The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-05-07
HUNTINGTON AND HlLl.
AFTER PORrlANp'S SCALP.
An Interview on the --latest Move 10
Northwest Railroad situation. watch
Was Declined by the Trlrvram

day Tor the Portland Telegram. and the
editor submitted % tu the management
rs he terms thv owners rtWarkiuE that
" 70 was deemed autlgpnlstic 20 Hunt
ingt0n % would uot 60 IL was held JuUl
Friday and chen declined with the state
mcng that "the management" preferred
90 agitate the question ydi,OrillIy rather
thau by way OF Interview hut VII 10 bv
'Jg1tatyd' by ''thr managvWrut or viii
10 De suppressed ln ths interest ~ sac
Statile.San Francisco rumhlntti1uf TIA.
Is the problem the Asiorlan intends tn
prrss.l
\ Telegram reporter sought ihr vi,wz
Of Mr. sidney Dell upon the railroad .l,u.
atlou ~ the Pac.uc NortnWest Mi Dsu
has great parualliy toward Astoria.
but thcre IS no doubt bee has made a
careful study OF the situation. As She
situation Is somewhat complicated ana
no harm can come from hearing all sides
the Telegram gives the substance ot the
Interview.
What do you think OF the railroad
situation. Mr., Dell was the query
1t looks very bad fJr Portand-and."
he added. FOR Astoria. too. because their
interests are entirely mutual"
"How's {; bad for Por,land?' was
asked
Why. /, is drawing on my mind very
clearly that Huntington and Jim" Hnl
San Francisco and Scattle-have pooled
their ISSUES to freeze out Portland and
Tacoma and make San Francisco and
Seattle the two great cities Of ,hy Pa.
ciuc coast"
How 10 yeu figure that outr" d. was
asked
"Its a simple matter" he replied
They seek Co capture the ,rans-Pac
.rldr and divide !, between them Il Is
plain 90 every one lha, Portland can't
g., tina, tradr. 70 requires, as The ore
gonlau recently said vessels OF p feet
draft. And that Is the minimum 100.
Thirty-two feet draft steamers viii Dee
needed 90 head on the grel; Oriental
lines P0rtlands Z.f0o, channel shuts
her out OF he race. Seattle a. nearer
the ocean han Tacoma, nearer the gold
fields. will soon have a tunne! through
the Cascade and can ~; fresh water IN
Lake Washington Above all. she has
Jim hin. who. next 10 Huntington Is
the greatest railway king ot he world.
He controls the o. r. & n, and makes
10 a Seattle concern. He freezes out
Tacoma by turning the NOrthcrns nat |
ural wheat exports to Portland. Mean |
time he is making gigantic preparations |
with ocean liners and terminals 20 drive f.
Tacoma out " the trans-Paclnc trade, I
He is rapidly making Seattle the CEN |
francisco is NJ the southwest tell /
you. ., looks very much Ike he and !
have pooled their issues 10 |
build up those two cities"
But how can Seattle and San Fran !
cisco head of the Canadian Pacific for |
that Oriental trade the reporter asked. |
why. there are two ways for the |
American railroads 70 capture ,nat trade. |
one is by uniting on Astoria. which has |
very advantage over Vancouver. y. g. |
with amendments, that 10 per cent tarf !
dlfferential Of the famous "section o."
knocked out by Attorney General Nc |
Kenna. believe Huntington built the |
Astoria road to capture that trade by |
uniting the American roads on that port.
But II looks little like he has changed
his policy The trouble ls that should
Astoria become the exporting and I'M
porting point, Portland would become
greater city than San Francisco. II
would soOn become the greatest city Of
the west. Hence Huntington may pre-
fer 10 pool issues with Hlll. as he need
not fear Seattles rivalry so much. so
II looks as n hey would rely on getting
q tariff differontal with which to defeat
ne Canadian and capture the great
oriental trade"
"Why would Astoria az the seaport
julld m Portland when you say, Sc
itte would ruin ~" asked the reporter,
linking he had cornercd AstorIa's friend.
"Thc reason ls plain" was the DromDi
'eply "When Astoria becomes the chief
.eaport and the Columbian basin doubles
70 wealth and population, as I can show
yin happen. the increased trade IN the
ountrv now tributary 10 Portland will
NIL 60 TO PORTLAND No one will
10 PAST PORTLAND 1O0 miles 10 trade
With Astoria, where no better trade can
I- had Aaiorias local commerce, as
he Oregonan has ably pointed out, will I
,e confined 70 the west half Of he lower
Columbia. the Nehalem and the north
nd south coast provinces. Portland will
e the great railroad and commercial
enter But with Seattle the great fore
round fJr Aslatic commerce and pss-
enger travel, and with all the railroads
entering there while Portland ls only
n a side line the people OF the Inland
Umpire will flock to Seattle to trade.
THE case Is plain Under present con-
Nlons, seattle's triumph means Port
lnd's ruin But Astoria's triumph means
'ortland's commercial supremacy In the
vest The 0. Il. & N. is now a mere
cattle concern. Hill kills two birds
nth one stone by turning large part
( the wheat exports to Portland, away
rom Tacoma. He ruins Tacoma and
be Northern. He hatters and fools