The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-05
Not building New Roads.

Asked il he intended building a branch
line from Wenatchee into the Okanogan
district with spur into the Republic
mine district. Mr.. Hin said: No: We are
not building new roads or branches We
put men in the field 10 look over the
ground. but not with view TO building.
We do this In every district where there
is a remote possibility OF sometime reauir-
ing a road. The Okanogan district does
not produce enough now to justify the
expense of building a road into it, IL may
remote possibility. The okanogan dis
tr3ct Is, ~ course. tributary TO tbs. coast
but the Republic mine Is not range of
mountains dividing It from the Okanogan
district The Kettle river and the kootenai
river districts In the United States will
turn out to be very large and important
mining camps. and they, as well as the
Occur d Aiene. Will be tributary 10 Spo-
kane. so that IL the coal OF Eastern Wash
ington can be found in any quantity 10
justify operation there Is no reason why
Spokane cannot be made very important
tributary and distributing point But al
present. until the question OF coal Is set
lied there IL an element OF uncertainty
about the whole natter
No Connection With the r. G.. Co.
Mr.. Hill denied that the Great Northern
was in anyway connected with the Pacific
Coast Company. He said.
THE Great Northern has no financial CON
nectiou whatever with the Pacific Coast
Company. the people who own the latter
are largely personal friends Of mine ana
II there IL anything from business stand
point that the Great Northern can do for
the Pacific Coast Company We shall Ger
sainly do so. I know Of no reason why
the Pacific Coast Company should inter
fere with any traffic ARRANGEMENT il NAV
have with the Northern Pacific. or stop
It's coming over it's terminal tracks into
Seattle. For many years she Northern Pa
citic entered 81. Paul over the Great North
''Thrre - no railroad I'm the
United states that can stop the
Great Northern coming into any
place i, wants to-"
Mr.. HI. said in answer to the question
touching the allegation that the Union Pa
Cfnc WAS en1eavo-fng TO secure control ~
t1e snort Line. and with it the o. r. s y.
WITH view 20 shutting out the Great
Northern froim the Portland territory:
"The Union Pacific. the Great
Northern and the Northern Pa
cific nre all working I'm harmony
SO far N territory is concerned.
1T Ia true that there Is aone Little f-se-
ton at Lewiston between the Northern pa
ci'ic and the Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Company. but there "a nothing there thar
little patience and good temper VIII not
settle.
No. the Northern Pacific has n, more
idea Of building the cut-ou from Mssouia
20 Lewiston than Tie Great Northern has
~ building from 81. Michael 10 Rampant
City. or from here 10 Taconia. That -
All along the liDe of the rest % the fairy
stories
">tock Exchange Gabbie-
Relative % The alleged fght for su-
premscy between himself and J. P.errs,nt
Morgan. MIR Hlll said
''Taere Ia nothing 81 H. A lot - STOCK
exchange gable hardly worth 1eny rg he-
cause - gives i dignity that il doos no.
IN The SpfeT- Mcry~au combination fa~
The control II the Raitsmors X Ohio prom
erty. Mr., Hlu SAID THAI Mr Morgan Was
nor largely concerned IN tAe Baltimore =
phso read. Mr.. Sp.@r arf others H.. -,
whether he had the controlling tnr..-,~st :,
the baltimore & Ohio. AR HiG sat8.
That's hardly a salr QUESTION ,x.fff
sly. h0~epfS t1at I have large Interests
II s..
1T f. mistake 10 think fhat
transconttn~ntai lines are eager
te secure airart lines from the
Pacific to the Atlantic There 4.
ne paFticuJar advantage In hax
Ing such "A transconttnenfaf rnad
aud beside that we have all .he
ter"
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