The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-05
HILLS WISE WORDS.
The Great Northern's President
Breaks Silence.
SEATTLE As The TERMINUS.



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pufposes
~ Wnat rouse "nl ne ioa0 c0me ovef
sne mouns.'ns
- don't Know wnss pass We snaii adopt:
necause We naye NOT suincaenuy examined
me passes nus Wn1cne.ef We sdops I" wih
nos snect sns oouno county. Ne
snaA strike evefy POINT lne cnoqua.mie
pass me sO We nave .Ound ana Ne
msy aoops - IN tnes case sne nne Wouio
cross ne CoiumDia river q Moses couiee
and come In from tne soutn 0y way OF
Aiiensoufe. nu. snefe are .nree passes we
can come through, and wenaye not exaHa-
ined ths Others sumcientiy 70 determine.
NJ. Becker. VINO goes East TINS evening.
VIII give tnas masser ms enufe astenuon.
The Skagit valley, : continued Mr.. Hill.
rs dark country, made 20 BY its wealth
Of timbsr, and Il wonderfully rich IN other
ways. went INTO the coal mines and saw
one vein thirty-eient feet wide II aston
ished me. The largest vein had ever seen
previously Was twenty-five feet IN width.
] also saw some excellent coke made
from the mines IN the valley. The
agricultural resources OF the country viii
be great, but II u going to take time to de-
velOp them. l would IKE 70 bring the
hne Gown the cfags II possible, g me
grades are easy. but We can mos decide on
that point until the nnal surveys are IN
specteo
have you composed tne transfer OF tne
Fairnaven Sousnern road
NO. We oid not come nefe ior tnat pur-
poss. we came Out 70 see the country and
the progress OF our lines. 1t - . little
1880 ~~>@ ~->~ ~~~e~~e-h
work
tnere any ioundation ior the rumor
tnat you nao purchased or were aoout to
purchase the ceatue Norlnern rail-
road
don't even know where the Seattle d
northern raiiroad Is. Inat rumor Is not
even founded on tack
Wnat foundation IS there Tor the gossip
mi y pfrov
nay
1t IL always our policy to make our ter
minai facilities adequate for our business.
Iney have nne harbor on Bellingham
bay and 50 you have at Seattle. In fact,
the whole Sound Is harbor which no man
could turn up his nose at From this side
OF Mukiiteo As Tar At have been along the
coast there is one grand harbor, big enough
Tor all the ships on the Pacific ocean,"
what viii be your route through East
ern Washington"
The first thing to do is to select route
over the mountains The rest of the way
1t will be pretty plain sailing. For the road
to Portland the surveyors are Just COM
pieting the surveys and taking up sound
ings in the Columbia l have not
the remotest idea what we shall do
at Portland. We do not propose to
build q road from one town to another, un-
less the country can paw us for operating
it. We have 10 feel our way, for we have
to make the financial burden low. If we
build through country which will not
pay. We shall both-the railroad and the
country--iand in the mud. may say that
II will be our policy to build road SO as to
carry on low grades at low rates. We must
carry in large quantities. because most of