The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-05

far exceeded heir entire shipment tc
Tacoma. vet ne Northern Pacific host
PASSED this city and landed the goods ID
the sound
rntur. of the Northern Pacific.
M uuI declined TO talk about the re-
cent changes n the Northern Pacific fur
-har tran 20 state that the road would
be pnt on a solid basis He was not in
position 20 discuss the matter, he sid.
ht1- would state that rhe TWO roads would
s,e kent entirely distinct. A joint man
aranent was roE 10 be thought or. and
vxorlla not b. considered. The story that
he urzs irving 70 OBTAIN control Of the
Oregon Railway s Navigation Company
ha declared % Re entirely without foun-
aasG,r His ar-arg ennenss with that road
s-srs satisfactory. and ne had TO desire
~ make any changes. he dismissed a
,,,axsfoB As to terminals with brief ref
s~ar.a 10 the rams horn eBtangleneht.
ara a. once launched Oft into sne suoJecE
~ .hs proposed sfea mer line. which
seemed o engross MS Mln1 20 tAe eAeiu-
sion cf everything else
.sneak king ~ the Western country. Mr..
tr5ii said that what was needed was de-
xa3onrnent and such a change OF condl-
.tc~s -ha4 people could afford to come
o,,t here and invest. Tire reorganization
az me Northern Pacific would do vastly
more good 10 the people than 10 the road
road rad made Eastern people dubious
ae n whether the country had any bot
tom With the collapse OF business all
the way from Seattle to St. Paul and the
shrtnkag. Of securities. investors had
been inclined to lay the fault on the
country and not on the railroad. They
had argued that the country was not able
to support the road. Make II possible
for people 10 come here from the older
- asr~.s r.y-Ifs fOra a
visad Mr.. FJill. and then when they write
hack to their friends they will not say.
STAY where YOU arr The railroads must
heb, people TO establish themselves where
they viii be more prosperous
on this visit to the city. Mr.. Hill proved
TO DE extremely affable. He talked freely
on all tories suggested 10 him. except Sc
attic terminals and the reorganization OF
the Northern Pacific. and these he dis
missed most eourteously. In converse
ton he becomes animated and gestures a
great deal with his right hand, while the
left is commonly in his pocket. Outlines
when he advances "a proposition he half
closes his eyes and a smile fits over his
face, to be succeeded by an expression OF
extreme seriousness. He does not waste
words. but goes 10 the heart of PRO
position at once.
The Hin party arrived on a special train
yesterday afternoon at / O'Clock, and left
shortly after 5. 1t was made up of Mr..
Hill Mrs. Hill. Miss Charlotte Hill
Louis w Hill. Master w. J. Hin. Jacob
IL SchiT and c. Wellington, Mr.. Hills
private secretary.
seattle Has the Advantage.
II the question of terminus for the
proposed trans Pacific steamship line de-
ponds only on harbor advantages, Seattle,
a business man says, already has the
prize. There seem to he only two points
mentioned for a terminus. Seattle and
Portland. 1t is pointed out that while
the distance from the sea is about the
same in each case, this city is infinitely
superior as a port. Within the present
week two ships have sailed out to sea
without the aid of tug. while a large
vessel has great difficulty in ascending to
Portland. particularly at the st. Helens
bar on the Columbia, and AT various
points along the shallow Willamette. The
total cost Of towage and lighterage of a
large vessel from Astoria to Portland Ct
ten amounts TO as much as $500.