The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-19
VISITORS OF NOTE.
Charles L. Colby and Colgate
Hoyt i'm Seattle.
THEY HAVE INTERESTS HERE
Ex-Governor Edward s. Solomon Spend
ing Some Days in the City-His
Distinguished Career.

Several members Of one OF the most distin-
guished parties that ever visited the Northwest
arrived at the Rainier hotel yesterday. Mr.. T.
y. Finney, OF Milwaukee, came IN the morning,
and last night Hon. and Mrs. Charles Lewis
Colby and DIR. q. G. shelton, of New York,
reached the city. They travelled in their own
car and brought their own servants. Mr.. Coz
gate Hoyt, Of New York, who also belongs 10 the
party, stayed over at Tacoma, AMI will come
this morning with Mr.. Paul Sehulzs In the lat
ter's private car.
The visitors from the East are well-known
here. Mr.. Finney, who is one of the most prom
| inent capitalists of Wisconsin, formerly
president of the $500" line, and ne is now one
OF the directors of that and the Duluth & south
shore as we'll Last summer he was in Seattle
Tor several days, and he has a number OF inter-
ests in the Puget sound country.
Mr.. Colby is one of the executive board OF the
Northern Pacific directors. Mr.. Hoyt, his bust
ness partner, is also a director of the road. aud
Dr. Shelton is the Colby family physician Mr..
Colby is son of Gardner Colby, the famous
Boston philanthropst, who died about twelve
years ago at Newton Center The elder
Ar. Colby gave munifcently TO many benevo-
lent enterprises, showing particular favor 10 the
Newton Theological Seminary, Brown univer-
sity and the American Baptist Missionary
Union. A large gilt TO Waterville college,
Maine, caused the name of that institution to be
changed to Colby university. The son, Mr..
Charles L. Colby, who born at Roxbury,
Mass, in 1889, has followed in the footsteps of
his father, and has given with equal generosity
to these same institutions and others WELL
In ISIS he was graduated from Brown university
and twelve years ago he became one Of the
trustees. Most OF his life was spent in the East
until 1874, when hs removed to Milwaukee and
took the Office of president of the Wisconsin
Central railroad. That position he retained until
the Northern Pacific assumed control of the
line. In 1880 he was member of the Wisconsin
legislature. For years he has been interested in
Puget sound, and he owns considerable
property of various sorts in the Northwest His
trips out here have been quite frequent, and
last season he took large party to Alaska On
the steamer Queen. They came out here in two
private cars. and returned in the same way.
Mr.. Hoyt ike his partner, is noted for his
benevolence; and he is closely related to the
Goigates, who have bestowed such large sums
on the Colgate university, and dozen other
educational institutions. With Mr. Colby he is
interested in a number of different railroads,
and he has large holdings here on the Sound
Lately he has organized the Wetmore Steel
Barge Company, which is to locate on Puget
sound, and he is president of that corporation
This morning the party will take a special for
Anacortes. They will spend tomorrow at
Everett, and on Saturday they will return to
Seattle
DR.. shelton said last night: "Mr. Colby and
Mr.. Hoyt have come partly for pleasure and
partly to look over their interests here on
Puget sound. We have come directly through
by the Northern Pacific, and we only reached
Tacoma this morning. In returning to the East
We expect TO go by the way of San Francisco
and the Santa Fe route"
The following special dispatch from Tacoma
tells of the party there:
Hon. Charles L. Colby, Mrs Colby Mr. Colgate
Hoyt, Miss Hunt and DR.. q. G.. Shelton, of New
YORK, and Mr.. Finney, of Minneapolis. arrived
here this morning They spent the day here
and went to Seattle tonight. The party ar
rived in two special cars and expect to remain
one week.
Mr. Hoyt was asked by correspondent OF the
Observation-Disclosures If he could furnish any in
much as il is generally understood here that he
and Mr.. Colby 10 furnish much of the cap
ital to be used in establishing industries at that
place Mr.. Hoyt replied that he really did not
know much about Everett, he had not seen
the place, but promised full report of the stu
alton when he returns from an inspection OF
the new town.
Mr.. Colby states that the steel barge Wetmore
which lett Valparaiso a week ago, has on board
the machinery for pA per mill, q nail factory
and barge works for Everett, and gas pipe for
this city. The Wetmore il expected to reach
the sound about December l. lie is OF the
opinion that the steel barge will do much OF the
carrying work OF the coast and will effect
changes in transportation rates.
Dr. Shelton is MIR. Colbys family physician.
Mr.. Fiuney is an railroad man and president
OF Milwaukee trust company.