The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-25

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Said 20 Have Been Reached.
EVERETT, Feb. 2I-Concerning the re-
cent conference in st. Paul, the Heratds
New York special says:
Alter interviews with Gardner Colby and Vice
President and General Counsel Wetmore, of tho
Everett Land Company. the Herald 1. able to
make the following statement the result of
the conference with the Great Northern officials
NJ st. Paul. The parties met last week. Mr.
Hiii and Mr. Clougn, vice president and general
counsel. represented the Great Northern; c. H.
we,more and Mr.. Finney represented the Ev-
erstt Land Company. Mr.. Rucker evidently
misunderstood the time Of the meeting and did
not arrive till the conference was over but Il is
believed that he 10 satisfied. Papers wers drawn
and agreed upon as tn certain points. On these
certain maps were not ready. They must have
them before everything can be settled. as the
land company needs them TO convey certain
lands to the Gres. Northern They are being
prepared now and will be ready in a few days
The next point was that the Everett & Monte
Crlsto Railroad Company wanted the right 10
run parallel with the Great Northern or have
trackase agreement over their line. The Grea.
Northern had no objection to this Mr.. Wet
more dictated the agreement, which was agreed
90 verbally but not signed, as ii needs "a careful
drawing up Of legal papers. Mr. Ciough prom.
ised 10 send the papers 10 Mr. Wetmore and they
ought to have been here before this Mr. Rucker
told Mr.. Ciough when he was on the Pacific
coast last fail tina; he would agree to give the
Great Northern people the right-of-way they
wanted through his property Even IL he re.
fused, the railroad company can take condemns-
ton proceedings and get II anyhow. Therefore
everything is o. r.. so far ns the land com pany
IL concerned. and the papers are expected TO be
signed this week.
The report that the Great Northern has iucor
poratsd another road to skip Everett Is a com.
Jog about II nod does not believe IT, Mr. Wet
more Ia equally in the dark and could no: uu-
derstand H. He said "Oi course III Mr. nm
wants To do that he can as a vcJbal agreemer.
will not hold in law. but re (Clough) assured M
that everything was satisfactory Mr. H!ii will
be here th,, week aud will ask him il thi. ia
true, bu; know no reason why he should do
such a thing"
Interviewed in regard to the outcome of
the conference. Henry Hewitt. lr, pres,
den. OF the Everett Land Company. said:
There was really no new developments in
10 FOR did expect any. The main points
between the great Northern on the one
hand aud the Everett Land Company and
the Fuckers on the other were agreed upon
last summer. es outlined in the Herald al
ter Mr.. Cough Was here"
What = referred TO in relation to the
tracaage agreement between the Everett
4 Monte Cristo aud the Great Northern ?"
THAT, think. has reference to the
track between here ana Marysville. where
the Everett 4 Monte tristo will come in
on the new route surveyed for the cutoff
aorth of Lake stevens. There has been
20 hitch at any time between Mr.. Hill and
the Everett Land COMPANY Certain mat
ters could not be hurried. that's all"