The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-13
DAN LAMONT Is RESERVED.
Vice President of the Northern
Pacific i'm Seattle.
LEAVE FOR THE EAST TO-DAY
On the Coast 10 Attend ito some
Business Matters hui He VIII
Not Talk About Th~m-Joseph Nc
Cahe, Superintendent of the
washinrton aud Idaho Division,
VIII Resign From n. +. service.

Col. Daniel 6. Lamont. vice president
90 the Northern Pacific railroad. came
over from Tacoma OF his special train
yesterday afternoon, accompanied BY ".
q. Peagee, general superintendent. and
Joseph McCabe, division superintendent,
and spent the day fin looking over the
cofnganys property here and in confer
ring with the officials os connecting roafis.
i8e spent the nlght here. and VIII leave
ioGay for tae East over tbs Great North
eFn road.
fggi his arrival Col Lament met /. 4
@adeau. tts general agent 81 this city.
and IN company with sfessrs Pearee and
Mes.ahe. looked over the Northern Pa
elne terminal grounds ard freight aud
ls4ssanaeT deeoiS He then weat 10 the
s5vegen Enforcement Company Office
sid had a conference with Receiver &. j.
smith
Az usual with former newspaper men.
- Vas very r.ser*asi Ia taking for puo-
i5.stgioH. Being asked whether the object
- his trip was merely - get acquainted
With the road. B9 said;
No ! have come here 10 attend TO some
business matters On the Coast
rs II Intended - make tae connection
hslween the Northern Pacific and the CO.
tsmhis s Puget Sound Ak Palmer
No. ! canrof say anything about that"
ass the reply.
'tGa YOU contemplate any improvements
in the terminal facilities heres''
IKE shall make what improvements the
business reaififeS
Are you making any special prepara-
tons 70 hands the Alaska busness?'
W. shall b. ready TO handle all the
80 - 10
ejss than Alaska talked OF. and Seattle
ms - he nearer Alaska than any other
elfy ard looks very lively"
10 you contemplate Fnnnlng steamer
if,s tc Alaska ia connection with the
Yailroad3'
10. / can't shy that we shall. Yes.
y. migkt make traffic arrangement
with some existing hae. IL 1t seems to be
good business opportunity. we an
tietuase heavy traffic from that source"
ri Lamont is y man IN the prime of
llie. with roG4d. rudy checks and Il well
refunded figure lie IL reserved even 10
}ie point OF being taeifnrn, and when he
1ioes salk. he speaks In short. iHeisive
sHntancss which evatie q question rather
training n . newspaper man and as pri-
satc secretary Ia President Cleveland
: and afterwards as secretary of war has
evidently stood him In good stead in
h@eping his own counsel without repeliing
The person who addresses him.
COL. lamont IL now In his nth wear,
having been horn at Mct;rawvil.c, Cort-
lard! county y. ". on February 9. ISL
Ills father WIS farmer. Of scotcli-frlsh
descent. ard WIS aell enough off TO send
the boy To Union college. Schenectady n.
y. Young Lamont left there without grad
Mating. 10 become a newspaper man lie
bought an interest I'm the Democrat his
county paper. and became its editor ~ the
same 'li1e engaging actively in politics.
In 1870 ne was appointed engrossing clerk
of the New York state assembly, and was
chief cisik Ia the secretary Of states of
hee with John nigelow. He was for a time
ea the staff OF the Albany Argus, and thus
gRsNed wide acquaintance among noii-
fissans. When Grover Cleveland was elect
- governor ~ New York. he met Mr. La
'slQi4t ehd made him 4 colonel on his stan,
and afterwarti his private secretary. lie
nftnned ip tits capacity when Mr. Cleve-
LAID was eleetea president IN 1854. and won
Golden opinions In the White House on
fiis retirement. AT the expiration Of Mr..
Cleveland term ne became int rested
" IN ". = whitney u II Payne and a. h.
efs sn the Matfon Titan Traction Comrany
~ Sev York. eu taking office for his ste'-
o1d term. on March 1 iSas, President
cleveland appointed him secretary Of war
ana IN sl,st capacisy he showed as much
ability ~ IN 'hc other ofriees he had held
IN fNt5 hr made an official visit ia Scat
tie, la the couse.of = Western tour. and IN
Festigatnd tbe government canal Project
aDd Use army Isost on Magnolia bluff
.SitcC his second retirement from puhile
of ce. he has forsaken politics for bust
resgS. IN VIII j. ne is sfta 20 have hsgn emf
netltt. SuJressfni when ! ] 1854 ohtain-
81 = voice ~ ire management OF tas
Northern Fattlia railroad he dictated ti;s
ssgtioa Of go. Lamont as Nico president
81 sAat yostf ia or,'er ,ssst he might venr...
~ the Greet <af h"r@ interest amt il i,
ia na' oapaciev 1hat te is making 4 Mast,
etn tour.