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

cifc coast. and having seen Il he Lost -
tine in calling attention 10 It. he wrote
to his representative in this city. point
fng out the afsadv anfage under which the
road was IAnorfng. and 80 long ago as .asS
November asked them TO help him remedy
the trouble so AZ to provide asnp.e fae-i-
tiles for handling the vast commerc~
which was arising and would hereafter
d-ve.op in connection with the Orient,
with Alaska and with other points. After
thorough consultation about the matter
he gave directions nearly six months ago
10 Judge Thomas Burke TO purchase ~.
the Great Northern water front property
suitable for the erection OF wharves and
docks large enough to accommodate the
and an elevator having . capacity for
5on.a00 bushels of wheat.
This purchase has been actually made.
and Mr.. Hsll has now asked for plans and
specifications for the buildings and I'm
provements. which will in al probability
be completed in time to handle the grain
crops OF the coming season. The elevator
and warehouse are TO be fitted TO handle
grain both In bulk and in sacks. and are
to have facilities for sacking grain in
the elevator FOR foreign shipment. Mr.
Hill himself, with his usual penetrative
shrewtlness, IN discussing the details.
came to the conclusion that sacking could
be done more cheaply in the elevator by
machinery than IL could be done on the
farms by hard. and that consequently
SUCH an arrangement would be better
both for the company and for the farm
ers. The plan will also include the pro-
yidipg OF ample warehouse facilities along
the lire of the road for the storage and
shipment OF wheat to Seattle.
Three blocks Purchased.
In accordance with these instructions
three books Of tide lands have been pur-
chased in North Seattle. lying between
Harrison and Newark streets. having a
frontage along the harbor OF LASS feet. or
more than quarter OF mile If Mercer
street. which intersects the property with
a width of 100 feet. be included. then the
total frontage will be 1.5s5 feet. The title
to this property has been transferred and
IL now held by MIR. Hill for the Great
Northern. Instructions have been given
TO engineers and architects In the en-
ploymeIt Of the road TO prepare plans and
specifications for warehouses and an eie-
vator and docks. AS Already stated. the
capacity of the elevator is TO be so 30
bushels. The warehouses and elevator
are to be completed in time to care for
this seasons crop.
When these improvements are complet-
ed Seattle will have facilities for handling
deep sea commerce and foreign shipping
not exce!led by any port on the Pacific
coast. not excepting San Francisco. The
entire movement. so far as Mr.. Hill. is
concerned, shows both his commercial
sagacty and his supreme and implicit
confidence in the future of Seattle When
six months ago he and Judge Burke were
talking over the matter. Judge Burke
suggested that as the largest ocean yes
sci was not more than 600 feet in length,
a single book OF ground would be suffi-
cient for all dockage purposes, Mr.. Hin
replied:
THAT is true for the present: but sup
pose Seattle, In the course of few years
more has population OF 100000. and in
stead OF a single ocean steamer we shall
need to accommodate several at the same
time. No. let US lay the foundations
now. The business Is sure to come
Hill's Faith In seattle.
In private letter TO Judge Burke dated
April 4, Mr.. HILL after approving the pur-
chase of the new property. writes some
words that VIII be interesting TO every
resident and friend OF Seattle as showing
how the railroad magpate feels just now
with regard TO the future OF this city. He
says:
THE movement to ALASKA seems to have
been very materially reduced within the