The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-25
A GREAT CAR WORKS.
To Be Established With Iron
and Steel Works.
MILLIONS MAY Sc INVESTED.
Eastern Capisaiisss Ready 20 Coms n
There IL EAsoxh Irsn ore-Tns
Advaatages Of s~sssis.

The establishment Of large iron ard
stess plant aad car works In Seattle dur
ing lac present year 10 nov certain, &C
eofaing 20 the statements OF n. f. Gil
man, Who has tass returned from the
Eas1 He ssYs thai he has secured the
consent Of Eastern capitalists TO hives.
ss00oo 20 S5.oo.o 90 IN sAs enserprise.
oniy one condition remains TO be fulfilled
as preliminary beginning Of operations
-shst the local mea interested shall
denonst-ste 10 the satisfaction Of Al ex-
pert, who viii be here Ia three or four
weeks, that iron Gro can be obtained
IN sGficaent quantity TO warrant the in-
vesfmsni OF 20 large al amount Of capital
IA point on which Mr.. Gilman lie conf
Gent OF satisfying him Mr. Gilman yes-
.efaay outlined the project on which he
mas been working for some months In An
interview with . Posr-ixTKIIIeKxcEz re-
porter. In which he said:
We propose to establish q plant for the
manniscfure OF freight cars, which will
probably In the amount Of its product be
second only to one In the United States
As there 10 no one in shss section of the
country Eow making iron and steel from
tue raw materials. az 10 necessary for this
coacern TO EN- brace in iss business large
oiast furnace and steel plant 20 supply the
iron and steel entering iato the manu-
faeture OF cars. The capacity of the car
plant will be about Fifty cars day, and 1t
a.one - expected TO consume from 20 TO
80 tons OF finished product Of the iron aud
steel plant Per day. in the shape OF steel
and iron castings. bars and rods. The
proposed steel plant viii probably have
some surplus product for sale on this
Coast The whole plant will probably EN-
ploy from 400 20 3.00o men when COM
pieted.
This city viii hare several advantages
IN the production Of cer& In the frat
place. the exst-bound tonnage 10 about five
times as much rs the west-bonnd, and the
railroads have 10 haul empty cars West to
haul back loaded freight Of large bulk and
low price. The building of cars here
wonid allow the railroads TO avoid thus
extra expense by hauling the new cars
Easf loaded. and would enable the car
company to place its cars East without
additional cost to itself; indeed the buyers
which would be an additional incentive TO
buying here.
The leading railroad men of the United
States fuiiy understand the value OF our
flr aud cedar far the man uiaceure of
freight cars, and the Eastern car manafac-
tarers have in the last year bought large
quantities of car siding, roofing and siiis
shipped il 20 their manufactures East at
freight charge OF SO cents per 100 pounds
Ii we can manufacture the iron and steel
entering into The construction Of cars in
Seattle as cheaply as il csa be made in the
East We will start with profit on the cars
before they como into competition with
Eastern builders, equal To the freight on
the lumber entering into their construc-
ton. which will OF itself afford . hand
some margin.
"If, upon expert examination, il turns
out that we have quantity Of ore which
will ensure supply fer the furnace of this
plant. capital TO the extent of So. oo0. coo to
5000, 600 is ready for the enterprise. The
expert to make the examination has been
agreed upon and viii be here in three or
four weeks. He Is one of the most emf
nent in this country or Europe. He has
already passed upon the quality OF our
coal and coke. which is satisfactory, and
also on the quality of the deposits of iron
ore on Vancouver island and in the Puget
sound country which We propose to use.
1t In only on the extent of the deposits
that the examination is 20 be made. As
far as the quality Is concerned, IL 10 equal
to any In the United States; of this TACT
We ourselves have no doubt.
The men q. the head of the organize
ton are men of national reputation, con-
trolling large interests among the rail-
roads. The president OF one of the chief
transcontinentai roads told me that unless
some industry of this kind were started
the railroads would have 70 get higher
rate for lumber and shingie shipments
The site for the plant has been selected
and 10 in Seattle. IL has ample water
front and railroad facilities and in per-
feetiy satisfactory to the parties in in
teFest."
Regarding the results of his efforts In
Washington City 10 secure appropriations
for the Lake Washington canal and the
improvement of Salmon bay. Mr.. Gilman
said:
al think there will be a small appropri-
alton for the Lake Washington canal. con-
fined to the improvement OF Salmon BAY.
By getting IL as a part of the canal appro-
priation We avoid the delay which would
have been caused by making q survey for
Salmon bay rs a separate improvement |
expect that the next congress viii give Us
a larger appropriation"
May Not Divorce Frisco and Atehison.
ST. Louis, Feb. 2i.--Argament on the
application in the Federal circuit court for
separation of the Atchison, Topeka Il
santa he and ST. Louis & San Francisco
systems and the appointment Of separate
receivers for the latter system WAS con-
cluied today. aud judge Caldwell took the