The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-06-11

olympia The plat Of the town
site Will be recorded within a few
daya, About 500 acres are includ=
% In the plat 10 be filed aud the
entire toWnsite viii include more
than 5000 acres.
The plat takes In seven miles Of
water front that h. said To be- on
deep water accessible 60 the largest
steamers. whore big docks Will be
built In order TO accommo date the
vessels that will enter the harbor
In years to come. II the alleged
plans of one Of the greatest rail
road systems Of the present day
are carried cut
The plan for tho new docks II
the muat elaborate that has yet
been made and for this purpose. Il
In said that s. ooo 900 will be appro-
priated. Experts have been exam
laiug aud experimenting with the
clay found IN the section and mud
that Il IL valuable Tor the mAnufac-
I ture Ut cement. brick aud pottery.
aud cement works viii be built.
The shore and water rights on
I Crooked OF summit and Black lakes
has been acquired faf the purpose
OF supplying the town with water
Tor domestic use and water power.
I Crooked lake Ia A50 feet above tide
water and BLACK lake IL $50 feet
This will give a gravity service for
the nOw town.
This IL said. on good authority. 10
be tho first decisive move ~ II.
Hartman l. planning In the great
game OF railroad chess that has
been going ON for the past ten
years Hartman has always want
ed an opening on Puget Sound In
order % set a share of the business
here lis ambition has been to
gain an entrance 90 Seattle. and Ia
DO this Il Is necessary 10 have 4
basis for operations.
The great expense attached %
such a basis hear a large city like
Seattle. has been the one sci back
70 the enterprise. and Il Is uoN IN
defstSod that the town u HART
man has been selected a. the place
f MAAAf ~ - AAN nav AHH VA sNMAAaA
doeks and headquarters.
Years ako the Union Pacific ae-
qulred a right Of way 10 the Sound
but Lost Il during the panic. Shca
the road sent into the hands Of a
receiver Later the Northern Pa
cifie took Il up and built on as much
Of IL az Naa necessary 70 hold IL
Ever since the Northern Pacific
made this move the Union Pacific
has been lookiHk for an opportunity
% regain lfa luat vantage.
The Union Pacific owned The
rlKht-o way from Vancouver down
tbs Columbia. and Il was a part OF
the right Il had On The line 70 Seat
tie Nhlch the Northern Pacific took
away from H. Tho Union Pacific
built down the eaat bank % The VIII
lameite river from Portland. evil
IDENTIFY making its first start Tor
Seattle and hoping that the North
err Pacific would IN some Say Or
other lose It's Fight-of from
Vancouver westward On the Colum-
bla.
To checkmaka thia move the
Northern Pacific promptly built the
line from Vancouver TO kalama.
thus shutting Hartman out Of the
down river line. Ever since this
new line was built. the Hartman
forces have had 4 creW of engineers
In the field and ever section u the
ground has been gone over Cor the
purpose 81 Ealaing the beat en-
trance a. the Sound.
Thla work has progressed 80 ex-
tenslvsly that the announcement II
made By those Mh0 are Ia position
20 know that the road will be built
within the next three years and
possibly before that time Mr.. Har-
rlman will be running his trains
into Seattle over his oNu line. The
distance vii require che construc-
tlon % about is0 miles ~ line. and
u Il said that the bonds for faia-
ing the money are already disposed
Of. Tho amount OF the bonds II
placed az ti0.000.00
The road az proposed AZ the pres
ont time will take northwRrd
course from the Columbia. through
the Cowlitz pass and northwestefly
20 Olympia From Olympia the
road will BE- built 10 the town Of
Hartman. Northward from Har-
rimAn the line will be built along
the coast to Seattle. giving Mr Har-
riman and the Union Pacific two
openings into the Puget Sound
country.
Correspondence between =. r.
Carroll. a sell known Seattle attor-
ney. and the officials OF the Union
Pacific has been going on for sew
eral years Mr. Carroll has kept
the railroad maKnate carefully In
formed as 10 the conditions on the
Sound. and u Is now said Mr.. HaE-
rlman has come to the conclusion
that the time is ripe for him 10
begin work. RlEhts-of have
been acquired for a good part OF
new road and the work Of carrying
II on farther Is rapidly progressing.
Another project included in the
plans 81 which Mr. Hartman IL said
10 be the promoter, Il the cOnstruc-
tion Of a canal from Lynch Cove 10
Cases Inlet across the narrow neck
Of ground that separates Hoods
Canal from the waters OF the south
ern extremity OF Puget Sound. The
surveyors OF the road have been
over this ground and given estl-
mates "a t0 fha rnaf ~ constructing