The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-28
A. u. sCROGG1 HOME.
He Returns From California and Talks
About Railroads

A d Scroggy, general passenger ana
freight agent of the Seattle, Lake shore
& Eastern. returned yesterday morning
from a visit 10 san Francisco and South
ern California. one who saw him in his Of
fee yesterday, looking refreshed and re-
invigorated. dispatching rapidly the pile of
business that had accumulated during his
absence. hardly needed 10 hear him say
that he had had a very pleasant trip.
Il found san Francisco comparatively
dun" said Mr.. Scroggy. though, OF
course there is a certain volume Of busi-
ness there which goes on perpetually. |
met several Seattle people there, among
them Charlie Finch, Ferdinand Toklas
and j. Il. MacDougan. Besides these |
saw a little world of people who have at
one time or another lived in Seattle. all
of whom are Iowa. TO her interests.
in Southern California ] found every
body hopeful and Ia good spirits. There
was a great rain while l was there Be
ginning January IL rain fell every twenty
four hours for ten DAYS in succession.
This means much 10 that section. for IL
practically insures a good wheat crop and
"A good fruit crop. BY the way, the South
ern CaHfornians have been surprised AT
the fruit developments in this state. and
would be inCredulous If their own eyes
had not convinced them.
The reporter laid the following quota
ton from a San Francisco paper before
AR. Scroggy. and asked him whether he
had heard anything Of the matter while
he was I'm san Francisco:
There is reason ~ believe that James
J. HIN. president Of the Great Northern
railroad. Is behind the scheme 10 CONSOLE.
date the North Pacific coast and San Fran
cisco and North Pacific roads This object
is said 20 he TO obtain a competing trans
continental road by way Of san Francisco
II is said Hin is secretly buying rights-of-
"av through country lying along the
northeast OF California 10 clear the va,-
for a railroad before making a nuhlic ar
rounCement of his project u connect his
Great Northern system VIII San Fran
cisco"
YES" replied Mr.. scrogry. II heard A
great deal about il. But OF All the Wild ru-
mors thag have been started about NJ nm
ard his schemes this Is demonStrablv the
most absurd L. nus give YOU a reason or
two Ter saying SC.
"flrst NJ al the actual facts in the case
are thar che proposed consolidation az the
two reads mentioned grows out of the ne
eessitv of their being placed unier one
u3ra cement They ara competing lines
and have Uot hren paying expenses. You
can easily see what a saving IN operating
expenses would ~ effected bv having ne
TWO roads operated as one. s. much for
what is actually proposed md tho reason
Tor g. Now. as 10 the runor connecting
EiIl s. name with the cousoliIr sion. II le
were trying to secure q line from Butte 20
san Francisco da you think hy Wog}5 "a
Nor this consultations Far from a. He -
not that kind NJ man. one Of the two
would ne enough Tor him. He would want
tf only as a come ting link IN a great
through i,ae, ana BE local business which
t1e snort competing line might stll do
would cut no nkure whatever with him
Furthermore. the aoSIrajty OF the rl-