The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-02-21
HARTMAN IN
THE FIELD
4 Great Railway Magnate Gains
Control Holdings of Pacific
Coast Company

,Linp il is generally accepted by
.;.oaa and steamship officials that
.,,a of control in the Pacific Coast
.,,nany has been made to represent
o,;ves of f. H. Hartman. and is be-
usvad to he unexpected fulfillment Of
.,e nronise made by the head of the
largest railroad and steamship system
combined in this country that trains Of
tho Hartman lines will enter Puget
Sound cities over Independent tracks.
n W, Cannon, chairman of the
hard of the Pacific Coast company. is
.,so president Of the Chase National
hank OF New York city, and it is the
oninion of transportation men that the
deal has been consummated entirely in
Wal, street. Shares of the company
have been soaring for fortnight as a
result of buying on exchange. although
tho corporation was for many years
regarded as practically close, hence it
is deemed improbable that control has
been acquired except through securing
blocks of stock held by large stock
holders
Particular interest centers in this
move. for the reason that the company
was formed through evolution from the
Oregon improvement company, and has
maintained a general agency here. with
Charles H. Glenn in charge, add is
owner of the coal bunkers at the foot
of Quimby street. BY this transfer the
coaling of steamers will be also con-
trolled by Hartman interests.
Complete domination Of Coast steam
ship business, towing of vessels be-
tween Portland and the sea, handling
Of mail contracts and passenger busi-
ness from Portlasd, Astoria and Ilwaco,
the Mexico, Panama, Central and South
America traffic, and the bulk OF busi-
ness between coast ports and Alaska
is gained, for the Pacific Coast COM
pany owns the Pacific Coast Steamship
company, and these with the other lines
already owned by Hartman interests,
combine the fleets in the traffic. Pa
cific Mail Steamship company and Oc-
cidental & Oriental Steamship COM
pany control the Hawaiian business to
and from this coast.
The Pacific Coast Steamship COM
pany alone embraces twenty seven ex-
press steamers, Pacific Mail twenty and
combined ships of all lines brought to-
gether would comprise an immense
tonnage, second to no navigation COM
pany on the Pacific.
Prior to 1897, as the Oregon I'm
provement company, the Pacific Coast
company founded the coal-mining in
dustry that has become the largest in
the northwest. Seven miles are now in
operation. all in King county, Wash
ington. at Franklin, with a daily output
Of 2,750 tons. In addition the company
owns bunkers at Portland. San Fran
cisco and Seattle, having a combined
capacity for 10000 tons.
Through the agency of a subsidiary
company, the Columbia & Puget Sound
railroad, having trackage contracts
with the Northern Pacific, and COM
prising forty-seven miles of main line
and branches and about II miles OF
switch tracks to the various mines. ex-
tensive terminal yard and dock facili-
ties in Seattle have been acquired
These are counted among the most
valuable possessions of the company in
conjunction with its mines. Recently
expenditures have been made on the
seattle terminals, where roundhouse
ounkers, shops and power plant have
oeen located aggregating 100000. In
Guided in the holdings is tideland fat
mile in length and s5 feet in width
and this is connected with trackagt
property to other equally extensive
terminal grounds in another part of thu
railroad yards.
conclusion of this deal can only
mean one thing: That the Hartman
lines will enter Puget Sound over theil
own tracks, should the merger fight b'
nnally concluded to the advantage o
me interests of James ]. Hill. Alread!
an extension of the Tacoma & Eastern
iai3u I'D distance of twenty-five mile
IN - direction of Cispus Pass, owe
Nh surveys nave Deen rum is pro
sioed for, and it is entirely PRACTICABLE
~ connect by route of easy grade
around Puget Sound from the Colum
nia q Puget Sound road to the Tacom;
Eastern. which can quickly be con
Hec'ed by a desirable route with tn
uanseontinental system at some poin
"iohg the Columbia river, where tn
'reson Railroad & Navigation line
would be tapped. 1t is also known tha
surveys male several years ago betweel
or.and and Puget Sound by a NOR
1.iec' route are held by Hartman en-
gineers.
me California road acquired form
IN important and valuable connectio
..h The coast line OF the Southern Pa
nc at San Luis Obispo. extending int
'ieh and rapidly developing section i
ties.
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