The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-13
LAND For TERMINALS
Engineer MeHenry's Views on
the Tide Land Plat.
THINKS THE SITE TOO COSTLY.
He Generally Approves Bogue-s Plan
but Find. some Objections Pros
poets Of Extensions.

Part % Receiver Cakes party Of North
I era Pacific officials arrived 10 tns city
+ yesterday. r. II McHenry. chief engi-
+ neer. coming IL yesterday morning TO re-
main untIi this morning N &. kimbeT-
/ ley. general superintendent; George ".
& Dickinson, assistant general sHpertntena-
/ enS. Walter Cakes superintendent n the
Puget Sound 4 Alaska steamers H. n.
Warner. master mechanic al the Ed
son shops. and Joseph ycCabe. division
superintendent. who passed through the
city Thursday morning on their way 70
Everett returned yesterday. and quietly
returned 20 Tacoma, but il Is expected
that the'reeelver and his companion. will
call at Seattle today or tomorrow. Mr..
AeEenFy called on r. r. Bush. general
superintendent Of the Columbia & Puget
Sound railroad. yesterday. and also spent
some time IN II. siixrud's office. looking
over maps and piats Of the ccEDpaHy's
property and the crossings matter
Mr. McHenry said that he could not
say when the company would be ready
to commence on Its terminal works. or
when il would proceed with any OF the
many improvements in and about Seat
tie which h has ia view said he:
You know times are hard. and We feel
Il as much as any one else. When money
gets freer and times pick up and there
is more travel over the road, then we
wili take up the matter OF putting out
more money. Business al the present
time, however. does not seem to justify
any great outlay Of money on something
We can get along without But money
will probably soon be easier 20 get hold
OF. and then the people out here can e1-
pect 70 hear from MS
Have YOU examined the tide land plat
and the proposition the appraisers have
in mind for the Capitalization OF the rail
/ roads coming into the scityT" the chief
engineer was asked.
Il have studied them carefully. said
he without hesitation. Il am convinced
that the appraisers have done all that
could be- expected in the matter, and that
the map is wise one. IL was undohot-
! eddy a hard matter 10 devise a way OF
taking care Of all the roads and do The
proper thing by all Of them. bat they
seem TO have done ali that could be ae-
complished in that direction. We nave
no COMPLAINT TO make on that score, for
the scheme Is a good one But II has one
great draw back. / fully expected tnaf,
II We bought the land. we would have
a good many conditions 10 contend with.
such as giving the right OF entry 10
other lines centering here. allowing them
privilege 70 purchase their interest. etc.
| but that Is not all. Since my arrival I
have found cut that the drawbacks are
SO numerous and serious that unless
some change IS made. they VIII very ike
( Iv - prohtbitory. First. We have the
/ adjoining property owners equity ute to
contend with. and then the state claim
curnes iu. The fats. according 10 the
contract with the state. ] see will be
filled arbitrarily. whether the holders OF
title wish & or not. The cost OF hlliug
/ is then regarded as a lien against the
/ property. and. If the lien is not satisntd'
The neglect simply amounts 10 coniiscs-
i ton Of the property for the land viii
{ he =
,.osad Of 10 others Who viii pay Tor H.
/ The claim OF those who iii the fats viii.
+ am told amount 70 $3.50 an acre, and
/ there are something like i3a acres In the
/ tract set aside for the railroads, which
/ for this item alone would necessitate an
/ expenditure of over thfee-qaatters OF
million dollars.
/ NOW no railroad will feel able er
/ distressed 10 purchase terminal facilities
/ al such figure. II would be too muea
/ And then. too. We don't know how much
/ more II would cost for other items which
/ under the existing Law are made neces-
/ sary
while have no complaint to find
! with the pIatters and devisers Of the
! scheme. the objection can be plainly seen
( In the main the proposition is a wise one.
( hut I should think that the appraisers
/ would have made some special reduced
] advertisement Of the rs acres selected for
&
/ ~ eject Of forcing all the roads into
I tho tract. and would have Made the tract
! available and possible for that purpose.
I Unless something Of this kind is done,
when the fats are flied and made suita-
/ bic for occupancy. the roads VIII he
crossing each other, and viii be jumbled
I AN an. interfe ring with one another and
commerce and traffic generally
Concerning the resignation or Paul
Srhufxe 81 whose suicide he had not yet
heard. Mr. McHenry did not have much
10 say Fe ola not take much stock ia
the story that he had been forced 20 re
sign because Of ia change In the policy
OF the land department He said the de-
partmeut had hut one policy. and that
was 90 make money. and make IL where
tho most could be made. IL vas con
Quoted on purely business principles. and
that was all there was 20 t. tie said:
II was sorry 10 sec that Mr. Schulze
had left the company Tor he was good
man. and a good man also for the coun-
frv Fgn diA much FOR che country by
identifying himself With legitimate bust
moss ventures"