The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-10

Never n The history % raaroa8 affairs
Or fhs Norfa Pacific c9asE has nc s.fUa-
fsan besa more egang.scatea o. mors
urzn 70 conjecture than al pres
snf Not IN respect alone % the
Fsaesftsa deTssor-nsnt o. new zyEtsTrs ard
TIE furry atfen8ans upon preposs1 hasld-
ing. Bat IA relasgsn 20 the maintenance
ard operating u esd aysterns that have
passed tae caryssis g.srsod and whica are
regarded a. conservative properties. La
ca osscfSx connected zlta roads HAVING
representation 81 the CRY are az much
s. tbs dark a. 70 prospects "a airy one
and 10 che % fnsm ventures ar cpin8sa.
A general turning upside DORM q present
railroad arrangements w0al1 surprise 10
body. and the eontlnHs Too II Affairs just
IS they are would bs productive OF as 1T
to Surprise.
4 number Of storiss have been circula;-
81 during the past few months. xoaae %
which have besfs sensational 90 = degree.
No particular references has been made
- these that have come down from the
mining camps along ths border. In which
epec 5istl0n haa run riot regarding the
Intentions % tha Great Northern. the
%orthsrn Pacific, the Canadian Pacific
f4s Washington Central The Spokane
N0rtasFu. ard other lines % less import
aaee but hints az important changes ard
SfoA-s.fse combinations haVs fuFnizaed
Ee9a for reflection and much guessing.
As far as Ire doinzz d TIC various reads
zip in the kooten&y country are con-
ceTned. the Northern Pacific has already
established agencies. as have also the
Great Northern and the Csnadian. In s.
Pau railroad circles 81 - stated that
spTing VII bring boom that VII rival
that Of isfa IN California with this idea
al Of the blg roads are making prepara-
fiuns 70 handle TIE passenger business
End attendant freight trafric
RosSsasnd two years ago had 30 people;
nos 4 has 1900. thoBsh no city oTgani-
ration. II expects 10 organize this sea
son. Trail claims 2.o9o and mas At les,
1.ss0 people. whereas two years ago Il was
nothing. Nasson claims 2q99 and has
about 100. kaslo has 900 and sand0n
about go These points are All 10 the
hootenAy mining country. aud their rap
10 growth Indicates the extent OF ths gold
fever there. The Great Northern and the
Canadian Pscifie appreciate the situation
and are composing elaborate arrange
snents for reaching all important points
b extensions or traffic deals
speaking Of the effect OF the excitement
on immigration General freight Agent
Moore. OF the Northern Pacific, who has
Just returned "a s.. Paul said In an ia
servtew. 1T viii create a boom n, thar
country that viii affect every part OF this
continent. People there are going wild
The finds are the topic OF conversation
on trains and In hotels throughout fhs
West. There have heeu very large finds
ore aSszy!ng "a high as s. co.. per ton n
seemed 10 be the general opinion That
more people would vislt the Kootenay
mining District next season than ever be-
fore. II has afforded a market for pro
ducts both IN the vicinity OF SPOKANE and
the Pacific coast. also Vancouver. ua.
ties ia Spokane appear crowded ssffb
guests Ell route. AMI trains north OF gpo-
Kane are packed with miners. nrospeetors
and their families daily. The effect In the
Northwest and all territory Intervening
should be most beneficial AL the al.
roads are stirring themselves 10 meet
What II almost sure 10 be a very remark.
abe boom
bringing matters closer 10 Seattle ard
discussing affairs 81 more than uauat lot,I
Importance. Il might not be agniss 10
state that -. Paul papers are quoting
that IT. G Henry viii also construct the
tunnel through the cascade mountains
Tor the Great Northern. This statement
IL not generally believed and the lnfor-
nation sent out from 81 Paul H. not
given from the general offices where IL
was said az the time the tunnel an
breaches were let that the cDrnuar,,
II Is also reported that a change il "a
be made In the Great Northern rne from
the Idaho line south and west The loea.
ton. viii extend from point two miles
west % Newport about ten miles tn a
southwest direction which viii throw the
main line about two miles further north.
Eastern railroad men are generally con
eeding an unbiased control ~ Oregon
Railway a Navigation business hy the
Northern Pacific. the Great Northern and
the Union Pacific. There viii he no d.
Neriing of traffic from one road 20 another
ana no cutting OF rates rs either OF the
three roads named bat all viii work an
harmony with the Oregon az the feeder
Tor all three or equal terms Rv Tits ar-
arrangement All danger - anv one nartfeu-
lar Interest securing control Of the Ore
Ean company FOR the purpose OF taking
away business FROM any one ar more ~
the three roads named Is done away
with. the purchasers Or the stock being
equally Interested in al % them
4 feature ~ the purchase Of the Ger
man syndicate stock by the underwriters
- the Northern Pacific reorganization
bonds vas q Chicago story to the effect
that the Joint Interest 81 tina Northern
Pacific and the Great Northern would
never have hcen brought ahout unless a
traekHEe arrangement between the two
roads had been reached BY Me#sra FiHt
md Winter whereby business from TIRE
Sound coslid te done over the Northern
Pacific tracks 20 Portland ny TIE Great
Northern. A local oniclsi OF one of the
roads laughed when the Chicago story
was shown him. and ssi3 yhat 70 was an
hosh That particular fcaturs 81 the
Northern Pacific system has great COW
trollinN Influence upan its business and
81 net believe the Northern pacE&c
would yiei3 SAP anything jn that dlrsc-
ton said fhe railroad man. "It gives
chance fer sreCuia tion as 80 equality
in composition. nut tust so teaE as ths
Northern PnefHc helds She Portland Puret
SQUAD line yer Itself gast 50 long vfl 70
have the whih hana TIE Great North
err row owns eaeh hair cs thA ola t-.ien
Feesso Tine rrofu Tacoma 50 she Columbia
wiser Whites 81 graded ard trestle8 end
wren wAtch $50 nsa hss atrea3y bren spent
When tNat 1fne s. completed ans operated
ny ths Great Northern. then thlurs wflI
~ equal not u8Ul then. TIE way ere
Great Northern svts fpto f'ertlsrS row is
grona spokane ever the Oreson Railway
A Navigation
A Great Northern erncloye remarked
90 a Intelligence rerFeaenfattVe ia
few aavs $50 tba5 ther- Was story