The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-21
NORTHERN PACIFIC CONTROL OF IHE WATERFRONT

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which will the Flyer dock the Commercial dock bn1ers One
Here the Of Northern Pacific off
Fisheries mpanys
houses are all that occupy the space The International Fisheries company has al
Although the addition built the Oriental dock has helped out
the railroad company sun ramped Tor ROOM OWING " e SN grow
that the traffic belongs to exclusively md preparing to take good care That
no m'pns railroad like the Union Pacific shall get chance to business along
extending its bacade Of warehou SEES from one end
other will be enenehed such way that other road will have fighting
This may be good business for the railroad but is good for the city
coma That the question which the people will debate Is good for any one
The majority opinion win certainly be monopoly
"oh a
mid citizen The railroad built this has here
VIII the md citizen please aAe his telescope and look across the waters IN
Of Northern Pacific locomotives traffic and of that city
The n longer works exclusively for Tacoma 1t works for traffic in Seattle
Only President Nellen the public that the
Northern Pacific intended just ueh business Seattle and for Seattle
could possibly do and that the time had passed by when the railroad would dis
Ss ' se r a9 ants n ae n state men" was published in all Of the Seattle
getting
either Tacoma Seattle in business
towns money good to i as another towns money a. D.,
ehe stands for Tacoma and Tacoma did in days
by has done much for the city in but the question is begnngo force
itself the people whether after an injury has also been done
ople everything
councils glad accord all privileges demanded and not modest
IN its demands took the waterfront for its and nobody said 1t be
the erection Of an immense arcnde of sheds along this waterfront in di
obstacle in the way Of the city at any future time should want to condemn
lands along the waterfront for municipal advantage Vacant lands might perhaps
be seized but lands with terminal vareh them would be almost not
The oof
from an idea that would Do better build Up rival city, where the Northern
did the facilities the Northern
Then erept
absolutely
in to entire
e freight deots and PASSENGER sheds along it from one end the other
The attempt was secretly made through G j. smith and Others who quietly
buying the waterfront property The scheme had progressed finely when
enat and the e council oS eff cy stems to prevent the eonsummatos
OF the project When smoked out Mr. NJ ellen frankly admitted plan
contemplated and he finally appeared before the council and asked for the vacation
Of streets leading to the waterfront missing the city would give them up
that he would erd several millions dollars improving the
Al that time Jamcs j. Hin was not See ping in the same bed with Mr. ern
and no contributed his efforts 70 thvt The scheme Of the Northern Pacific Fin
@ Mfn IN fit Of the p announced through the Seattle papers that he
would doing blessed hing the building dos
and that the people of Seattle could Just century for de-
% as ] Of H h suab1 S b put i up aFUs @
do the there What would mjm Seattle he would time
There whatever why the Northern Pacific road selfish
motives should monopole Certainly it should not be allowed to
have vorw ntinant Tn entaina + to &c Toshin Is - s 70
sse ' @ @ @ w t S e S TpsDE~h IT sT 70
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knocked the Union Pacific and the Canadian Pacific these
he of
Pacific should not be permitted to interfere The attitude Of the people nd be
onla at of tb Northern Pacific Hi whom 4 saws aTeono, J : a5
facilities o
sSa nd e Canadian pag me ''S'' northern" % Union "a
deny probably experienced getting the
Pacific make concessions criminal other
pou will probably be required This road started in years bottle the
In troubles which have
been visited upon other cities as result Of undue railroad control Take the
llle ON ever since n the Great detoen4
s tfS q tt @v H Cb; b @ great fii uf S
speak and think plain English
T9e Northern Pacific DONG the extending
trade boreade along the waterfront