Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-10-06
PRESIDENT Hills VISIT
His Second Tour of Inspection Over
the Entire Main Line
ST PAUL TO FAIRHAvEN DIRECT
Here to Confer With Mr.. Larrabee-
Chief Engineer Beokler Talks
Visit to the Big Mine

Again President Hill, of the Great
Northern has visited the the chief
western terminus of his great system,
having come direct for the first time
over the entire Great Northern line
from St Paul to Fairhaven. he ar
rived here by special train about hve
o'clock last evening, accompanied by
Chief Engineer Becker, General Coun-
sci NJ. d. Grover, Of st. Paul, General
Manager p. p. Shelby and Supt. A. Il.
Horner, of the coast lines, Supt.
Shields of the Spokane division, Con-
tractor Seims, Of Sheppard, Seims d
Co., Professor Payne, the noted astron-
omer of Carleton College, Northfield,
Mimi, Henry Hewitt, Jr., of Tacoma,
president of the Everett Land Co., Geo.
5. Brown, president of the Everett d
Monte Christie railroad, and Frank
Ward, Mr.. Hill's private secretary.
The party remained about an hour
and an half, while Mr.. Hill conferred
with President Larrabee, OF the Lana
lc,mnany. None of them left the VI
cinity of the depot except Mr.. Hill who
came up to the hotel with Mr.. LARA
bee TO meet Mrs. Larrabee, with whom
he conyersed few moments, returning
. directly TO the train which immediate
Iv left for Seattle. A HERALD reporter
met Mr.. Hill at the depot and talked
with him very pleasantly for few mo-
, ments concerning the progress OF work
, | on the line. In response to lnterroga-
l tives. he said: "Construction work Is
e progressing rapidly. Trains VIII b'
{ running across the mountains, ] think
q bv the 10th or 18th of November, bu
|. not regularly, of course. 1t VIII taxi
V some time TO ballast the road and &c
/ il i'm condition for traffic. No,
IS can't say vet how soon we will begll
il work on the water front route here
I'll Al present we are bending all GU
d energies to the completion OF tn
IS main line. As TO the question Z
Of rates, which the papers are discus
ing so freely, there Is nothing 10 say
When the time comes for action
. will act in our usual way" Inc II
IL porter did not bore him with question
e. which he knew well enough he woul
m not want to answer. lie seemed 10 !
in excellent spirits and expressed hln
j. self as being. highly pleased with u
70 work on the line. From Seattle
will 90 east to st. Paul.
Mr.. Becker recognized the report
,l- at once and i'm his usual pleasant wa
gave him much general informatlt
about the progress of work on the roa
Among other things he said: Trat
is now laid east of the mountains as I
as Rock Island, or will be in day
~, two. while on this side the end
en- the track has reached Granite PoiI
10 thirty-five and one-quarter miles east
les Lowell. The total distance over whl
,tle track is yet to be laid to complete
Oh- connection Is 40 miles. OF this, nine
as miles of the grading is completed a
work is under way all along the
On manning thirty miles This will be I
ifnl lIshed within thirty days and witt
ON sixty DAYS at most, / think, track layl
will be completed The heaviest gra'
over the switchback is 81 per cent a
as one locomotive can easily haul elt
teen or twenty cars over that grade
uay zoe how much foundation there Is
l. renorts that the road will not be able
i OF handle much freight traffic until
the tunnel is completed. The tunnel '
he I3,22S feet long. W.
the on it has already CO
day menced and will be pusl
throughout the winter, | don't
ced prehend any serious difficulty IT
,erv SHOWS. We are getting plenty OF
now and will rush the main line W
as fast as possible. No, don't tn
ase we will extend the Skagit line
ulP winter. 1t is not profitable tint
work and it will be 50 late when we
ian, through In the mountains that we
MIS- probably deem 1t advisable to not
gin any new work until spring;
need have been crowding pretty hard Tor
up past two years and want 10 hKe
rest"
from The party visited the big coal ?
pick at jennings statloh anu InSpeoOeu
coming here. Mr.. Hill expresses
...a self as being much pleased with
DrVeu showing made since his last visit.