The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-31
OPINIONS OF LEADING CITIZENS TOUCHING THE MERITS OF THE co
CONTROVERSY.

TIE IONlkN
a depot. It is convenient and accessible
by al lines q cars. and convenient to the
AS the Northern Pacific owns all the
water front property alone they ought to
be allowed t1 improve 4 N any ~, manner .I.
improvements that viii be OF advantage
both to themselves and to the city. They
want to arrange It 50 they can handle 2
large volume OF business quickly and
I'm reference to dockage facilities for
the much-quoted mosquito feet, It has
far as my experiences goes. to throw their
docks open to all Corners, and the linz
mense system Of docks that they pro-
quate dock facilities for the mosquito feet
and all other vessels for fifty years to
come. None Of the private wharf owners
in the dock business in the last ten years.
most Of the docks in that vicinity. No
Pacific or Great Northern could afford to
keep up system Of docks there at the
present rates.. which are. under the new
II the new rates prevail ali private dock
owners in Seattle or other ports will have
to go out OF business. 1t is my under
patsa s. ths Yscc viii Be- Of
very substantial character; that their
docks will have a uniform length and
add greatly so the q tSe
city. as seen from the water, and be q
great improvement over the Antiquated
s,sructaTes which are in use At the present
mans point. Of view, am Of the opinion
that I would gladly make arrangements
with the Northern Pacific to handle any
vessels that may in the future be owned
or controlled by me or consigned to me.
Such an arrangement would be q decided
advantage to us IN saving Of expense as
well as affording better facilities"
FAITH IN MIR. THOMSON.
L. c.. Gilman:
II have not given the physical condi-
tiona existing Mt the proposed site of the
new depot sufficient Consideration to en-
able me to express an intelligent opinion
on 20 Of eesn o. woaS
offset the advantages that the city would
derive from the erection OF such building.
like til s to see this Improvement made. T be-
lieve the present city engineer to be both
competent and honest, and for my part
ths QUESTION es srsnns s
desired by. the railroad company. II the
proposed plan be such one as not to Sc
faus oSe c %seud dese that s mts pe fGnt
the Northern Pacific be granted in order
to reap the benefits which would certainly
follow the Of s SD nssss
LEAVES 1T TO COUNCIL.
L. Schoenfeld:
my opinion in reference to the matter
you mention is that when we have an OPP
portunity to get a depot here we should
take advantage OF 1t unless we have some
thing offered to us for consideration that
Is Of equal benefit. As know of no such
definite offer at the present time am
location and time, to the action of the city
council"
GRANT N. P,s PRAYER.
Clinton A. Harrison:
First. last and always, say, give them
the right-of-way they ask for. Let them
build the depot and improve the city.
and Improve the Recommendations There
are two things we want in Seattle more
than anything else-an elegant hotel and
an elegant railroad station. i don't care
who builds them, as long as they are built
by somebody. The thing we want Ia ia
cilities to handle the travelling pubic and
handle them right Look at the dirty
city Of its inches on the face Of the earth.
1t doesn't make any difference to mo what
company puts In the improvements; the
main thing Is we want them accomplished
facts and we ought to have them at once.
think the Northern Pacific buyer who
bought this right-of-way and the water
front showed good sense. and now they
have put the money In I say let them
make the improvements. I would say
the same thing II 1t had been the Great
Northern. I do not care what road does
1t. only know we want better facilities
and j am glad that any road proposes to
give them to us'
GIVE CITY A DEPOT.
James ID. Hoge, jr.:
Personally, and for the actual convent
ence OF the greatest number of the peo-
pie, / believe that the new station should
be on the water front. a. suggested. say
this. too, when, as an owner OF property
on the tide fats, 1t would be more to my
own interest to have that locality used
for the purpose.
sit seems to me that a great deal of the
agitation over the matter II absurd. Why
90 on so about one certain corporation
'gobbiiug' the water front? 1t u not al.
gone. by any. means. and those that sold
have had their property for sale for some
time past to any person or corporation
that could AFFORD to pay the price. Hasn't
this money been scattered iocaiiyf Look
at the number Of people right here In our
midst that 1t has benefited. No snap judg-
ment was taken. Some OF this properly
has been for sale for yearh and could