St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-23
BUSINESS OUT WEST
y. NJ. HANNAFORD RETURNS FROM
A TRIP THAT OCCUPIED THREE
WEEKS.
WESTERN COUNTRY LOOKS UP.
WHEAT HAS BEGUN TO MOVE MORE
BRISKLY THAN 1T DID FOR
MERLY.
POOLING ON THE IMMIGRATION.
Washington, Oregon and Idaho In
clined to Work TOgether-Gen-
eraI Railway News.
WESTERN COUNTRY LOOKS UP.
POOLING ON THE IMMIGRATION.

General Traffic Manager ]. NJ. Han
haford, Of the Northern Pacific; ac-
companied by c. D. O'Brien, reached
home last night from the coast after
an absence of three weeks, during
which they visited most of the princi-
pal cities on the line of the road The
two gentlemen made the trip in Mr.
Hanpaford's private car, and notwith-
standing they report the sun shone
but little while they We're away, they
had a thoroughly enjoyable journey
Coming in from Minneapolis Mr. Han
naford chatted about the events of the
trip to the Globe.
while we were away" he said, 1--WE
visited Tacoma Butte, Helena, Seattle,
Spokane, and on Sunday we left Port
land for home We found the Western
country in pretty prosperos condi-
ton. and looking ahead to still better
things The Western wheat which has
been moving sluggishly for some lit
tie time, has risen to 80 cents, with the
result that it is moving more briskly
to the foreign markets. Most of it is
sent to England, but latey several car
goes of the Pacific coast cereal were
consigned to Australia. where their short
crop season makes it impossible to keep
up with their own demand. When We
reached Seattle we found an immigra-
ton meeting in full swing, and they
practically followed the line of action
adopted in st. Paul and effected
permanent state organization.
There seems to be a strong under
lying sentiment in favor of pooling
the immigration interests of Washing
ton, Oregon and Idaho. The similarity
In the condition of the three states
makes the residents think that they
can best subserve their interests by
handling the three as the Pacific
Northwest We have been running on
schedule since we started, and there
has been less interruption of traffic
this winter than for some years, owing
to the small amount Of snow that has
fallen. The day we left Portland there
We're eight inches of snow on the
ground in the morning, but the snow
turned to rain and it was soon melted
away.
I'VE found men at work on the con-
struction of the road which is being
built by A. b. Hammond, of Missoula,
between Portland and Astoria. The
latter place is perhaps 100 miles from
Portland at the mouth of the Column
bia river, and 1t is expected that it will
be a great seaport town, located, as
it is, Immediately on the ocean where
the old Aston trading place was many
years ago."
The travellers say that the mining
localities are enjoying more prosperity
than the other sections, and that es-
pecially in Montana and Oregon there
are constantly being discovered traces
of the precious gold. They were told
by Montanans that even the Cripple
Greek country in Colorado would be
overshadowed in few years by the
wealth of gold which is waiting to be
unearthed in the Montana soil
The Northern Pacific steamer
Strathnevis, which was nearly lost at
sea a month ago, was lying in the
harbor at Tacoma when the ST. Paul
men arrived at that place.