The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-17

CITY yesterday morning aiIsE 4 tot4 o. gen
ersl inspection Of the road. aud left again
last night for the East. intending 10 stop
~ several places on his way back
One OF the most interesting features or
Mr.. Stevens trip from the snow banks Of
s.. Paul 10 the sunshine and warmth OF
the Pacific slope was his inspection OF the
approaches 10 the tunnel now being con-
structed BY Il c. Henry who was In this
city at the time Mr.. Stevens was in the
Cascades. and who met him on MS arrival
here.
Regarding the tunnel work Mr.. Stevens
said 10 Post-Intelligencer representative
in Judge Burke's office last evening that IN
spite OF the snow and cold in the noun
tains operations had been continued. and
about half OF the contract had been COM
pleted. Mr.. Henry is employing possibly.
80 men.
As TO the future work of construction
at the tunnel. Mr.. Stevens said that il
was the intention at present for the road
TO construct the tunnel proper itself. Oh
er contracts might be necessary 10 extend
the approaches 10 points further removed
from the site Of the boring itself as the
road might sec 1T.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Stevens. Judge
Burke. Mr.. Edwards. III. c. Henry and
w. l.. Benham visited the tide fats and
the site Of the new Centennial mills. Mr..
Stevens went 10 look over the trackage
flppN>it4oH III relation 10 CONSTRUCTION iOE
the purposes of the mill. He expressed
himself as entirely satisfied with the prac-
ticability of the contemplated features.
Judge Burke said the Great Northern
would ask the council 10 allow the road
10 revise its trackage plats so as 10 reach
the manufacturing districts more easily
THE Great Northern does not charge
switching fees for its own business said
Judge Burke. cit is not a part of its poll
Icy 10 do so: for other business than our
own charge is, of course, made for
switching
When asked II his visit at this time
would have any reference TO the building
or wharves and warehouses 10 be- used by
the read in connection with the Nippon
fusen Kaisha- Mr. Stevens said that IL
would not. He expressed surprise that
any plans Of the company on that subject
had become public. He was informed that
the matter had not become public but
that information had reached the POST
lntelligencer that the roads intentions
were to own and control its own wharves
and warehouses.
I'm that respect" said Mr. Stevens
you are right. The Great Northern owns
every car and every wharf elevator
warehouse and other equipment with
which to transact its own business, ex-
cept the Arlington dock. where the Nip
pom fusen kaisha steamers now dock.
Yes of course / have the matter of our
new wharves and warehouses in mind
but am doing nothing with the proposition
at present. AS | say the roads DISPOSE
ton is TO own absolutely all OF the feat
ures of its business and eventually the
wharves and warehouses you inquire
about will be built by the Great Northern.
We have plenty OF property to build on
when the time comes. Up 10 the present
our connection with the n. Y. X has
been experimental
Past the Experimental Stage.
But ii has passed the experimental
point now said Judge Burke. "Our
business IS increasing wonderfully. and
Capt Griffiths informs me that the Japan
ese company is delighted and surprised at
the showing. Our next steamer will bring
a tremendous cargo Of the new tea crop,
and our irst great tea train will start
across the continent Immediately upon its
delivery"
Big Steel Elevator.
Continuing upon the subject OF the dis
| position OF the Great Northern TO own its
business entirely. Mr.. Stevens turned to
Judge Burke and told him OF the great
| steel elevator that the Great Northern IS
| building i'm Buffalo. THE plans" said
| Mr.. Stevens, were prepared in my office
| I'm St. Paul. The elevator will be a novel;
| ~ in It's way. and something of an ex-
| pertinent. 1t is to be built on piles. and
| viii be simply great steel tubes set on
| end. These tubes are seventy feet high
! and thirty-hve feet In diameter. Each
| will contain IN the neighborhood OF 70 900
| bushels OF wheat. The whole elevator. or
| group Of tubes. as now planned, will have
a capacity Of 2.500,e 600 bushels. II we de-
| sire to increase the capacity Of our ele-
, vatOr, We simply build more tubes and
| set them up alongside the rest. We are
| very confident that IL will prove a success
1 ito Sin saf4 ha elevator IL allied
| from the vessels In just the same way as
| tho cid system but instead OF dumping
| the cargo into one great receptacle. we
| divide Il up into thirty or more. which is
| better We viii not carry any insurance
| on the Buffalo elevator as Il viii he abso-
| lutely ffre-proof. One Of the heavy ex-
| penses TO the Great Northern has been
| the Insurance on It's elevators; in this
| case we will insure ourselves This ele-
| vator VIII save farmers all along our line
| who ship East from 2lF 70 cents per
| hushel. as our capacity and delivery viii
| be such as TO 90 away with the necessity
| ~ storage in private elevators along the
! line OF the road"
| When asked the question Mr.. Stevens
| answered that the big elevator AZ Buffalo.
| which ~ described as resembling honey
| comb. would operate against the private
elevators but that Il would benefit the
| farmers and incidentally the Great North
| ern.
| No Agreement With Vanderbilt.
| Mr. Stevens was shown the following
! dispatch from ChicsEo. received ~ the
| Post InteIilEencex yesterday evening.
| which he read carefully:
| 1T Is reported on apparently reliable au-
| .hority that the Vanderbilt Interests have
/ entered into an aRreement with j. J. HiH.
/ president % the Great Northern road. for
| 4 close interchange o. traffic between ire
! Great Northern and the Northwestern at
/ -. PAM similar In effect 20 that now in
I existence between the Union Pacific and
/ Mort hV4stern az Omaha The effect OF
| such an agreement would BE- 10 give the
/ Nandsrhilts two tranScontineatal routes
/ ard would give thsru a practical monopoly
I Of the trausContineutal traffic"
/ W-nrn asked his opinion. Mr- Stevens
/ stated that he aid not believe q Word a IT,
/ One az fne clements OF strength in Mr.
| lHWs policy is Ehat OF doing Business with
! all of the 81 PauI-Chicagc roads. There
! = nothing that could convince ne that ne
! has changed his ideas on tsar Subject FIX
/ cept Sir. HlI himself VINO has said icat Re
/ couid not AFFORD 20 hgi}1 read from s.
1 Paul - CAlcago- believe tazt the chi
I caE1 dispatch is without any foundation.
/ II the Great Northern should make any
/ sech deal with the Northwestern road, az
/ au0:as3 al o. the other ave roads would
/ Immediately array themselves against the
combination"
! Judge Burke took rarf II tire optnicn ex-
presses IS NJ Stevens. 1T would re
( against tae policy q ghe road SAID -
/ e consider it al9oxe5aar unlikely that NJ
( Fll a. made any ST. Paui-t,hicago AZ
( Tangeuasnt'