The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-05-06


could be
city to develop
50 far the advantage all the side Of the gained
and suffered no losses from the advent Of the Northern Pacific
light Of benefor and SUPPORTER They looked for their
perty.
That Is where mistake made. spirit of
pendenee andse relanoe.
The Northern Pacific Tacoma phnnbropic
the benefit Of that portion the human living Tacoma BUT
OWN ULTIMATE BENEFIT here make
worked hard for the incident o scheme
1t went into politics 1t controlled city councils Every privilege
in the council he at once became marked for Slaughter The N p was the ruling
made utservin to it.
by affected All of the Puget
Sound cities and n plight
Grass began the back
BY this time, the ownership
had changed Railroad officials who had purchased
estate and had doomed the town " speculation had ded off the stage Of
activity this concerned them had their hold
The management.
came the accidental recipient of OF the benefits That
n P d9 Did it still continue discriminate against Seattle
il had done the
No The bag and baggage
carefully prepared interview out to the local there distinctly
that the days discrimination
oeued and that the railroad the6e all of the Seattle business
get Further he sad the city would abandon certain streets down on the water
front and give him free play there contiguous of land which he
depot for Seattle and other terminal freight facilities costing million dollars
people the value Of their water front however, and refused
let Aeen have His proposition down the council after
depot simply
because was not allowed do 50 on the terms proposed by Mr. M
vsor and trying make itself popular with Seattle shippers
it believed that it could make Seattle better.
The railroad business for what business could had
had almost ~orsped the N p fetish and believed that would do die
finally discovering be corporations
without sentiment or SOU, is therefore distressing
be worth while consider the the Great Northern
the built Seattle the
at the outset rivals and business policy large their
and especially large cities at their terminals
Jas Hill did not work early and late for Seattle just because he loved Sc
ae JAS has very little OF the sentimental IN his makeup according to the
statements those who know him best He ran practical capable
He worked Seattle
the
fuences the city council Tacoma showed itself to be-
Hill always said that no city should give away its water front lie lived up
When the question building union depot recently he said that
he would prefer TO tunnel under Seattle and reach point beyond the business
ton the front rather than blockade the traffic the steamboats, he
From time Mr. Hill looked the
see fit o investigating
welcome did try enter this city Some of the N P dvOtees Tacoma
were doubt.
Mr.. Hill
and that about and half already stated in these columns The
sporadic casually
Great Northern not yet ready to the whole matter promptly
when business men are trying to make money by selling goods they don't
abandon their efforts the difficulty and throw their hands They keep
cuisines. spirit people city going
the Great Northern after other eyerstnsE
cities THE OTHER TOWNS ARE GOING TO HAVE THEM AND ARE co
the
selfish business
to the city control its trade for all wanted bottle the
absorbing
along N. P. TREMENDOUS
Ma Il made difficult for railroads steamboats, this
without its permission, well knowing railroad
il fact n
The n p had it n mind ago..
But still be found
railroads The tide fats be utilized bridge
the s
proceedings could be instituted by the
the lands that been years.
of this sot come neces
The NJ p should be treated with the
this 5 o
all
to prosper and in o Washington
the railroads
i not wen for for TODAY
afford huuda