The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-16
HILL AND M.NEIL CONFER.
Arranging G.. y. and o. Il. & y. Con
tract-The Probable Results.

Arranging G.. y. and O. X. & y. Con-
tract-rhe Probable Results.
Receiver f. Mcneil, of the Oregon Rail-
way & Navigation Company. arrived in
the city about ? o'clock yesterday morn
ing, and several hours later had a confer
ence with President Hill, of the Great
Northern, presumably in regard to the
traffic contract between the two roads.
He was accompanied by Ben Campbell,
his general freight agent, and the two left
before noon for Tacoma.
OF the proposed new deal the Oregonian
says:
"The announcement in the Oreg0nida
that a traffic arrangement is about TO be
made between the Great Northern and the
Oregon Railway 4 Navigation companies,
Whereby the former will be enabled 10
dispatch freight and passengers over the
Oregon Railway & Navigation from Spo-
kane TO Portland and intermediate points.
has attracted much attention IN this city
and caused people to inquire how the new
arrangement will affect the relations here
tofore existing between the Oregon Rail-
way & Navigation and the Union Pacific.
During the time the Oregon Railway q
Navigation was under exclusive lease
to the Union Pacific, all the
freight aud passenger business over
its lines to aud from the East went over
the Union Pacific and some imagine that
under the new arrangement all this traffic
will 20 over the Great Northern. This, of
course. does not follow. The Oregon Rail-
way & Navigation is now, to all intents
and purposes, an independent concern,
and is ready to make traffic arrangements
with any and all railroad companies which
may appear TO be beneficial To itself The
Union Pacific will have its agents here,
xwff fnr sh of fra fs~
OF course all the traffic secured by the
Great Northern will leave so much less for
the Union Pacific, but it is TO be presumed
that each will secure a fair division.
1.-The Great Northern has already pas-
sengsr treffic arrangement with the North
ern Pacific. and can send passengers from
Seattle to this city or San Francisco for
less than local rates. Ii is possible that
this arrangement could be extended to
cover freight also. Such an arrangement
might suit the Great Northern better even
than a contract with the Oregon Railway
& Navigation, if favorable terms could be
secured. In that case it would have the
long haul, and would only have TO send Its
traffic for Portland over ls6 miles of the
Northern Pacific, as against about 430
mics over the Oregon Railway 81 Nayiga-
ton from Spokane TO Portland. IL may
be that the proposed arrangement with the
Oregon Railway Navigation is TO be used
by Mr.. Hill as "a lever 10 force the North
erH Pacific 10 give him both IA freight and
passenger service over IT'S line from Seattle
10 Portland on favorable terms.
1T is quite likely that in case the Great
Northern and the Oregon Railway 4 Nav
igation consummate traffic agreement,
the Northern Pacific will make arrange
ments SO that it can sell tickets for the
East over the Oregon Railway & Naviga-
ton 10 connect with its own line at Spo-
kane. his has been done before. OF
course the Northern Pacific routed all the
passengers possible over its own line. but
where u vas not possible!to retain exclu-
sive charge Of the passengers, they could
send them over the Oregon Railway &
Navigation in three days from Nallulu.
AS there is railroad connection between
Spokane and the Canadian Pacific, that
line NAV. if 4 wishes, secure the privilege
OF sending passengers and FREIGHT direct
into Portland over the Oregon Railway Il
Navigation.
Tine advantages 20 the Great Northern
OF traffic arrangement with the Oregon
RAILWAY & Navigation are plain TO ali, but
the advantages % Portland are yet to be
seen; bat Il Is now generally believed that
IL can do no harm. The arrangements will
doubtless prove beneficial 10 the Southern
Pacific, a. Il viii secure more or less new
business for San Francisco from the Great
Northern"