The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-01

He Denies the Story OF an Encounter
With Hill.


General Manager c. W. Case and Chief
Engineer y. ID. Miller. of the Great North
ern railroad. accompanied by ". II. Nor
ris. of Minneapolis, arrived in Mr. Cases
private car last evening and are stopping
at the Rainier. They have been out on
the line OF the road for several weeks i'm
speeding the work OF repairing the road
after the blockade caused by the recent
high waters. To reporter Mr.. Case said:
"Our line is now open clear through, and
trains are running without transfer
AT any point. The last place to
be repaired was the track along
tho Columbia below Wenatchee. Accord
ing TO the reports Of the oldest inhabitanp
at the time the road was being built the
Columbia river never rose more than forty
feet at that point, and We thought We had
discounted even such an unusual rise as
that. This year, however, the river rose
sixty-two feet and secured our track out
considerably, although during low wafer
the river is almost out of sight from the
track. We have built track around this
place, however. and this morning our
train came through. and all trains are now
running through 10 st. Paul without any
interruption. The bridge across the Co
inmbia is one of the strongest in the world,
and If the river had risen forty feet more It
aould have remained solid. The great
est disadvantage we have suffered by
the floods has been the Interrupt
ton TO traffic. I saw published re-
Gently some newspaper estimates as TO
the extent of the damage to the roads in
the Northwest. putting the figures at 81. Co.,
900 for the Union Pacific, $500. 900 for the
Northern Pacific, something more than
that for the Canadian Pacific and some
thing less, or about $500, 900 to 500 600, for
our road. | hope this estimate will prove
as exaggerated in regard 10 the other lines
mentioned as il was TO ours; and, 10 show
yon that such statements were the idle
speculation of persons who did not know
the first thing of what they were talking
about. | will say that the expense of put
ting our line IN as good condition as IL
was before the floods will not amount TO
10 per cent of these estimates. At
the present time we are In pretty good
running shape, the only thing which is
causing us the least trouble being the tele-
graph service, which is somewhat crippled
bv poles being washed away here and
there. aud We could not start TO replace
them until after the high water had sub
sided. But this will be fully repaired in a
oay or two and then We will be in almost
as good running order as ever before.
In regard 10 the Pullman boycott,
don't know anything about il, and have
no idea as to how IL Will come out There
is one thing. though, IN regard to all pub
lie organizations which attempt 10 WELD
any power, and that is they must be fair
in their dealings or they will so down."
When asked about the reported differ
.nces between himself and President Hiil
in regard 10 the inauguration of the re-
cent strike on the Great Northern in
which IL was said that Case had slapped
Hln for calling him a liar. Mr.. Case
laughed heartily and said: '-oh, that
Was more Of your newspaper romaneing.
There wasn't the least foundation IA fact
for the story. and Mr.. Hid and | are as
GOOD friends as We ever were As for re-
signing. when get ready to quit | shall
not tell the newspapers about u FIRST
While should like TO ges away and take
rest for while. don't see how msn can
do IL in such times as these. F"