The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-20
TO CARRY IRON ORE.
Northern Pacific Will Build to
the Denny Mine.
FOR KIRKLAND STEEL WORKS.
President Cakes will Express His Con-
fdence in the Enterprise in
Substantial Manner.

Mr.. James Mcknight, general counsel OF the
Northern Pacific railroad, who has been spend
ing some days in Seattle with President I.
F. Cakes aud other officials OF the road, left
yesterday for Tacoma.
Before going Mr. Mcknight was seen By a
PosTISTELL1GEScER reporter and said: son
Thursday President Cakes, with the heads OF the
various departments of the company, inspected
the Lake Washington Belt line and the steel
works at Kirkland. ] hardly need say that we
were pleased with the line and with the progress
made at Kirkland during the past few months.
Matters are going ahead there satisfactorily.
The building of these works means increased
prosperity for this section, and Mr. Cakes and
his party were surprised and delighted with the
progress made
1--WE have also been investigating various ores,
more especially those OF the Denny mine. Pres
ident Cakes is convinced that in quality and
quantity it is all that is needed for making Bes-
semer steel. Accordingly he will arrange to
build branch into the mine in order to run the
ore out as cheaply as possible This branch will
be completed in time to supply the first demand
for the ore, and to do this, work viii be COM
menced very soon
"Work at the northern end OF the Belt line
will be pushed and the rails laid as speedily as
possible, so that there may be no delay about
getting into Kirkland from the north.
1--WE have also gone over the line of the Sc
lis
gratified with the prospects OF the country
through which il passes. The soil is very fer
tile and the supply of timber along the line
is enormous. Besides that. there are
many valuable mineral deposits. The area
OF the Nooksack, skagit and stillaguam-
fsh valleys, which this road reaches,
is greater than the area of the
White river, Stuck and Puyallup valleys; and
there is room for a larger population, for the
land Is quite as rich. Those valleys will settle
rapidly and in short time will become thickly
populated. In looking over this country / have
become convinced that in the whole United
States there Is no more promising place for a
settler than along the line of the Seattle, Lake
Shore & Eastern road.
"The company has been negotiating with the
Canadian Pacific over the plan of bringing the
Canadian Pacific cars over the Seattle, Lake
Shore d Eastern into Seattle. All the arrange
Inents for this traffic are completed and there is
difficulty over but one single point. The Cana
dian Pacific wants differential because IL is an
inferior road. 1t has had a differential in the
past, while reaching the Sound points by
steamer: but the Northern Pacific insists that If
the Canadian comes over northern lines into Sc
attic the Canadian must come on the same terms.
That is all we ask. We cannot yield on that
point, and it is not unlikely that the Canadian
Pacific may soon see the justice of our position
and sign the contract In that case the Cana
Seattle, Lake Shore d Eastern.
eve have practically settled all the details for
forty-hve-year contract by which we shall
operate the Seattle & Northern, the line from
Anacortes to Hamilton. There is a difference of
opinion between the two companies as to irst
cost, but when Mr.. C. J. Smith, the general
manager of the Oregon improvement Company,
reaches the city, on Saturday, this matter can
be adjusted without any difficulty.
''You see that the Northern Pacific is extend
ing its branch lines through the best and most
| fertile parts of the country.
1--WE are also working on, and in fact have
actually effected consolidation OF the interests
| of the various companies holding property at
Anacortes. The companies have all come to-
| gether, and now we getting the cooperation
| of the larger individual property owners, such
| as Governor E. P. Ferry, J. NJ. Buckley, and a
| consolidation will give the place a stronger
| backing than ever, and will mean an immediate
| completion OF those Improvements which have
| hitherto been projected.
President Cakes and his party leave Tacoma
| on Saturday for Spokane. We shall so from
| there down to the Palouse country and on
| through as far Gs Lewiston. Our next point of
interest will be in the Coeur d'Alene country.
| From there We shall proceed to Helena to spend
| say two days. After doing Montana we shall
| make for Manitoba, where we have quite sys-
| tenn of roads-then home.
"By the time we get back we shall have spent
| about a month in travelling
81 myself shall be in Seattle again in septem-
| ber"