The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-08

not be the first nor the tenth city that
mas done So See what a condition Chica-
go Is in after the people forced the busi-
ness out of their own city. Anybody in a
hurry for his freight will ask to have it
shipped around Chicago, and Ii was only
last summer that a Chicago manufacturer
told me 1t took longer to- get carload CT
steel from Fort Wayne TO their works,
that II did to take 1t from Pennsylvania 10
Chicago.
We are compelled to figure on small
things to be able to compete for business
In general way the conditions are such
that we can compete with the Suez canal.
This work will be done, and we are be-
ginning right here. Ships viii be here a
year from this fall to bring about these
conditions
II see no reason why the commercial
growth of Seattle should not go in leaps
ana bounds far surprising the most san
guine expectations of anybody providing
you DON'T obstruct your growth. 1t will
not do to force the roads to strain every
thing through the eye of a needle for Il
won't be strained. These questions interest
you, and us with you; but bear in mind
that progress won't move backward; the
business will come, and II will be transact
cd here. We want to do il. and that is
sums to bring 1t about.
II notice that your city council is being
asked for franchise to provide switch
wise you: Make that two tracks, instead
of one. so that there will be room for
trains to pass and make them open to
have never asked you or anybody else
for an exclusive privilege, and do not
want anything now that you will not do
Don't allow anybody, no matter what
interests they may represent. TO bottle
you up. Keep your facilities as open as
you can. IL is not necessary that all busi-
ness should be punched down here on the
water front, and 1t could not be If we
wanted II 70. That is why we want to
You can't do the business of a large place
In such narrow facilities as those on
Railroad avenue.
Keep Open Railroad Avenue.
You will find that probably most of
our business over the water front will
have to be done at night. so as to leave
| the street as free as possible for private
| use through the day for those who are
| crossing the Sound and in other business
| You should allow Railroad avenue to be
| nothing but "A thoroughfare for cars com
ing up and down; and keep it forever
| open,
ITO give you such extensions as we now
nave at West Superior would be TO oc-
cupy the tide flats for a mile and a half
from the clay works up to King street
and proceed out as far as Commercial
street covering II all with tracks There
Is not a man here who does not believe
mat Seattle is to be larger than West
superior, and yet our business from here
to the head OF the Great lakes, that in
cars a day, has grown to sixty to ninety
a day now, and yet we are only begin
ming Last fall we could have handled
$50 cars a day only we could not AFFORD
TO bring them back empty, which haul
alone would cost SIS a car
Your great immediate source of wealth
Is your timber. | can take anybody TO
an acre out here and find as much weight
OF freight there as could be raised on an
acre OF agricultural land I'm $50 years. and
thls VIII pay Just as high freight rates
Don drive this enormous trade away
The hardest thing have had to contend
with all my life. even with our own ne
| Die, Is In providing for ia fYt nj
teen years aao an official of another road
said | was all right but that / was in
S Se IL bn n SS,lnass snd yet that mans
! tracks and IS paying US for privileges
that We acquired long ago
| WashinRton's Big Market.
Your trade lies between the Ohio river
ana the Rocky mountains. That locality
| uses 10 uo0,So 90 feet OF soft wood a YEAR
! and Washington furnishes only 10 per
/ cent OF IT, You should have q. and il
! Will be your own fault II YOU don't gel If
| There's your big market"
| The proposition OF the Denny hotel catne
! to see II finished. f. + Bla,nS ''T r,, NE
/ sentative % the owners Of the institution
| SAID they had finished the building. and
| would be glad To get Is tenant, ana 10
! have the cooperation ~ tho railroads In
| making Il tine house. MT I'M said he
/ should De Elad 70 do anything he could
! to heip the proposition. but said the
! owners would have diflcuity iu opTnin.s n
- I'll Il was furnished
| II Il is furnished and fitted up ready
| Tor use, said Mir. Hill. Il should feel
| much disappointed II We could not and "A
| hrSl -class man 90 take care of h. and
| make IL feature on the Coast"
| AZ tAe conclusion " the meeting Mr.
! hiu WAS asked what he Thought II Al.
| mural htNty.s candidacy for the Drass-
| drn'V he said. Admiral Dewey has
! bE9ten himself brave man and a good
/ hshisr. buy r'gaFdng his qualities 20 per.
! lufW me duties ~ president OF the United
| states au not informed. 10 takes ro1re
"a Ia
! yetns OF government admire Admiral
/ Dewey and The work hc has done huf n0t
4t4"A tami;iag With his ability in other
/ aIgee IONS should father not express nr
! ot l.,i.s. leave thar With others more
Movements of the Party.
/ las-rry,At Nor,acrn atflzlaI PARTY spent
/ uAsE ga, Yesterday President linus
! time was divided in inspecting tne t@r-
/ nln4is ~ me road here. the proposed de-
[ p.f ste south ~ king street a~d frtr--
I views with business men ana local off,.
| ctAis 81 the road. lu fhs Afternoon ho
( visited W. B.abon Western trafic man.
/ home with IA g-ippe The other rnep7hs-s
/ ~. p7esi'eH, !. ian third vice presi-
| Eastern Minnesota Joan y stevens csisf
engineer. - NJ Robins a large srsi1
merchant and friend 81 Mr Hi'i. = 81
I FhuL an3 W. J Rofter au Eastern carl
tal!st. spent the dav looking over rha
.laQArN property aod sightseeing
.- ms p, s2i're PSFtS, ;R fharse - North
- special train FOR Portland wscrs
NJ h.l WI have meeting with Presl-
sem A1iR.e5 ~ the oregon Railroad &
This IS my isst trip 10 tho Coast be-
fors E.oiug % Europe FOR short stay"
said Mr.. Mn MY trip Is purely one q
INSPECTION as We have a great deal ~
work being done on our line ia this vicin-
it\ Ian. am sad - say that after making
ta9roNSh Examination ~ it. e IS setting
along splendidly. and all that has been