The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-04
TO THE NEW COMPANY
Sale Of Northern Pacific Lands
in This District.
Fred Rice lowell Goes Up Against
President Winter and II
BOWED Out.

Another long step was taken yesterday
On the reorganization ~ the Northern Pa
ciEc Railroad Company iato tee @crsssEa
Pacific hSlsS way Company. by ire SALE OF
al tbs former conpAnys lands lying u
This judicial district, fhe n@w company D.
ing Lie purchaser; and ~ the confirmation
1n the federal court both u ire saie wfstcs
erai sale OF tas Northern parsTe pF0YFrsss
which took place II wess superior jay
Is. with the ccnc snzlon % ssTSsfaf ARA
EaIe ~ Portland today the great pTcpT1-
et.rrhfp will have been virtually frsas-
zerred to n~w hands. ard TIE coast VIII 20
clear for .fhe active work Of rsoFzanaza-
sion to proceed.
II was not Without purpose that IA
railroad nlagnatss had sought sasar snas
berthS AZ sn early hour Sunday night.
for they wsre sp with TIE lark yesterday
morning. ard before fhs people bad nf-
txf4<c their coffee and morning paper tness
saen Of diligence had broken the tack OF
me days nsssnesx." Walter Scott usea
20 say OF his owz thrifty mode Of life At
Abbotsford- With graceful courtesy.
Prezsdert Winter. xr. Costsr ard Mr,
Adams made an early morning cal o.
Judge Hanfors. and little later Ar. stes-
son. SIR. Cromwell and Mr. Under wood
aseo called. The fart that Il MAS raining
seemed In nowsss 10 dampen the spirits
OF the various members OF tho party Nor
20 retard their movements.
The sale of Lands.
The county court house was me FIRST
fszalness center toward which the dis
finguisssed visitors lent their steps. and
there. beginning promptly At e o'csoeK >.
m. the special sale OF lands took place 80
advertised. As the group gathered ufsoer
the arches OF the west porch. mo phases
or the scene could not fail 20 impress ihe
observer. one. the commercial tnFoaslns
enormous financial interests bad Tor -
setting the fiTa&eme foii0s Of Eand NUM-
ters. the lengthy formal notice o. sac
the hammer ~ the aueFaonesr. tie casn
deposits and the receipts. The other. the
picturesque and literary ss1e % the pct
IRE gave ample scope Tor the sketch arust
and material 10 afford haaf-dozsn
sketches The special master conducting
the sale. buIDess-like and brisk. yet with
m arch twinkle ia his eye and knowing
look which differentiated bis nftefancss
WIDELY from the cry OF the anciloneeF. the
clerks and reporters eagerly following ev-
cry item Of the sale IS though its most
trivial parerfhesi@ were too Rsighiy 70
forego: me new railway president, conf
dent ia iis reserve power Of mi3lsons 10
stocks and bonds leaning slightly upon
his modest umbrella. his plaid ulster al
most sweeping the stone porch. als brown
derby SCI firmly or his head. and Bis gold
riumed giazses scanning narrowly eaeh
movement a. the lmnrovszea desk. The
group OF spectators made Just good
BACKGROUND. from which the figures OF
railroad receivers. attorneys and capital
lists emerged IN haff-reiief.
As spexai Master Carey. VINO conducted
the sale. read the long rosIes Of sale, his
unfamliiarity with the native Indian
names Of Washington counties caused
E4r. - Fsat4 a
laughed when be decorated okanogan
with a vigorous accent on the antepenult
Sam~tofy prompted him on Naksakafa,
and the hyxtanders approved his oTthoepy.
The snternss nahie hard numbers fiiied
Dig volume. consisting OF no iess than
ffeR- separate parcels Of land. varying ia
extent from forty 70 go acres. II t. not
20 be supposed that Mr. Carey had 10
name and offer these parcels separ ltsiy.
or ne might have been ssIn crying his
wares.
A. soon as the notice had been read
Herbert :. Grirgs. for the St Paul & Ta-
coma Lumber Company. gave notice OF an
existing contract with the Northern Pa
ctlic Railroad Company for the timber on
some 5000 acres OF the laad Involved IN
the sale about 10 take place. and warned
Intending purchasers that taese lands -
bought would stil be subject 70 tho claim
he represented. He closed by making
formal service OF the notice or President
Writer and Mr.. Carey. A similar nosics
was read ard served BY NJ. r. Hitchcock.
representing claims on various tracts OF
she lands now TO be sold. his clients being
r. r Coombs james ]. Anderson. Isashene
G. Gilman. Henry AitmsasbuFger. Robert
" woetsn. Aifred r. Eastman. Alien Y
Tutfsa. Henry c Martin. Lewis @ How
ard. william n. Carter. Albert NJ GILMAN.
Robert Guthrie. Newton +. Jones and
David II. Denton.
fsnckinE the Corporation.
This c'sarcd the decxs for action. ana
Mr, Carey stated that he wauid fsrst crfer
for sale any tract ~ Land an which any
bsasltr wished 20 bia separately. 1t rs-
uulsea some nerve - volunteer 80 "shack'
the great corporation whose representative
was avowcdiT present 70 BID n fa9 prop
erty hus man wss there Nith the
regulate ConraTe II rot cash. and be came
forward promptly win she request that
tract No. ii.SSs. a half section about TWO
naties from fsssansh. ha pat up separately.
"NameF said Nr Carey.
PRED Rice Eowell." WAS the answer.
sfsrUd r. Roseli.'' repeated the AUG
sioneer 10 the clerk
..Ne. sir. Fred Rice Rowen." prompted
the prospective htfter. With ringing sIn.
phasis oa tstc mia5le name.
.Ifew much an l ofreFsds' came the
soffffs4 ieStAites
s.tlne thousand dollars said Rowen
Fifteen hundred" came sE a quiet voice.
ana al ewes we're Turned 20 the nan IN the
riasa sarssat and brown derby. whom
saary for the frat tl,ae Identified a. Presi-
Gent Winter. The hiss wsnt By swift leaps.
tsil Rowell. nerved apparently for last
desperate EFFORT. sstss
.F.ieVea thousand"
"rfffeea thaussna.~ said Nr. Water. ss
quietly as q htAs1inx for ferfetfs az = pawn
parts, The leap was TOO srSat Tor Rowe{i
lie collapsed. ana WAS heard from 40 more.
Taking a short cut 20 \ long road. Mr..
Carey then offered certain section - Sre-
tane county. tse successful bidder 70 have
the aptioa OF taking as many more tracts
rs NJ pleased ~ the ssm- price In be-
half or the Northern pacinc Railway Gem
pany Nr. Winter bga Sie0 There was no
other bid. aNF he tesk all the listed lads
at shss nrore. handing over 20 Mr. Carey
sftn0N. par Salue. IN sesaaa mortgage
Sones. as the necessary fsBostg On his rasr-
chase Mr. Winters rs also tie eniv Nss
al xsaae Ger such lands as wafsa have been
inadvertently emitted from the nst- ss'rhss
81 rather az uncertain strre" said Mr.
Carey, ''oat intending - sell 81. We orsr
81" Then. with an air ~ having kept TIA
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