The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-22
HILLS GREAT PLANS.
The Great Northern President
Outlines Them.
10 DEVELOP ALONG HIS LINE.
Trains to st. Paul in sixty Hours-BiS
Cut In Rates-The Terminal Ques-
tion-Pacifc steamers.

dent OF the Mountains Central railway; W. u.
Grover, general solicitor for the Great Northern;
Cyrus Wellington, Of IT Paul, Western attorney
of the road: =. d. Miller. chief engineer; John
G. Moore of tho New York banking house Of
Moore & Schley: Messrs. Adams. Mccartney and
Dun, New YORK brokers, and a number OF guests
OF kr. Hill CIarkson IAndley, secretary OF
the Minneapolis Trust Company; T.. Nichols,
OF New York. secretary Of the Great Northern
railway, have been here a couple Of days, hay-
ing left the main party ia Spokane aud come
over the Northern Pacific. TIE party were
met at Everett by General Manager Z. +. shelby
and superintendent J. b. Copeland OF the Seattle
h Montana railway, who accompanied them 20
this city. On the arrival OF the train most OF
the party took carriages and went TO the Kali
nier, but President Hill, as is his custom, pre-
ferret remaining in bis car, where he held .
lengthy consultation with Mr.. shelby.
Mr.. Hill was evidently iatigued oy his long
Journey and the round OF receptions and discus
sions he had been Injected to On the way, but
notwithstanding the !ateness of the hour he
granted couple Of hours conversation to
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES reporter. during the course
OF which he SAID:
Tire main thing came over here for is TO see
about the terminal question in this city. We
wsut TO get into snaDe to do business, and we
cant DO IL without terminal facilities This
thing has been dragging along in vexatioGs
way for a long time. The matter was tegun be-
fore our road reached SPOKANE and Il Il stil ud-
settled. The whole iiicuity IS nothing more
than obstruction, and the obstiuetion!sts viii
yet sec that or oifar OF IL common terminal,
with all the yards SIDE by side, Is the best thing
they could have adopted. shall remain here
two or three days looking into the matter.
No. the question OF the location OF shops On
this Coast VIII not oe decided until next sum
mer some time. We haven't found desirable
location yet, nor DO know yet where the shops
Will be located. No, they Will not De manu-
featuring shops. Ne shall not have any any
where. We shall not manufacture anything we
can buy; we cannot AFFORD To. The snops 10 be
q. Paul and 1T Cloud-cApaDle OF taxing
care of 10 locomotives Those at Spo4ane
will accumulate about ninety. We shall want
about eighty scres of level land comparatively
clear. John LsaFy aud Others have offered us
nice site at Ballard, but we have decided moth
ing. You know can't locate shops OH hill
side tide fats We must have solid
foundation. The shops question won't be de-
cided Until the Portland line is under way.
PERHAPS may b. aole 20 find suitable ground
below this city. But have no idea now where
they viii be located
No. We snail not build any branch lines this
year that know OF. l don't know whether
there is enough grain business in the Paaouse
country To Justify the building OF a road over
there yetawhile. Perhaps We can get a share OF
that business through our connections al spo-
kane.
1t will take some time yet to get our roadbed
into .olld shape and perfect condition, and
until that tine we shall run our trains very
carefully and avoid every danger. But when
our bed is in good shape We shall cut the time
between here and ~. Paul down 10 sixty
hours, which is considerably shorter than
the present time. AT ST. Paul shall
have choice Of six roads Tor a Chicago
connection. ! am now building two swift
passenger boats, capable OF carrying $50 first
class passengers and ing faster than the Teu-
tonic. These boats will run between West SUI
pefior and Buffalo, and viii make over 80
miles n day. Our equipment Will De fine
ANYTHING in the country.
No, We have no let the contracts vet for build
Ing the ships We shall put on the Pacific coast,
but we shall do so right away, or soon as we
can see what legislation Will be made which
may affect trans-Pacifc traffic. / aluie TO the
question OF mail subsidies and tariff matters, 40
we can see what the requirements OF the vessels
should be. We intend that these vessels shah
be lar superior to anything on this Coast away
ahead of the Empress line, boats " hich can beat
theirs by two days.
On the question of rates the convention now
in session in St PAU, think, is holding its
last meeting today, and the schedules will be
published now III two or three days. The basis
OF the rates Is that there will De very material
reduction ali along the line, both in the
Classified and commodity list, and especially
In the heavy articles. The reduced rates
will be such that the ships won't have any
coast trade. Ny policy is this: / believe that
The country SHOULD DC developed all along the
line, and propose 70 make such rates thas peO-
pie can live along my road. It's the only true
policy; anything else Is only temporary If
the prciuceTs cannot make any money, they
won't have any business for my road. So
propose 10 help them make money in order that
cen make some money through their pros
perity. Yes, have seen lot OF stuff printed
about my adopting the Hungarian gone system
There is nothllg IN H. II has no more APP
rlieailon to the question than the solar
make such rates taat your lumber
VIII find market as fsr East as
buffalo. In fact ! know ] shall extend your
market ] know one man " no Will take IL &C.,
5j0 feet next yesr. ana another who will buy
3o,qlO,0o), and a couple more who have ready
contracted tor - oU0UO1 or & ,uN0cOl Your mill
men will have 30 prepare for this sort of traffic
nv ki!n-drying their lumber, and IL they don I
there are plenty OF others who VIII come out
here aud 30 il
No, the rlgh,-of-war question through Everett
IL not settled yet, ana iou know when 1t Will
be. Ne. the location OF the shops cuts no figure
| don't know when work on the Portland
Il Puget Sound will begin. We have
not come to an agreement with the
Uuion Pacific nn the matter get, but ! hope We
EiHy come to terms some time this spring No,
the road cannot he built now ia time for the
Worlds fa,r traffic. II we huild the roa:, sup
pose the Ua!oE Pac!he VII. come up here over
our line. A large part OF tho old line aireao v
built We cannot use l want "A shorter line than
orig ins.iy laid OUT aud better srnde- The
fat is the roads nu-t b. 81 eau haul heavy
loads-so sc Caa get The utmost WORK out oi a
ton of coal and days labor We have got To 10
business chcaplE aad 'vant the road III such
shape that II ctul do il cheat,ly.
Yes, the Northern Faclar Is in hard row OF
stnmps, bat the story tina; am under the bear
movement IN thst stock Is al wtoug- / have
had nothing 10 do with Il except 10 build nay
road. They never realized what could do uu-
iii the ques tiou OF rates como NJ, ana then they
KICK with his fooLl
Yes tae raciAo coast headquarters OF tho
Great Northern " III remain at This city, rs IL
should, being the terminus oi the lius
Yes. vii 10 hack aai iorth out here often
now. " hen ynu have your big celebration on,
hero koElo time IN Juno | iatend Ia
bring some SO or a0l leading people
from aU over tho East 70 show them
tie country through watch oar line runs-tGe
greudest coaNtrv uuJer tie sun, uuexce led in
any part ot t6e world IN agricultural, mineral
and timber resources. | snail do sll can e.
impress them wttA the opportunities tor lnsAlae
money thc Development * tAis r. c.on affords
Ax?eciRl meeting Of the Ballard CITY council
was held yesterday afternoon and decided Il
present an address t. President Hill on N.
arrival in Seattle ani invite him to go 10 Ballard
AMI see the town.
President Hilfs reception at Everett is do
soribed 10 THE following. dispatch:
EvEEETr. Jan. sl.-tS1ccial. President HI
and party a! the Great Nosthc n. arrived in tht
city about q ctoCA tris afternoon. Anin!nrms
reception was given az the Hewitt avenue N Ia r
On Tho river slide, and cheers ami sariek
ing Of whistles sstutet the party a. the
train rolled slowly by. Rounding the papinsul.
the train stopTsed 81 tie depot on tho bay sitt
and the party enjoyed Il short tour through tht
natl WORKS. AZ Lowell theY in pecteI the pane,
mill uo ts- tho guidance al President Hewitt, %
the EYsre.s Land Company.
ELLEsBCKY's ROAD FOR SALE