The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-04
RAILROADS.
G. N. WILL GET It
Northern Securities People Believe
Hill Line Will Get Vancouver
Terminus.
Mr.. Hill Expects Canadian Coal to
Supply the Demands Of the
Northwest.
special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
New York, Sept. 4.-Northern Securi-
ties people are elated over the result or
the injunction suit brought by Canadian
Pacific to prevent the Hill lines from
reaching Vancouver, B. c. They recog-
nize the fact that the Canadian Pacific
will certainly appeal the case, and they
rather expect that pending the appeal the
progress Of Great Northern will be.
blocked. They are quite confident, now
ever. that the ultimate result will be
Great Northern entrance on It's own terms
into Vancouver, which Is regarded as
most important point in connection Win
the trans-Pacif1c trade.
A representative Of Mr.. Hill says:
This building into Canadian territory is not
to be regarded as reprisal for Canadian Pa
cihc 500 aggression. 1t is simply the work
ing out of the destnes Mr.. Hill mapped out
long ago for his northern lines. He has long
regarded the entire sound shore, from Vancouver
to Olympia, legitimate field for his enter
prise. When, a couple Of years ago, be seriously
turned his attention to the problem OF trans
Pacific traffic, he took steps to provide himself
on entrance into Vancouver. The reason Is
simple enough. 1t is easy to see that with Van
couver entirely in the hands of the Canadian
Pacific Mr. Hill would have powerful rival
indeed for his Pacific trade right at his door.
He recognizes the possibilities Of Vancouver
that might easily rival his own from Puget
sound ports. He is not going to make the
slightest effort to thwart the destinteS OF these
cities, but he Is determined that If they are to
become great emporiums for Chinese and Japa-
nese merchandise he Is going to be On hand TO
help them to become such.
In a word, the entrance Of the Great Northern
into Vancouver means that the Hill lines will
have a share In all commerce across the Pacific
from every port north of Olympia. There is
nothing hidden or difficult to see in the policy
that he is following in the far northwest. 1t Is
not exactly aggression, but is his well-worn and
often expressed policy of ''going wherever there
is business" The business that is taking him
into Vancouver is the trans-Pacifc trade that
may ultimately find its proper head In that
city. ......
The line that Hill is running from Grand
Princeton and Yale, is being run because he
sees there great coal business. Government
assays Of coal from that territory show that 1t
produces the finest product of bituminous coal
| on the continent, next only to the Fernie grade.
Ultimately the line will doubtless follow the
line of the Fraser river into Vancouver, max
ing a short route from Spokane and all points
Il" In going after coal business. Mr.. Hill is
looking a long way in the future. In his
minds eye he sees the day when the coal fields
of the entire northwest with fuel, will operate
every railroad west of Salt Lake City and north
Of San Francisco. and will even reach Chicago
He does not believe that that day will come
until the markets of the United States are
| thrown open to the products Of the British Co
lumbia mines. He believes that the present
tariff British Columbia coal tends not only
to hamper the operations Of the northern rail
roads, but also to restrict the commerce an(
manufactures Of northern cities. He does no
see why In his competition with the Canadian
Pacific and in his efforts to build up a ire
mendous traffic the Pacific ocean, h
should be handicapped by being compelled to pa!
a heavy duty on his fuel in addition to price
at which the Canadian Pacific can procure IT.
fuel. He does not believe that this will Away
be the case. For that reason he Is building Int
the coal territory and expects in the near futur
tEto far more tnn double e"asbostnd cool ton
mage away beyond the Missouri river, and evel
into the twin cities and Chicago. In fact, Mr.
Hill believes that the great bulk Of east-boun,
tonnage on the Great Northern ten years from
now will be coal, mined in the company's owl
lands in British Columbia, brought tn
border free Of duty and delivered by his car
riers In the cities Of the west at prices that viii
| defy competition.