The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-29
DEPOT IN A COACH.
TAe PARTING or THE WAYS
TIE Great Trarsconfsnenfal Road Put
TO . Peculiar Expedient for Tenn
porsry ouarters-

passenger te2os made on. Of a coach
and . oz@zzge czr-rhat IL what fae
<orthexn Par1fse - coming % In this civ
next SATURDAY From dreams OF Ta4a-
tai A-eaSed xtrucsz-= zhose vaaste1 roof
should shelter the arriving ard departing
trains OF ali TIE rcaSs RAINING into the
city. L seems sad 70 AWAKEN 70 an actual
lrait Of two coaches, ere for baggage
room and fas csher Cor q Ticket Office BIZ
that wfH be the arrangement 10 greet
Northern F,aeitsc passengers a. the foot CT
Columbia street on and after Angus !
II must rot ~ inferred that the great
fraBseonsfnsaral Inc has devised sicn .
plan 20 welcome sts new president. who =
70 arrive IL Seattle tomorrow or next day.
nor that II proposes 10 camp per2e1usily
Ia such restricted quarters Tals - SIM
ply a temporary device, born OF an erner-
gency and doomed 20 death IS soon az
better facilities can be provided
X al comes OF the recent divorce be-
between the Northern Pacific and the Sc
assie & International The latter has al
ready moved out OF IT'S joint occupancy %
ths Northern Pariflc's freight depot and
established its oxn freight headquarters
az the foot OF Madison street As already
Announced N tre Post-IutelliSenceT
August will see the two roads separated
also as 10 their passenger arrangements
The Seattle & International VIII OF eourss
E4&SeSStGu
the foot Of Columbia street. now and for
some time past occupied jointly by the
Seattle 4 international, Northern Pacific
and Great Northern roads. In this IN
stance il viii be the Northern Pacific that
will have 10 move our.
This has been known for some time. and
the only query that has recently aroused
Interest IL. Where will the Northern Pa
cifIc set up It's passenger deDosy II was
~zr~xs ff@p
Receiver Bursesgh. OF the Northern Pa
cifc, began negotiating for the colman
property between Railroad and Western
avenues on which he now holds an option.
and has petifi0ned the court for authority
30 purchase IL. Notice Of this petition has
already been served on all the parties in
interest. ana Dir. Bgrieigh has been wait
ing only 10 hear fayorably from the East
before laying his petition before Judge
HanfoEi- II Is understood that President
Winter will look over the situation while
here, ard as he ID SO soon to assume Of
fee the Eastern people Will be guided by
his judgment In the matter. In this re-
spect his visit this week Is peculiarly
timely. inasmuch as the option given Mr..
Barieigh BY Mr.. Colman will expire next
Saturday
Even II this deal should be brought 10
a happy ending. Il became evident that
and build depot all in one day. Ac-
cordingly General Manager Dickinson and
Superintendent Mccabe. or the Northern
Pacific. came over from Tacoma yester-
day 10 look over the ground and see
what could be done. In company with
General Agent NaGeau they caayassei
the situation carefully. with the result
that while they have certain arrange
ments in view for better accommodations
even before beginning TO build a psrma-
nent passenger depot. yet for the present
the Northern Pacific viii stamp Its tickets
and strap 90 its baggage checks in two
cars dedicated respectively 10 those two
functions
Northern Pacific men yesterday made
light of the matter, laughing over IL as a
kind Of a camp-life makeshift sort OF
wrap-me-in-a- blank et-whiie -yoa-rnerd- my
coat necessity. which the dignity OF the
road could well AFFORD to endure. especially
IN view of better things ahead.
There win be certain picturesque ele-
ment about the new arrangement which
may afford scope for the comic paragraph
ist and the photographer and carry tho
memory OF the passengers back 10 the
time when for two months Just after the
great IRE the Northern Pacific did busi-
ness on its Weller street grounds In two
huge tents. one for passengers and one for
baggage.
Unless something should occur TO cause
q change OF plans between today and SAT-
urday. baggage car and a coach will be
set of alongside the old rams horn tracks
at the foot OF Columbia street The for
mer VIII be used as a baggage room. and
the latter will he fitted I'D as a ticket
Office Instead OF repairing TO a waiting
room. passengers viii have TO find seats
In The train.