The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-03
jim HILL.
He VIII Meet a London Banker In Port
land To-Day.

land To-day.
James ]. Hill. president Of the Great
Northern system of railroads. is eX-
pected TO arrive in this city next Mon
day morning with a party of friends.
81. s tHe Portland Oregonian. Mr.. Hill
will meet Jacob II. Schiff, prominent
London banker, in Portland. Mr..
Schiff is in San Francisco, and VIII
reach Portland Saturday or Sunday
morning. He is travelling in Mr.. Hills
palatial private car. the AL" Mr..
Schiff is one of the largest sharehold-
ers OF Great Northern stock. and his
visit TO the Northwest is supposed 10
be made in connection with an inspec-
ton Of the road. Mr.. Hill left st. Paul
yesterday and will arrive in Spokane to-
morrow evening. On Sunday morning
he will start down the Oregon Rail
way & Navigation company's line to
this city, and will arrive here some time
during the night or early morning.
The members of Mr.. Hills party are
not known in this city, but, ii is sup
posed, they are prominent officials and
stockholders of the Great Northern.
Mr.. Hills Western trip. taken so
soon after his return from Europe, has
given rise to the impression that he
has some connection with the Oregon
Railway & Navigation company. His
journey over the line from Spokane to
Portland, and his meeting in this city
Will Ait 1oLutll bdlAhtls otN
road circles on the tiptoe of expect
ancy. Mr.. Hill has no immediate in
terests in Portland, with the exception
of a traffic agreement with the Oregon
Railway 4 Navigation company. 1t
has been urged all along by railroad
men, who claim TO be familiar with the
situation, that the Oregon Railway a.
Navigation company is a most advant-
ageous piece Of property for Mr.. Hill,
and Hill knows IL. He might gain con-
troll of the Northern Pacific. but the
oregon Railway & Navigation would
be a more profitable piece of property
for the Great Northern TO acquire.
A gentleman who is familiar with
Mr.. Hills method of operation, and
who has great confidence in his man
agement, said yesterday that he knew
the Great Northerns president has
been V y anxious to control a line
running into Portland. During the
past year or two. according to the gem
teman, MIR. Hill has often expressed
himself as dissatisfied with the present
situation. The Great Northern has not
been able to compete, satisfactorily TO
Mr.. Hill, for Portland business. Inas-
much as Mr.. Hill considers this city
the trade center Of the Northwest, he
naturally is dissatisfied because he has
no direct entrance here.
A prominent railroad man, who has
recently visited St. Paul. is authority
for the statement that Mr.. Hill. during
his recent trip in Europe. had more
money offered him for investment than
any one railroad man has ever before
been rendered.
In conversation with an Oregonlan
reporter yesterday, he said:
"a Great Northern official. who IS a
good friend OF mine, told me, while |
was in St Paul. that Mr.. Hill had been
rendered 5000. 900 for investment from
one source. He said he got his infor-
nation from a quarter that could not
be questioned. Whether Mr.. Hill
brought this money with him from Eu-
rope. or whether he used il in consum-
mating the Northern Pacific deal, is
not known. The fact remains. how
ever, that Mr.. dln appears prosperous
and ready TO take charge OF other roads
than his own, while competing lines are
bankrupt"
Mr.. Hill is nothing II not mysterious
One can never tell when he is going "a
jump. He seldom talks, especially for
public information, and. - he IL coming
10 Portland for the purpose OF looking
into the condition OF the o. r * "
company. no one here appears to know
authoritatively anything about il.
With the q. r. & y. company, IL Is
said that Mr.. Hin would hold the key
10 the railroad situation in the North
west. n prominent railroad man said