The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-07
Denies Intention of Building to
British Columbia.
iNSPEcTS WORK AT SMITH COVE
His Deep Interest in Seattle's Com
mereiaI Growth Manifested In
His Visit Here-Minneapolis Pa
pers Say Northern Pacific Of
Hcfais Have Uttered Defiance TO
Hfli-Sfatement of Controversy.

President James J. Hi, Of the Great
Northern after taking a look at his Ier-
n1!nai and Shipping improvements at Smith
cove left al nooa yesterday by special train
FOR Portland. 3ir. Hill denied having any
immediate intention of building a branch
line 10 British Columbia, as mentioned in
a special dispatch from Vancouver yester
day morning In discussing the subject the
Great Northern president repeated MS for
mer statement that there was no necessity
for a resumption in railroad building in the
Pacific Northwest.
Dir. HilFs deep Interest in the CONNER
cial growth OF Seattle vas manifested yes
terday IN the care with which he inspected
the work al Smith cove. where the immense
warehouses. wharyes and wheat elevators
Of the Great Northern are under construc-
ton. He spent several hours at the i'm
provements. He expressed himself as
pleased with the work. although impatient
at the delays which have been encountered.
A Minneapolis paper Of December : con-
tains a sensational d0u5.e-leaded item In
which the leading officers OF the Northern
Pacific are represented as ut,ering def
ance 10 Mr. Hill The following para
graph will serve 10 illustrate the tenor of
the article:
ellie was seen and made the following
statement:
=" We al hope Hill is out Of our pastures
We are not afraid or anything he can do
II he starts TO fight he will find two
edged sword with both edges, cutting the
Great Northern. Have you noticed how
siignt The effect was on our stocks when
Hin was In New York threatening to take
an awful fall out of US if We built the
Clearwater short line? Well. we're build
ing that line right now, and Hill has back
ed down. He cannot get revenge by sell
ing his stock. That is good business. since
he makes 4 big profit on il. Does he want
TO fight? Let US see.
" We could build little line from Fertile.
MINI. TO point on branch in North
Dakota that would cross the Great North
ern SIX times and penetrate the richest
wheat belt ne mas III the Red river valley
I3iifs Whole machinery Is run by the East
ern end. on which he has Il cinch We
can break in the middle by building a few
miles here and there. Il would not cost
us much 10 do that because the farmers
are SO anxious 10 see Us do IL that they
would lend US all assistance in their pow
er, even TO the extent of cutting ties and
laying them free Of cost. To start "a fight
on the east end would be 100 one-sided
The odds against the Great Northern wauli
be len 10 one. On the vest end the fight
Would be even because the Oregon Railroad
* Navigation Company has mile for mile
or ours in the wheat sections there. TAX
lag the whole country into considera ton
We could double the Great Northern into
howhnot in less than twelve months. ana
in less than two years Mr.. Hin would be
IVohiHg lof receiver Till wants 10 night.
BAH"
y Seattle railroad man who knows the
secrets Of the Great Northern and North
ern Pacific was shown the clipping from
the Minneapolis paper.
This is on a par with all the rot that has
hoen published about HilFs great fight with
Morgan and his unloading his Northern Pa
cific holdings II Is true that Mr.. Hi and
Mr.. Morgan are two men who are not con-
stituted 10 get along together, But Mr.
Fiilfs interes, In the Northern Pacific Is
practically Just what il has been for months
past and this is true also of the Deutsche
bank.
Mr.. Hin il watching Northern Pacific
developments very closely. The Morgan
voting trust az FIVE has YET two more years
before II. The trust absolutely controls the
road and its securities. No change in the
management or the policy Of the road car
be made during the life of that trust with
out the consent 90 J Pierpont Morgan.
Put when that trust is ended by time
limitation. you can watch for results Mr.
fIii will be there. | would not ike 10 pre-
diet what viii happen then. You newspa-
per reporters will have plenty of good stuff
FOR while, And Seattle VIII not be any the
loser