The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-11
THAT RAILROAD DEAL
Manager Stangroom Denies
That 1t Has Been Made.
GOOD AUTHORITY FOR STORY.
He Admits That II IL Likely-Fessibls
Route 70 seattle-Great Northern
Nearly Ready.

The announcement made IN the Posi- -ISrzL-
lregscsR Yesterday that the Beilingham Bay &
British Columbia railroad has been sod 70 the
Canadian Pacific 10 not admitted TO b true by
". l. efsngroom, general manager Of the former
road, who arrived at the Arlington to meet his
wife, ;h oueh he admits thai such q deal 10
probable. The statement was made on the su.
thority OF q man who gave as the source OF his
Information persons who are certainly in the
bes. position to know. While the sale may no.
include the whole OF the stock, Il covers q ma
jorfty, and the closing OF the deal depended on
the action OF yesterdays meeting At Montreal.
Dr.. e,angroom, who IL also general manager OF
the Beliingham Bay Improvement Company,
said last night on the subject:
The ssle has not been made, nor 10 ft under
negotiation at tire present time. but will ad-
nit that the matter has often been talked of,
and OF course 1t ia possible that's controlling in
terest IN our road may be sold TO the Canadian
Pacific in the future. although l do not know
whether Il will or not At any rate, We should
not be sorry IL snch a thing should happen, be-
cause se have largo amount OF real estate and
several enterprises on the bay which we want
10 deyeiop, and IL would be 20 the interest OF
the town Tor the Canadian Pacific 20 own the
road or TO control 1t. One thing IL certain, the
Canadian Pacific 10 going 20 have its share OF
the sound busincsa, and you will see It making
bid for business In this city before long.
What VIC want II foe that business tn come
through our city. whether il comes by rail or by
boat.
J;m Hill tried to get control of our road ana
almost succeeded OF course all he wanted with
the road wss 10 Kill X and cut the town of from
Canadian Poetic connection. He has already
shut us of from getting into ST Paul by reius-
tBg To make rates, and the only Eastern business
we now have via the Canadian Pacific is from
the extreme East, such as Buffalo, Boston and
New YORK. We have had a large amount of
shingles and lumber TO ship East aud the only
way We could get IL to market was by way Of the
Lake shore road. But the 500 line will be fin
ishea by the first of next September and then
TIE Canadian Pacific will be independent OF the
Greet Northern snd IL will be for the best inter
Get o. our other interests at Whatcon Tor our
roai 10 bc owned or controlled By the Canadian
Pacific, aud We shall he very glad to hear thst
such an arrangement has been made. The
meeting In Montreal today was the annual
stoekhoiders' meeting. aud after that is over
President Van Horne VII start West on lis au-
maj tour OF inspection.
The announcement OF the deal caused no sur
Prise among railroad men. for they all said they
had been expecting something o. the kind be-
fore long. Tho general opinion was that the
Canadian fseihc was only trying to remedy the
mistake II made ia letting the Lake Shore road
slip through its fingers when that road was in
the marke; three years ago.
The next step which il looked for is the con-
etrnctiou OF line by the Canadian Pacific to
Seattle and even further south. A route for
snch line could be found little, /! any, longer
than the Lake Shore aud no more expensive, Tor
latter road which could have been avoided aud
which any other road is not likely 10 sepeat
Such line could be obtained by branching of
from the Bellingham Bay & British Columbia
al Riverside station. on the Nooksack river,
and then following the Lake shore up
the south fork OF the Nooksaek as far as Raw,
approaching it pretty closely at Acme Then
the line would run down the samish river, cross
the farhaven & Southern at Jarman Prairie,
run over the samish flats and cross the Seattle &
Northern near Burlington. After crossing the
hkagit river near Mount Vernon, the road could
run through the skagit flats by paralleing the
'reat Northern, or II could run eastward
through an easy pass Ia the ridge which runs
north aud south 10 the west OF Lake McMurray
.ed z lake. This would bring 1t back close 10
the Lake Shore, and II would run west oil tina
road, sklrting the big swamp east of the Tul a n
reservation. to Snohomish. Thence il would
run up the snohomish river, and instead of
coming over the Yew summit with rather heavy
grades. AZ the Lake Shore does. IL could find an
easier route to the East and then come into this
city through the Sammamish valley and along
Lac Washington, the route projected for the
Seattle Northeastern. What such a road lost
by distance I'm comparison with the Lake Shore
IL would gain In grades.