The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-29
PRESIDENT AELLEk'S VISIT.
roxrER WITH CITY COUNCIL
..orr DEPOT BUILDING.
II, determine About Water
,r... ratii End OF controversy
..-.es the state and the Cow
.,..e.s - I" the H.r""r Line

l., rtsDatcn ~ The Post Intelligence.
ssset@@s,ssA oct. 1:-ETeeiCent &. 3 Me-
~ go arrived "a The Seventeenth
~ Ids during last Night. the party
80 s,rsct from - Pau. In a special
- ~ three cars
= "a. party are y. headfick. SECOND
@~ss.Aer.t: ] 81 Haunaford. third
r,..l3erf, Z II Mchsnry. chief en-
NJ c. Kimberly. general slperin-
II Il CANNED. assistant sec
- saa T. r Bush. manager Of IN.
~. .a,nr.anv. < G. Fulton. assistant
- freight agent, lolne! the party
=. ,rors Portland and al. VIII go over
s,n,ils tomorrow.
80 trtu Is the usual inspection "trip
!. IN. road. said NJ Msilen. and 30
=. with various officials at this end
| =, yeu,ine matters
- question Of the Seattle depot VIII
setfie5 before I return We shalt
- proposition - thu council al
- ,s.ettrg Monday evening ana IL they
=. "a ghst we ask. and what We think
a. ard feaEonab!s. Ne shall go ahead
|. Sc attn the construction or our de-
?. ,ssrs. IN accordance. with the plans
go have already been made public
"a ire council doesn't see ~ to grant
- request then ne shall have 10 let our
ID he a. II is
1gs could not 70 down south of King
s,,,s 70 thu location proposed by Mr..
aa Passengers, ia order to reach
.,,sslger station there, would have TO
IS at Of our tracks. the Great North
i - racks and the Columbia g. Puget
.ssg tracks It would be very incon-
ser; for the public as well as for US.
~ shgaId have 10 build n side track into
.as back out. making no end OF bother
.sa trouble.
In The other hand the site We have
.ae,ss for "A depot In the natural loca-
- tof Il We are only asking for the
satjon o. two short streets. for one
sxs in order to make room for our
sTaprs Is nothing In the objections that
Az been raised against our plans, and
b rot believe the people Of Seattle are
! saaa as to he fooled by any such talk.
-what We shall do with the water front
.sat Of our property | cannot tell until
!. controversy between the state land
SaaIssion and the war department la
.ssssi n the state prevails and the
~ harbor line is established at the
"a dxet hy the state We will then
as TIE land % the state and build out
~ slips and docks into deep water As
Fu We ran 60. I do not rseollect now
4 shat the distance Is. but think suf-
IN, 10 allow for ships Of 800 or 900 feet.
- snough for ANY or the ships running
.hese waters at present ~ any rate.
On The ether hand II the line estab-
' sasd b. the war department. Is allowed
saaa there will b. no room for slips
+ ~ We shall havs 10 build a single wharf
/ Gss ~ we have Ia Tacoma. whore the
| IN iis alongside
tail We know what IL To be decided
Es cant touch the wharves, as each
AZ requires an altogether different ar
ssgsment ~ tracks. warehouses. etc.
| g. Ear ~ have come TO no agreement
III the q r & n and Union Pacific
sat the Joint use or Our line from Port
~ n the Sound | suppose they are
yssably looking the matter up 20 deter
~ wh.t her there Is business enough to
~ shsrr 10 coma 30 the Sound, and when
NJ make Up their mind about that We
N make some arrangement. We are
A.s any tns they are.
Washington ia attracting n great deal
sEtsntinn all over the country. and our
NJ Of timher farming and grazing
nj show that many people arc invest
= here ana many settlers coming We