The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-09
MAKE GUARDED Statements
NORTH GHJtsGANALoYDA AGENTS AR
RIVE ~ SEATTLE
Say Their Visit IL Only One Of In
spectfon-No Immediate Prospects
Of Line From This Port "A Lon

According % the representatives Of the
North German Ls0ye steamship COMPANY
vino haye been CT the Coasi ssFeFa' oa'
and arrived ia Seattle yeste9dai' thsA
company mas ~ iateGt!on az estAsl-sA-ns d.
line fron here 10 the Orient ro~, oN' ti.sy
are siIDpy 4ers Investigating tire outlook
The hcne.tr vii p-t eetFlIs as
soon a. In their judgment re trace PROS
poets justify tae4F a9ahg 90
sDtE.&32aE.5 s5GsaE tte ssAf dsG S-2ktffir'' =
10 the CONTRARY male ~ tbs Company =
Representative gs1% Ia Ssati.s l.cEk ~
little GouDl that t12 North German .-io$ =
Is Casting about t3r tern nal iacs!I.ies 81.
the Pacific coast. aHd taat of this f1issoh
the Fetr esenEatlgea hafe come 10 R!S cay
Al Associate. Press G1ptrsSaleQ Gs@Saictl
to the Posi- Dte-.,g eacer from fssf!lf says
III - reoafsea ira. sne North German
Iaoxi s5fe2 nLsH.p Company It's i>0fa1eh ia
tends To e1l is -xlslng A=iauc service
This dispatch can bear bat one reason
ak,a Inter yFciaf!on. ard taAs II. that me
COMPANY aas determined to seek a shorter
route g. the Orient aud val run is steafn-
chips Of. the North Pa@.nc ana *0rta At.
laftic w!tn son1~ irdasc0D Vnenia, fatirosd
HE across the United states as a. connect
'hf ~ INK s,y,v nav, here consists Of DR.. H
WsgaHd. OF Bremen. managing director
OF TIE COMPANY and MS. Wlegand. Gus
tsy ii. ScnwaD. OF New York. manager tor
the American business, and Z: oraae Dr
W;egands private secretary. Iney - rom
here to Vancouver. Il. -, this nn0FDIlS,
where the Doctor. mis- wife and secretary
will embark On ore Of tbe Empress liners
for tiie Orient There they vii remain
time investigating that ICED. aud then pro-
coed Oh one OF the North German Lloyd
stea uisnips for Bremen. Mr. scl@ab re-
turns from Vancouver to Ne" York
Nj, soh~ah WAS seer q. the Rainier
Grand hotel by q t'os ~!pteli gen2er reporter
last n.gai. to whom he said:
THAT talk about our esfa biishing Il line
ecross the Pacific is nothing but rpmot
Ne are out here simply 10 look over the
commercial conditions for otir use In keep
Ing in touch win the business OF tile word
II Is comparatively a new field. which has
heretofore not been thoroughly underst ood
by the North German Lloyd. There il no
proha b.iity Of our entering this trade IN
less than q year. Hul Il the business ~
this fed increases aud justlies the put
ting on OF a line. 81 course We shall be
in IL. We nos have line from Bremen
to Hoagkong. and from there TO ! 0ko-
hama, and another across the Pacific would
give a Circuit CT the globe. as far as
seaporis are concerned. as we are III New
York and Galveston. Tex. from Bremen
nov.
'''rhis Is my first visit to This part Of the
Country. ] have been 10 San Francisco
before. but never ~ Seattle. It's develop
ment and outlook are wonderful, and Sc
htiie's future AZ a great shipping port is
Certainly very promising The coming hero
OF al these rev steamers Will aid greatly
In building Ii up. Your surroundings augur
Il marvellous commerce In The not far-d-s-
tant future Another feature that viii
help Seattle | can see, is the opening Of
trade with the far East especially with
China, and Tor every reason Of cont lguity
accessibility and transportation Seattle
there.
I'VE stopped al Portland and Tacoma on
the way here. and are highly pleased with
the entire Northwest