soll-
s.srhar e 100 ~.
go sI :. .0.S. VIZ 'ne olssn ~ WINCH
.;f. -. ss;.. ILL., u~ 49,; ans o. lau g e.
49, $500 80 =. IS. ".S1 e wig selm u
=. $3.50, 5. -. 800 y ss0n1, "ons - p.eces. Ahey
and the securities of that road went down,