The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-25
Negotiating With Great Herthsrn
for : Depot IN This City.
ouTooasE sT,ll cossJGoTuaAl
President ~ ne HesthsTn Hase0s
says JaDes =. MN wants The
U0W station - - EToete0 II
1oo1hssn Fart - the C1ty-Yesss.
Asnt vassell will Lss Msllsn
sU1x 1ae RY1eo 1os tho L0nA.

Special advices from Prealdent c. D. Mel
len, Of the Northern PActnc RAILWAY Com
pany. 70 the Fosf-lnteineencef 70 70 c0n.
11m ne s n,.Is ~. - :. 80. ~ 49, ~ =
- -. ~ srsction "a : union denot
IN the city.
The seatemsnts that the Northern Pacific
would erect or join In erecting = depot
only on Haiiroad avenue are svidenuy m
s,.c,,or ~ : ss.tIon esthsr on neiiroad
avenue or IN the southern part OF the
city, Only In tho event Of the compaaies
falling to agree = the Northesn Pectnc TO
~ NM, 10 vSss@,Ssv ssisSr.phed
20 IN New York for = ds0nite statement
en- the depot progosecn e ma ' for .ds
since his interview IN tbs Post-inteiligen-
Ger. when he was In Seattle. TO the enect
that he was engaged IN negotiating with
Mr.. Hin for depot in the south end
Tho following telegram was received
from President 0sllen last night:
NEW YORK. Aag. 24.-Aanaging
.essF
YouR TELEGRAM hes oeen HerWeEs.
- - - here. Thas company VIII
81. tie Great HertAsr. :. the srss-
don 81 . un1on passenger station
,.seA.r ~. the ,re>erty Ne have
r.s.nsay ses.lrsa :. aailrsa1 ave.
me or N the southern DoFt ~ the
.sr~ -aa~n natte, ns,e.taon n nre.
.s' -~-.r
i.pssssble . say whether We shall
Be able to asrss 80. terms fer the
er ,e,.t, h.t, faalsng 70 agree, We
49,. ..s.r.....-
..~.sr.A a n.aa,aaA avenue. which
49,. ~
VIII se eDes 70 ne 0Eess "srss
o. any other railroad company en-
tesang Seattle % use upon eqaltahle
tesns. C. .. MELLES.
r,hs Sora~oir~ -. y.ce,ve6 TOO tafe "a
cosnmunicafe Nth prestdent Hin OF the
Great Northern. TO secure an expression
from him y W. Blabon, Western frafYlc
manager Of the same road. IL out Of the
city and Judge Thomas Burke the gem
ersi Weetern Counsel. was non-comiuittai:
10 Il was imposaible to get definite state
u.enf A 70 the attitude az the Great North
ern with respect to the proposition
he had little faith that the PROPOSITION
could IN carried out As n was we'll known
that the Pacific Coast Company owned a
large area necessary to the establishment
or union depot and adequate freight
warehouses and tracks In the southern
part OF Seattle. and might hold the land
0eteAt
derfaking This report has become 30
strong among those insisting that the de-
pot would be erected on Railroad avenue
that President ], ID. Farrell was approach-
cd last night to ret II possible 4 definite
statement as to the position Of the Pacific
Coast Company In the matter II n under
stood that Mr.. Farrell han been quite ac-
tive In this union dep0t project ard was
the means Of bringing Mr.. HUI and Mr.
Meiien together on the negotiations several
months aso. He has always declined 20
be interviewed. whenever questioned say
ing there had beer talk enough. and what
the people wanted was depot. But 10 the
direct question. ne. however. said last
.,, ..
Ss1s.
THE Pacific Coast Company IL naturally
interested In the question Of union teru.f-
nails and win take az much suh.,ar,tai
snttar az ,b. ,,eona.s,;an =. ar,~ c,,rna.,.-
-.s..ss.x-. -
larry In need OF further facilities az that
nei,.ve ina, Mr. Msli.n sas co,.sssr.a -.