The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-03
LOUIS W. HILL
MAY LIVE HERE.
Vice President Of Great Northern
Road a Prospective Mime
apolitan.
Situation as to the Hill Properties
Necessitates a Director in
! This City.

Louis W. Hill, son Of the Great North
ern magnate and vice president Of the
road, is a prospective Minneapolitan.
This is the probability accumulated
by the prospective extension Of the
Great Northern g passenger and freight
terminal facilities here. These improve
ments mean that Minneapolis will cease
to be a mere division point and that
the road IS interests in this city will de-
mand the presence of some official
higher in authority than any now sta
toned here.
Hill would undoubtedly deny any spe-
The Minneapolis plans, while fairly well
defined as to material details, are not
wholly definite as to the time of execu-
ton. However, it is well understood
that James j. Hill IS period of stress and
strain is over. He has now secured the
factors he desired in the transportation
world and the time has come for him
to develop and use them.
New Era for Hill Properties.
| This means some sweeping changes in
the equipment and operation of the sys-
TENS he controls, particularly in Great
Northern This, road is the product Of
an interesting process of evolution. 1t
was completed as a railroad years ago
but it is doubtful If Hill considers it
finished even yet. When he couldn 4
afford heavy cars, he used light ones
These were long ago superseded by mod
ern, heavy rolling stock. The light rails
of the pioneer days have been replaced
power has been increased in efficiency
All this has been done between
times" as it were, while Hill has beer
engineering mergers, defending merge!
suits and territorial encroachments
building steamships and acquiring inter
ests in other lines. With Mr.. Hill who'll,
free to devote his full energy to hi
properties, new era IS assured TO
them. j
Twin Cities a Unit.
There has been some talk Of Mr.. Hi!
doing this or that thing to "punlsh
Minnesota for its antimerger attitude
up his tracks and decrease the earnin
capacity of his roads. If he enlarge
: terminal facilities in Minneapolis, it
for purely business reasons, but Isl
Paul will not be ignored. With shop
there and general office building tn
. road will always. be strongly lndent
3 fed with the sanity city: The ne e
q | plan ul6tuS lIpIy 0AiesO c'PoA
. and st. Paul will be considered as
. unit in the Great Northern's plan
Certaian classes Of BUSINESS will !
;, handled here ansa Sattaalers i1s ST, Paul, ]
! place. With Hills extensive termin:
9 facilities in the between the atwi
u cities, this means one Of the creates
terminal plants in the world. ~
t Son to Direct Here.
;. While the working out Of this pla
;, does not necessarily mean large in
mediate new construction, it does mea
that Hill 8 ideas must be rightly a
piled from the beginning. L.. W. Hi
=. has come to be his fathers righthaI
Or man and, according to a person stan
e ing close to the Great Northern int
e. ests, he. has been selected to direct tt
g Development Of the Minneapolis end (
ID the plan 49,. =E
-- At present young Mr.. Hill resides /;
- 260 Summit avenue, st. Paul, while b
.. fathers home is at No. 240. In ca
Of he removes to Minneapolis, residen
!, commensurate with the family fortul
y, and the Importance Of it's railway i
~ ~ terests in the northwest would
| erected or bought.