The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-23
4,.u1continental Railroad Must
ultinately Come to This City.
.s,NEss MEN ARE sANcuINE.
-. see In the Proposed Railroad
psreIand = siGD of Resunptasn
- development In the NORTH.
~ests-Cnisn Pacific Vow IT Z Dis
eAvnnfage Ia Handling Business
- the East - The Ordinance.

= projsct "a recent yeara has excited
- interest anaong the anaSs 81 people
. RE city of Seattle that the proposed
l ..x1aug of a line CT standard gauge rail-
! - bsading Seattle ~ the steel bands
i ,onmerce with fle British Columbia
- On the north aud the territory In
4 rad reached by the Canadian Pacific,
= With Portland on the south and tina.
ust domain Tying between the Cascade
-sxs on the west and the Mississippi!
sssr oa the east.
RE publication OF Inc facts II connsc-
"a With the enterprise, given in yester-
! ay.s Posl-intelIigeneeT, formed the basis
ansmased comneas among ali classes
reopIs throughout the city yesterday.
from all sources came expressions OF
ratification that men Of capital have seen
I'd laid hold OF the exceptional opporsuni-
i \. presented at the beginning of q new
a Of development and progress. to &C.
: ssse an entrance by railroad into Seattle
"a The Sound country.
AWdI& B11Abs@S Sbtsf 6lt O4se StAtifIf1-
sssslls. and that is the belief that within
| sysrv short time the Unlon Pacific will
. b running It's own trains ever its own
racks into Seattle. '@rhe Union Pacific
I'll, have 10 come 10 Seattle some Day"
az The business paea. 1T Is only a aues-
| ton Of time. Nav that the attention OF
zen Of brains. Of muscle and OF means
= focused on Seattle, sshen the
] Northwest IL just entering the portals Of
| ! period OF magnificent DEVELOPMENT. In
shs prop.tious time for such an enter
| pflss."
!, Necessity for Prompt Attention.
1 Even among the mos: conservative bank
!, ers and business men was encountered the
sentiment that the Union Pacific and Ca
| madam Pacific railroads will some day be
1 forced 10 come 10 Seattle. as he business
and commercial ensrepot OF the whole
, North Pacific coast. and have olreaay per-
| es.sed and recognized the necessity for
| efcmpi action. They have heen brought
/ . this frame of mind. 1t IS believed, by
1 AaSA t&a~ u per- id - ikQr&E@S anu
rfosperlty. of the development OF the re-
ssarces OF the state and the settlement OF
liz vacant farming lands. is fast approach.
4 ag; end that coupled with all this Is the
future Of Alaska and the Northwest ter
tory, with which the destiny CT Seattle Is
sssparahiy connected and associated.
The relation OF ths Union Pacific and
I e Vanderbilt systems 10 he proposed
usw road has net yet developed beyond
;ss stage indicated in the Post-IateIIigen-
sr Of yesterday. AT present the Union
Pacific IL doing business In Seattle tn a
/, 81. Of hand-to-mouth fashion The road
Is manifestiy at disadvantage 10 the
Asfthern Pacific ard Graat Northern: SO
sso IS the Canadian Pas.fc. although by
| nsans o. its traffic agreement. with the
!, ssst,le & International. the Canadian Pa
sac has longer reach than It's southern
competitor
That slr William Van Horne was
sassons 70 make this advantage a perma-
! ssa, institution by securing the valua b..
I sasehises. rg'ts-of-way and terminals or
/, tie old Lake Shore was made plainly ev-
fsat n the late brush between the North
| sa Pacific aad the Canadian Pacific for
/ eaa'ro| Of the bonds OF the old Lake
Share Failing IN his effort 70 purchase
tae contto. Of the Seattle & International.
e already preparing for ihs tire when,
ss.ag cut eff from ssatt.a oy the explfa~
aaa Of the traffic contract mentioned. the
Csaadian Pacific wlll be forced TO secure
aAeiher entrance into Seattle.
From n Chaotic Condition.
The railroad situation in the Yves. Is
'st aow esuefg.ng fro5a shao>Ic condi-
taa. brought about by failure Of many
4 the trsusconljaentai lines. the subse-
s2snt entsnslgrneats Of -ecelversalps ard
u strife and battling between diversified
al often wasr!ag interests 20 @acslle rep-
fasngayjon wsth the new eon eauies horn
Wen the Federal courts reliaau sha,i con-
a@ of ;he 1psrasioys of the various nres
@2dhstn0 Nc ard reoraa9jxaslcn hava
sa@e bars! IN hand. eliminating naaBy i'm
ffisn. facl5rs tn saitroad a-,lvHv and
@Fs'oFmeat aa0 sc charging cerd.tlars
'Als Immediate resumption "a .c.~astr,l>-
Tea sv>1 81 ia*,sfisd hy bust-s SIS coasli-
~sas wsaid have hardly hean casa t.pa ed.
"W direct cates have follow 4 II ihA
wake e o3. tsanea lines nave lreea cslt
= aad haVF aeea formed .ago Independent
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