The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-23

80 uDon ~. immediate coasfrarti1n - a
frs-groof ffeiGhf depot o. ne Saekson
street gr0unta sn1 cgFnplsts raaaE in
sns rrot~~tien - the tracks oa H4tifoa-
srenae ard themes - shs fegeL
There ~ lstie 20 at1 90 wnAt ] tasi yo1
fant rlrht." said Nr. 800 20 a rel4rt.r
yesterday. 'eEcsgs fl4af ne aass riose1 10
arrarFemenss today Tor a. a1ku4i nfkta.-
nlnF - work. We sfe Eo4nW - rat -
suhafantlal freight d~set 4 VII e from
- = eco fe>t long. q rooe eesisAs ~sA
halt. and nrs-proot
~ Passenger fseF-ef.
AS - a passenger Dept : '.aisx -
woald b. unwlse Tor us 70 osiii Just no~.
aIy views al along have peen ta~t M
roads ourhf 60 unite Be- building union
DEPOT For any single road % Bald nov
ser,arate depot Nculi simply refsra that
plan. perhaps postpone y indennilely. such
a building must cone 81 fhe courss o. urn.,
though the pFesen; situA.ion f1'AAes I, AZ
f.cult to aay whsr Il can be- brought akout
Another important feature % car work
will - the completion Of our tracks. We
intend 10 IN Ia our rsghi.of-~ay. the work
on which has already made eood progress.
Tor this purpose we snail tie Inc art tnat
comes from tho grading AZ Interlay, thus
killing tao birds With one stone The al
Will not only D. completed. bat Will be well
protected along the whole hne. ray say.
b. the way. that ] am We'll pleased with
the condition u the road as ! have found
Al along the Ane We have had less trouble
An crossing the Cascades this winter than
heretofore, and the probability Is that we
shail have stiii less hereafter.
10 spend >I5o.oo0.
's'rhe work that We shall do here In
seatfle Will involve the expenditure OF
about $1,000 True. this is only drop In
The bucket as the great world OF finance
goes. but still Il viii be OF some benefit TO
the people here. and viii. hope. serve to
lubrfeate few wheels.
Mr. Hill was {. busy man yesterday. He
rose early and put In the entire day in
making a personal inspection Of the Great
Northern right-of-way and depot site. ana
In consultation with the officers OF the
road and others who called 10 see him on
special business General Manager War
rem. Chief Engineer Stevens and Judge
Burke were with him good part Of the
forenoon, and during most OF the after
noon he was in Judge Burke's office until
o'clock, the hour at which his special
train was announced TO leave for trip UP
the road.
Hiirs Many Callers.
The number of men waiting 10 see Mr..
Hal on special business Is astounding.
Some OF these no doubt have axes of their
own to grind. but with the majority os
them the railroad president really has
rulfation 10 hold He has sent for one
man To confer with him about the weight
of lumber. for another TO talk about
breed of hogs, and for third TO discuss
the packing industry in Seattle. To draw
each of these men out and get absolutely
all he knows about his own field OF indus
try. 10 hear him sympathetically and In
teliigantly, and then TO take tho vast mass
of details thus accumulated. systenatize
them. grasp them and bend them to suit
his own purposes. this Is one OF the secrets
OF Mr. HIPS power.
A good Illustration OF this was seen yes
tsrday when a certain gentleman came I'm
20 talk with Mr I'm about the rate on
hogs. In 1--WE minutes Mr. Hill knew def
nitely where the dealer got his hogs what
the average weight was. and the only spot
su washington where there was danger OF
cholera infection. Then he proceeded 20
tell the dealer a few things about hogs.
and il turned out that Mr.. fiiil Is some
thing Of a hcg dealer himself. having solo
NJ rpring pigs from his own farm this
wear. with an average dress weight OF -
mounds Then he took mp the merits of tho
sinerent breeds and crosses and the deal
or left him. convinced that Mr. Hih knew
somsthlng about hogs "a well as aoou-
vafea with a transition as easy as cop
nIatlVe conjunction. Mr. Hnl turned 10
yak 10 his next visitor about TRANSATLANTIC
steamer. and he vas soon deep I'm the
snerits 90 seamens wages ana the sources
Of timber supply IN the orient.
Nj liW can apparently no more aveit
teins the center OF sensation than can
che president ~ the United Ststes lie -
IN transformations man IN his bearing. and
RAYS no outward homage az the shrine OF
notoriety. IBut the largo Interests which
n. represents. and the ability and shrewd-
mes which he has displayed IN managing
th.asa interests make him the victim or
to- a
.tarted on the street yesterday that the
Great Northern had advertised for l5a
men 10 go to work az once on Us Inc. The
runor Was traced down 90 a certain semitic
man who Thought he had seen an adver-
tisstnent OF this nature IN butte paper
few DAYS ago. A reporter promptly
sought superintendent Riion. who said
that no such advertisement bad been
made. but meanwhile hundred tongues
were busy repeating the run1or. ar people
were wondering whether the cah Ter i,so
reeu aeart Ncgk on The tunnel. ana Mr..
@ta As he walke5 iss street. was the r.
uoren. Victim ~ all the wonder. IL may BE-
that the failure az MIR. Htl' ana hts en-
rYayes 20 crafty tho excosaeie curiosity
OF the p,lalic with reference 70 bis move
r.nts has some bearing on the case.
\ Man of Mystery.
MtNh mystery. Ter example. attaches 10
a ltle faunt which the party took last
might Mr. ffiifs own statement aoeHA We
trio was as lucid a. cuuid De- we are
igst going up tho road 90 ioeN az y a Nt-
de" ne said. but the officers OF the fet3
had such patent instructions rot 20 give
cut ann information aooat the TIP that
a.. uuiaI. ia naturally les 20 suspect a
mystery. even n there should turn out 70
;. nethin.. behind such a movement
me nam was 20 leave yesterday after
NO., al O'Clock. beat az that hoar ~
nam VAS slfi busy. anf iac uair satain
=, ,.ifh--,f him IRE scene A. me station
Vas amusing aud picturcsgnr. The train.
s,,rslst.us - engine. luggage car AMI
three priNate cars. lay out on the MAN
track rraiy O. start az moment y.
-iee Various members ~ the parry szFo-se
,trf,.s,,efv up ana down the riatfoEua
over AGAINST the waiting roosn a crowd
81 u.orslucu, v1om Superintendent hitAn
vas scnain out 20 10 some section
vtrk. sAaultered their bundles am ioakea
,,s,uderiurly toward the f&lsud ears
whose luxury seemed as far heyoet fhen
as th, f,cTtais o. paradise group 81
.rp sbe,Ss. who Nad heard Of MIR. Ailfs
generosity "a baNtnx twenty papers from
an urehin cn tie street yesterday, waited
- sea whether fcFtune nslsht not ts5N
;heir WAY 4 holiday crowd sathered on
saeh slide e tAe train Nearly two hoaFs
passed pv before tae Well-knowu ug3rs q
Nr. IlM was sea cealfnE down she street
Then. - 81 at the touch q SiEard
everything took CA fresh liza The train
rssn StratehtentA up as % for review. Tha
reslss % sse crowd GRAINED ogt STA Fur
tAer TO al shts attention Mr., Van seerre3
mttef3v ahslyfaus }}a came zap talking
earnestly with General Manager Wsrrea
Thea ~ had a few minutes tax wiih AFR