The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-10
IN NEW YORK TODAY
Receiver Burleigh to Reach
Judge Lacombe's District.
Officials Don't Know Where They stand
Among Many Receivers heat
ships for seattle.

sswaere are we at" IL question that
more than once has been asked 81 inc ciT-
f.s1manhaent air by officials o. the %oTtii-
srn Pacific railroad. and tire question i-as
been repeated many times during the
present week. Since the appointments ~
Judge Knowles. increasing the nETl5eT OF
Yecefxers TO eight. with varying JuE1s4ie-
ton over the railroad system. the slt.iA-
ton has been so complicated that - solve
~ seems more difficult than 10 answer me
riddle Of the sphinx. ~ tomorrow @lt"t-
noon IL IS thought Judge IAcompa may
take action regarding the old reee4F+Is
and the appointment or new. Andrew r.
Iurlelgf. Judge l{anf0rd r appointee, VII
be on the ground, and IL is thought prop
able that he may be recognized - iae
New York court. n care such a f'Iiing y
made Mr. Burieigh viii aca are fJatTot
Or securities essential 70 the eAsteist ~
the powers as receiver % the property ~
his territor1 Yesterday he passed through
Toledo. and wsil he ia New York today
Tacoma Oct. .-Special.--Chaos II
word that aptly Describes the situation
here IN Northern Pacific affairs There
has been good deal Of guessing ali along
the line during the litigation In Judge
Haoford.s court which eliminated in the
removal or the old receivers and the ap-
iointfnent Of Andrew r. Buriesgh. as sole
receiver Eut since Judge Knowles, Of
the Montana district named not oniy Mr.
Tsurlalgh bat provided him with co-recelF-
ers h. the persons Of Edwin Bonner and
Capt. ]. II. Mills. the local officials OF the
road are completely at sea.
The latest :'Dpl., stIon and one the. hiss
rot been toueacd IN Is the fact there may
10 a dispute aTcF the control Of the Ger
,nratlons owned ~ the Northern psc.flc.
whose properly T. here, bur tho s. ok OF
which Is held IN New York. These corpora
Il rs are the Northern Pacific Coal CCm-
q atfssg -. A & ~
ahlg Company ne arst owns Valufblc
coal mines =. Y PSI .rgton. Montana and
Dakota, while the steamship company OWNS
i've steamers oh Puget sound. Judge iiai,-
ford's 6rier directed Receiver Burieigi
- take charge II all the property OF TIE
corporation n lis state The Northern
PaciAc ABSOLUTELY of.gs the Two companies
mentioned bat ne stock q both cid
~ New York. Should Judge Lacombe ap-
point Messrs. Bigel0w and MclIenry 'e-
e.lvers when tlfe case comes up friday.
81. valuable interests % the coal company
and the steamship company viii 5e n the
control Of different and perhaps hostile
receivers
Judge knowles action Monday IN nam
.ng Mr.. Bonner and Sir Mills was a com
pieie surprise to the Northern Pacific at
fornevs here They VIII not discuss the
matter except 70 say that the ultimate set
;iouent az the Northern Pacific litigation
= more remote and prohlematical than
ever. n must be understood that the suit
~ the Farmers Loan aud Trust Company
IS. the Northern Pacific is in the United
States circuit court, as distinguished from
the district court. Judge Gilbert Is the
judge Of this circuit, which includes the
rtate Of Montana. and IN hearing the case
Judge Hanford and also Judge Knowles
merely acted in the place Of Judge Gilbert.
ghe latter had thu power to direct the en-
tering Of the order appointing Mr. Bur
leigh sole receiver I'm Montana had he been
60 disposed o. had he been sitting In Hell
ena when the case came up for hearing
It Is believed here that Judge Gilbert ex-
pected Judge Knowles 70 enter such an
order. and his course Is perhaps no less
surprising TO tho Circuit 3udge than 20
others who have watched the case closely.
General Manager George ". Dickinson
returned this afternoon from Helena. To
the -IntelliFencer correspondent he
said there was absolutely nothing new 20
tell ''The road Is still doing business az
the same old stand" he said.
Counsel ], NJ. Ashton Is az Boise. Idaho,
appearing for Receiver Burleigh in Judge
peatty's court. No word has vet been re
ceived here indicating what Judge Beatty
will do
Tacoma oct General Manager O. w.
Dickinson. Of the Northern Pacific re-
turned home TODAY from Montana. where
he went on Saturday with Receiver Bur
iSfEN tie says INC FNaI ~ VOL hlItE Wei
under the management Of the several re-
celvers. the chles aim Of all those in tho
operating department. being 20 secure the
running % the road I'm the most economi-
cal manner and % furnish the most eff
Gent service. This road Is operated in
sections" he said. each state making re-
turns % its own business. thus making II
easy - comply with the order Of court IN
segreEaf.rg the earnings and expenses -
operation and maintenance iu the several
3urisd,cti0ns Frelghts are collected In the
usual manner. and each state IS credited
with is proportionate share. There Is Per
fec harmony. SO far as the operating de-
partment IS concerned. from one end Of
the read so the other. and the disposition
~ all parties seems 80 be 10 make every
effort 20 continue the present arrange
ment."