The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15

last week or ten days. and assume thie
psll continue until the steamers reach
taere and bring out gold. II the amount
OF gold brought out by the STEAMERS =
large. the rush OF people TO that country
Will begin again ard. think. be more
permanent than before. II win undouet-
eddy take three or four years to determine
to any material extent the area Of placer
mining. 4 railroad up the Copper river
o. some other feasible route in American
territory viii do more than anything else.
However. aside from Alaska, the state
OF Washington has within itself an album
dance Of wealth. in the water, in the
fields. In the mines and in the forests.
and the permanent and great prosperity
OF the state will come through the devei-
opmens Of these resources"
Judge Burke, when seen yesterday by
a observation-disclosures reporter. showed no
hesitation In giving a full statement OF
the reorganization and consolidation lead
ing to the new company, and also OF the
plans of Mr.. Hill In connection with II.
These are the facts and these are the
plans" said he. They speak for them
selves. As attorney for the road. il might
not become me 10 say fully of what sig
nificance consider them so far as their
relation to the city end It's interests Is
concerned. believe / would rather you
would look into the matter and see for
on the situation
No one more suitable than John Leary
was suggested to the mind Of the reporter.
and he found that gentleman enthusiastic
over what the new scheme means to Sc
attic.
First OF ALL" said Mr.. Ieary. 1T means
the building OF additional Touring mills
and factories know whereof speak.
When Moritz Thompson was debating the
question Of establishing the Centennial
Touring MILL the one grave objection that
stood in his way for months was the alb
sence OF an elevator which could handle
wheat. In my opinion. the new move
ment on the part of Mr.. rim and the Great
Northern means raore To Seattle than any
enterprise we have had since the building
OF the Seattle. Lake Shore & Eastern. 1t
means much to the city, both from COM
mercial and from an industrial point OF
view. 1t will not only provide facilities
now much needed for handling the rapid
ly growing deep-sea commerce, but 1t Will
afford employment for large numbers of
men in the city. and. as l have already,
said will unquestionably lead 10 the es-
Enlistment of cognate Industries. For
the first time Ii promises definitely and
sauareiy to accomplish thing that we
have long needed. and that viii be need
ed more and more as the years go by:
that s. to hiring Seattle's shipping facill-
facilities by land.
wheat for the Orient.
ut marks one great step on Mr.. Hilrs
part toward furnishing American wheat
to the Oriental market. To do this he
has found 1t necessary to reduce the cost
so as in q measure at least to put this
cereal on a competing basis with the rice
OF China and Japan. His plan for sack
ing wheat in the elevator here. with CO.
ordinate facilities along the line of the
road by which farmers can ship directly
to Seattle In bulk. will be a great thing for
the farmers east Of the mountain. as well
as for this city, In whose great future
Mr.. Hill has always expressed great Gen.
fidence. In my Judgment. he has never
given a greater or more practical express
sion of that confidence than In the move
which he has just made. 1t shows an alb
solute conviction on his part that Seattle
Is destined to be great city, and. at the
same time. it shows beyond question his
determination to make Seattle the psrma-
nent and central terminus OF his trans
continental system. II is one more pledge
laid down by him In proof of his assertion
that Seattle, in the near future, will have
a population and commerce greater than
that Of San Francisco.
THE unfolding Of this plan now Is
really nothing new to me. As far back