The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-09
Vanderbilts and Southern
Pacific May Come.
EFFECT OF TiFFANf'S ROAD.
New York Capitalist Has Great
Faith In the Future of seattie'
Believing Ii VIII Excel "a"
Franciseo-His Line tn Port
land VIII Enable. Two Tran>con-
riuensal Roads tn Come Here.

The result % the irves.is cations of H.
lam q. tiffany. the New York capIfahSi'
Into the feasibility of going on with Nhe
establishment Of the Seattle * Port a "a
railway bids fair 80 be Of greater oelr9'
10 this city ard the state teaa was hFs'
evident. Tae railway man has Been Eo'e
but one day but In that time he has be-
come convinced that Seattle has "a wcn-
aerfui future 10 use his OWL words As
far as this point is concerned, there Is no
longer any question that work on the con-
struetion OF the line will be commenced IN
the spring. The only preliminary ~ork 70
be done is TO arrange the matter ot iran
chises with Tacoma and Portland. and 10
clear up some work on securing the
rights-of-way. Il is said thsr both OF these
particulars viii be settled without any de-
lay.
New Line Means Much.
The direct connection OF Portland with
Seattle as Will De achieved by the compile
ton OF this new linz. means more 10 the
launched and fioated in several years
much more. In fact. as II gives
tinentai railways. Mr.. Tiffany is
emphatic In the declaration that the Seat
tie & Portland is 10 be an absolutely free
and independent service. not antagoGstic
TO any read. hut aggressive in securing
business. The Yanderbilts have long been
known to be anxious 10 get 10 Puget
sound the more so since they got into
Portland So with the Southern Pacific;
but neither had yet solved the problem.
The New York man who is here now. has
done it for them, as he VIII give the out
let north OF Oregon that the Northern Pa
o.fic has refused 10 these two lines. II Ia
coma and Portland take up the matter in
the same spirit as Seattle has done, Il is
believed that by May /, 1850, trains viii be
running over the new thoroughfare.
SenttIe'S Commercial Growth.
Mr.. Tiffany has rot been in Seattle
since & was but forest. and
has watched with great interest the
evidences OF is commercial growth. lie
has always been a friend Of the West. re-
slizing that some day 1t was bound 10 take
an advanced place III the shipping and
business world. and has many times en-
pha t1ca!ly declared his auiagonisTn 10 the
narrower minds Of the Empire City. who
believed In an exclusive East lie IS all
ardent supporter OF the Nicaraguan cana.
believing that Il will be of more value 10
the whole Coast than years os develop
nlent without il could be, Puget sound,
more than san Francisco, VIII be aided by
this canal" said Mr. Tiffany last night.
las there are the lumber and a certain
crop OF wheat here that California is not
favored with" He expressed his gratti-
catton over the spiri, III which he was met
by the business men Of S%at..e. and the
action Of the city council
lie and william II. LleHellyn, rcpresen-
talive Of the Tiffany syndicate. depart for
Tacoma this morning. They go thence to
Portland and later return to New York.
Mv iJewellyn Will probably return soon
with further instructions.