The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-05
WORKING TO ONE END
And That Is the Building Of q
Union Depot.
AL THE ROADS SATISFIED.
improvements on the Lake shore Road
Depot 10 BE Moved Nearer the
Railroad Tracks


II il an open secret that some very tn
r<4Yfsrt Conferences took place between
P~ezsaen, Hi. Of the Great Northern, and
Peeetver J. II. Bryant. % IRE Seattle. Lake
Shore & Eastern. during The recent visit OF
the former % Seattle. One OF the results
Of these conferences speedily became mani
fest in thseonsumznatson Of ar arrangement
whereby the Grea: Northern trains are
row running il and out OF the Lake Shore
depot. and all passengers o. the Lake Shore.
Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Ca
madam Pacific are handled AZ that point.
Receiver RurieIgh. who Is rendered
stu more important factor In Northern
Pacific Affairs n view OF yesterdays Fed
eral court decision. was seen by a reporter
on his return from the Feast. and in re-
sponse 70 a question as TO the attitude Of
the Northern Pacific toward the new union
arrangement. said:
The new arrangement meets with my
hearty ard unqualified approval. do not
mean 70 Imply by that that Il simply sub
serves the interests Of the Northern Pa
csflc. but that IL Is a desirable arrangement
all around IL Is a convenience both TO rail-
road men and 10 the travelling public. and
hope X may form the nucleus for a union
depot Of which the city shall be proud"
Receiver Bryant was asked yesterday
how the new arrangement was working.
ssExceliently" he replied; '.it seems to
AFFORD general satisfaction. and we hope
that its practical workings will so educate
our railroad people and the general public
up 20 the union depot idea that we can't get
Seattle. Lake Shore & Eastern has all
along been in favor OF a union depot on its
grounds. believing that II had the most
desirable site to offer. as being centrally
situated and at the same time comparative
~ free from the Interruptions Of freight
traffic"
ITS IL not likely that the concentrated
business of so many roads centering IN your
small building may demand greater faeili-
ties very soon?''
TT is: and while the present arrangement
is an economical one for both the travel
ing public and the railroads. we hope to
make Ii stll better. I shall recommend as
the first step In this direction that the pres
ent building be moved over nearer the
railroad tracks, To which II may be placed
parallel so as TO afford reader ingress and
egress for passengers to and from all trains.
1t is not unlikely that the work OF removal
may be begun within thirty days.
II have also ve2tured to recommend 10
the bondholderS committee 10 undertake
the construction OF q large arched iron
shed. to extend over the tracks. under
which trains may arrive and depart. thus
entirely protecting travellers from inclem-
such a plan. however. am not now pre-
pared to speak.
what other work is your road doing just
now, seneral7'
why, Superintendent Kline has Just
put on an addi donal force OF men for
bailasting and fencing. We are ballast
ing the road with gravel and putting In
a. -
invfIls and Sumas. and also between Wood
inville and North Bend, and we are also
following up our plan Of projecting our
road from cattle. or ! suppose the i've
stock men would put 1t protecting the
cattle from our trains. by putting fenc-
ting along our line OF road"
In view Of the new coal cars which nave
recently been built entirely IN this city.
the reporter ventured to ask Receiver Bry-
ant as 10 the success OF that undertaking.
and whether the construction and pracu-
cal working OF tho cars had given salts
faction.
I'VE have built forty-two Of these cars
here" was the reply. Their very ap-
rearance commends them to every railroad
man. They are self-dumpers, and their
action In loading and unloading coal ia
all that could be wished. Tt may be
pointer to car builders for me TO tell you
that these cars cost less and will last ten
years longer than the cars which we have
had to buy In the East, while at the same
time they give better satisfaction.
ST am more and moro satisfied that the
timber which we have right here at our
doors Is the finest In the world for car
building Tho manufacturers In The East
are beginning 20 discover that fact too.
and they are not slow 70 avail them
selves OF It. for already some OF them are
buying nearly all their car embers out
here."
Haven't YOU been building some log
gIhg cars also. generalT
Eyes. we have. and with equally graft
tying results. We have built number
OF than, ami we find them durable ana
convenient The fact IS that feel q little
rarionahie pride IN these logging cars.
They are far better In every respect than
the old logging trucks. which we are aSan-
don,nr. II would not be hard to demon
strate that 10 you. You see when the logs
are off the trucks. tho latter are neces-
sarfiy idle Now. idle wheels earn no
money for railroad The wheels must 90
kant moving. The beauty OF our new log
r,nx cars Is that while they are well adapt
ed to handling logs. they can be used for
other r1,rposes as well We have num-
b.- OF these row under construction, and
they VIII be ready for service as sooub1s
the logging season sets In.
The following order was issued rom
tha Lake Shore offices yesterday, and the
rs-sorfe~ asked Receiver Bryant about IL.
ssNr. A. D. Scroggy, general freight ana
nc s1enre- agent having resigned. the du-
ties of that department viii. until fuT-
-s,sr notice. be performed by Mr. F. A Al
len. as acting freight ard passenger
agent"
.eThss arrangement Is only In Ene Win
~. rana-al policy OF rssrenchnent which
wa Rave been trying to pursue" said Re
c~sver Bryant. have no adverse crit
elsrn 20 make upon Mr.. sToggy > WOE
- - ia &c a competent railroad man.
rs,,. "a. ofsce Is for the present abolished.
as NJ Alien, "a you see. VIII act as
<~aIrht and passenger agent tbs VIII
er-eo, a saving 20 the road. and the work
Nh hrs ,aoue Just as well as ever.