The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-13

presfdens G - Crest Norfhern rntffond,
md r. 81. Becktes. chSef euefneoS ~ shs
Nontaue C4ntsuI afv1o50n u ~ road. with
keadnuer1rrp Il Beiena. arrived h the city
Iuossiay and vjH farnaju ! lev days Tor
~ purppse = locking Oser ths ground
wfth vj11 % securing aIf The fnformatSon
poeeii1e ccnoerninr IL elty. is rGiIrunds.
shippfnx fnef1lzisa, efe.. which they VII
cresestt 70 ~ exoeuttvs hoard IT the Great
northern, xkzeh IL y <issirous of reach
ing this city ond making Ii texminal
point, = hss koon fsequensiy stated
Ihs 6eu1tls. Iaks 6hoes & EASTERN ~
ronay havinx : line IL op<rati0n out II
Geotsis. nzsd nov being extended Eorth 10
d. boundnry. snd cDvsrinx q Il does yeSy
dssirahfa tsrsffory, the Great k0rEheru h1s
~ lcnx tins fhouxhs seriously a. 80
aaiyinx ~ eeastIe lire. The visit 81 on
cfots a fl,e txuuk line Tear sx0. The vixit
81 General uanaeur NohIer early IN De-
cnnnbtr. md the present visit 81 officials
q - Jim mn rad. "A had such an OBJ
lect q view. md ~ outlined Il such
amex.
II satisfactory terms cannot ~ made for
fhe purchase d NE seattIe. Lake Shore a
EaSfern. and suis ALE trx1lie arrnneenents
oannot 6 secured by u Jim Hin ronza
from t1ae former line. The trunk lire VIZ
u,ndoubto3iv h4rfId south to this city and
osfahafsh terrntus1 0uar>ery herr. Nathiae.
h0wever. 80 boet, done h, either dirers.oss.
a1d viii nof - nccouptislsxd unssi the ex-
ec,zi1ve hoard has further couzsd<red The
oitusfjon.
Manager Holbrpok, cf The Seattle LAIR
Shore 3 Eastern. aceonTAaseSf Nsce-
President CIouFh and Eha<f knKsnssr
Beckief oysr TIE CITY water froas snd raas-
ronsi premises yesterday. and tskseS EzxS-
neer Talcott viii probably acoomEaay sk<
00iciats down he sonnd ~ hosf fsssF-
President MeI}pnAtd sAs seea yessens1y
afternoon and asked Il there uAx arr n<x
featurc deytloped ~ the F~sasa of xhe sssis
q the Great Northern ofsezasx He sasss:
There II practscAiif nothing sas wAzt
IN Pos1-IKrkIfIaxscEx has Already stairx5.
- far ~ any transfer Of tbs sexfzte, Lake
shore & Eastern il concexsr3- Yea have
twtce noticed the 5art al the Great Surth-
ern's ofIciats looking ovxr she facilities ct
our road. snd plainly sutimxted thas The
trunk linz would shortly come 10 Ssaiti<-
The eent1efuen hese ncu are on IA ofEeiAl
visit 10 iock OVER the ground - gain in-
formation 70 b. laid lef0re The executive
hoard when they return l believe the
Great northern b DESTROYS at making
frnfI5c nrrenresneuts With or rosd. n
this cannOf BE- done tbey may make an
OlEes - buy. and Il this fails II II tsir 70
presume they vii hssiid their own lins int
eeatfle from the north.
Nothing q this nature has beeu done
that am svsre q. and I do NOT look for
any results enc vav 81 another for sorne
nonths Is come. Railroads. - rule. are
NOT baytv IN their aetions and thar i
nothing IS warrant much al the rumoyed
mnvesneu tx outlined ~ the n>v.narer = y
same informafion. He aaid he had accom-
panied The visiting officials over The water
front. and nndeFstocd that they we're enin-
Ing Information 10 b laid before the exc
cutiss board He believed the intention Of
The Great Northern was to come 10 the
Coast and Seattle would probably be the
terminus selected II traffic arrangements
could not 10 agreed upon, the Great North
ern may ofFef 10 buy this line and If this
cannot ~ done then they viii probably
build their own line.
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