The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-09
CITY OF ASAGoRTEo.
i New Site Plated on Fidalgo
Island.
IT'S narusAL ADVANTAGES.
BaIiaIms ef she Seattle Northern
ocean peck. 10 Process %
Construction

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een1. ard IL building large terminal ocean
waaryas and docks - Anse0stes.
Ffdaigs Island was seiected ~ Jay Coke for
thr ferfainas ef the northern f4el3e road. TIE
failure ~ Jay Csoke & ca. IN tne disastrous
commercial year sf iszS, defeated the purpose q
Mr. Cooke and fer q time tte island EelMpsed
fGfo s'innpcuous dekuetnde.S A. later
date NJ Henry willard. who hsd become
president 81 the Northern Pacific. eonsrmeaa
the tescegifsa ma0e BY Nf Goake. both thesA
selections we're based mfon The s7ost exhaustive
fHfseys 81 shc Nofsherp Pacific engineers, whose
confidential reports 20 both NJ. Cooke eHd BIZ.
Willard resulted IN the selection hy both gentle
Ttsn 81 FiaaigD Island FOR the terminus ~ the
great road. by some maags the private iutea-
ttoas OF che Wizard management were divfllSed
ard syndicate headed By ~ Y. 3. STACY i'm
stediately i0tghs control 81 the island and I'M
sserl0ok 20 fasre Willard 70 psy an enormous
price ior fhe terminal gfUand The colossal hg
nFes put upoa the island defeated the purposes
Of the Northern faeifc Land Company.
beaded BY Mr. &. r. Wright Of the
bosgd Of eireeiers, aud the selection
Of vaeant iasd. st what's now known a. Tacoma,
was the rea0lt. aud again tne island, which had
heen thn preferred rnint on tide water Tor the
Northern Pacific terminus, selected IS two sue
eessive msnagemeats. was abandoned by the
railroad Tor the time being None the less. r.
dale0 island. possessing one Of the best hsrbors,
has been a prospective raiigoed terminus for
fifteen years.
Upon this islaad. without ofIpring any prop
erty Tor sale the Seattle 4 Northern Railroad
Company have expended s-0a 900. The iron for
the first thirty miles of rpad - SOW lying on
ballast island. seattle, and contracts have been
closed with Mckenzie A Gibbons. Of BENTON, for
eo69o ties for ihs roatbed. The rolling stock for
considerable longer stretch than thirty miles
Of read has been purchased aud u nos on the
Way West
Thus il would appear that the commanding
commercial position OF the island has sesn tel
IN the building 81 the new line, the eonsirac.
al a.
messs on an extensive scale. involving the ex-
pandlture Of vast sums Of money. AZ the termi-
nus 81 this road. which it Is FumoFcd Ia Some
quarters viii have trsascontinentai coanec-
TINS. the beautiful t0wnsige Of AaaeeFses Is
situated The present plat, covering go acres
could he enlarged 10 cover 1000 and not take In
gully, ditch or foot Of unavailable ground OF
any character. Here city 81 considerable ifn-
pofsaucs seems destined e. grow. and the future
development Of fidalgo island viii be more
rapid
While the matter hes been kept extremely
aules. il Is learned that there are interested la
tie new town site considerable number 81
well known gentlemen ard heavy capitalists,
ameng whom are J. r. Mcknight i BRO. pro
rFesegs Of the MeNanght Land aud Improve.
meat Company. on this hrrn. James Mcknight
Is general solicitor Of the NoFshern Pacific Rail
rosd Company, his brother hains manager OF
the Nef4hern Pacific eoast property. MI j. ".
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OF the NoFthefa Pacihc. Is aiso large owner.
The following seattle people are original own.
era Judge JEAN +. Hoyt. manager az tie
Dexter Horton banking Institution. ana now
associate justice % the supreme court Of WASH.
ingtons HALEY tsatzeft. president 81 the Cham
her 81 Gomsnefce and icaaing capitalist OF
Seattle
There Is also syndicate renrosentea By HOGAN
4 psNoin. IL Tacoma which Is heavily inter
estesL
Taking into account the many nstngAl aavan-
tsEss 81 Aaaeortes. and The weight Of The men
fssfsfexfrt tn heg tnsnFv IL would saem that tiis
ies1s hunseFed after, hat for all that neglected
island a. FtislEo. l. aaont 70 become the site al
prosperous commercial coFatsuaitY. The vat
improvements nt the seattle i Northern tnsl.
cate that thst company purposes something ia
the way 0f building considerably beyond what
aps.ears On the smsfaee. tbs ssrk that tAe heavy
hs.lsess st saek Ia tse road ase also hpavy tnves-
teTx ia AnseorseS, argues that the new town will
nes f- ncslrt71sa As the read
la conversation wigh gentleman who - IN
tegvstesi IA Faaaikn island, it was learned that
saaaia therc le Faisreaa transit arrangement
bssween too seattle 4 Northern. now building
trasa Amkeerses. sB1 the Cansai1aa Pacific ur
With She EaiNa faelac by shs seattle. lake
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ssac saa Union rsslHe lines 81 rsiiFusd
SeF Is sueh afFsaesgaent az improbable eao
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