The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-28
COMING TO SEATTLE.
Rumors About Union Pacific Extension
Revived.

Rumorn About Union Pacific Extension
Revived.
OF interest in connection with the talk
of renewing work on the Union PACING
extension to Seattle is the following from
the New York World of July u:
The dispatch printed in the World yesterday
from st. Paul to the effect that clash between
Jay Gould and Henry Willard Was imminent
over the interests of the Union PACING ana
Northern Pacific railroads, did not excite rail-
road circles to any appreciable extent
It was said that Gould had 30 arranged mat
tiers that the financial hackers OF Willard were
leaving him, and that ere long the Northern
Pacific would be downed by Mr.. Gould MI.
Gould, 1t was said, had Puget sound a. his
objective point for the . MON Paeinc.
Mr. Willard could not be seen yesterday, nor
was President Cakes, of the Northern Pacific, in
town. Secretary George II. Earl, OF the North
ern Pacific, was the only general ofdcer Eus-
ceptible to an interview.
sWhy, certainly" he said, "they would like
10 get to Puget Sound. But as TO the hackers OF
Mr.. Willard leaving him, don't think any one
would know that but Mr.. Willard himself and
his individual hackers. The story seems to me
as though the person giving it out was not well
informed on the subject"
From the best authority TO be gained on the
subject, the runor which was sent west hsd
especial reference 10 the contest between Mr..
Goulds Union Pacific and Mr.. Wizards North
ern Pacific regarding the use of portion OF the
right-oi-way through the Oregon Navigation
Company's territory, wherein the Northern Pa
cinc had applied for an injunction against the
Union Pacific, with the hope OF preventing the
latter from encroacning upon the territory of
Mr.. Wizards road. This, however, was done
while Charles Francis Adams was president of
the Union Pacific, but since the property passed
into the control of Mr. Gould it has been de-
cided to push the construction of the Union Pa
eifc through to the Puget sound country, and.
by his manipulation, some Of the capitalists who
were opposed to the scheme under President
Adams have become reconciled TO the PROPOSE
ton, and will aid Mr.. Gould, believing as it is
said, that the pushing of the Union Pacific in
that direction viii be OF great value to that sec
ton OF the country, which will a. well rebound
to the benefit OF the Northern Pacific.
Each of the roads purpose great developments
in the way of building towns; and since the
Union Pacific dropped out of the control Of Mr..
Adams, great deal more capital has been prom
ised for investment friendly to the Union Pacific
people and their enterprises.
s'Mr. Willard" said gentleman who at one
time was connected with the traffic department
of one of the roads In interest, sis unwilling to
allow the Union Pacific to get line into the ex-
trene Northwest and because of this opposition
be was mourning the hostility of the monsyed
people out there who had always been his
friends, but threatened to break away from him
and his road unless he stood willing TO stop op-
posing the coming In of more roads which
would help develop the country. In this way
much OF the Northern Pacifie's hostility to the
extension of the Union Pacific has been re-
moved, and now 1t Ia an assured fact that Mr..
Gould win go to the Puget sound country with
the Union Pacific extension in spite Of all
former and pronounced opposition"