The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-25
Canadian PACIFIC
CHALLENGES HILL
Miles of Track on This Side.
for EveryO One He Buildsin
n Canada.
VAN gHoRNE Is SUSPICIOUS
Thinks Presidents Of Great North
II eth y Coi1ccteaalliinng Some
gs thing. 4

lid (specIat III The Titnes-D ispatch.)
NEW1YORK.i August A.s--R representa-
tlVes @of tho two great railway systems
off tho Northwest that are at dasgers'
points about iiVaslons 1of each others
territories arrived In this city yesterday.
They were James !. Hill, president ofSthe
Great Northern Railway ard Sir William
S3Cs Van Horne, chairman OF the Board
OF Directors ofythe, Canadian Pacific Rail-
way. @g.4#5sSs
Sir William pronptiy3threww down the
Ealt hi stu 3 Mr. Hit when asked for his
opinion OF the lntter,s 'lplAni'sto build a
Canadian line58 ron tho Pacific Ocean.
to Winnipeg, Manitoba, n retaliation for;
the Canadian Paclfic's encroa0hment OF
the Great Northern preserves.
ii III don know what gMr.s SHill's plans
the Is a very able man. and when he
talks about doing whnt isJclenrly q foolish
thing, It isgsafe to assume that It Is q
cover to something which Is not foolish. Il
Will Double Retaliation.
mi. :Hilll may be seriously planning the
building OF some lines into Canadian
Pacific territory, and. while I am little
more than an Individual director IN that
ccmpanY.snow.g IadoSn not hesitate to say
that two milesao line inYthe interest OF
tho Cnnadinn#Pacl will be built IN hts
teErrltory, to- every mile he builds In that
OF the Canadian Pacific ~ SA5a
Y slr&Willlam Expressed "a belief that the
real motive for Mr.. Hills project to build
Ia CanadIan%line was the active competl-
tion OF the Canadian Pacific In through
business from Chicago to Spokane, Wash
Hill,.'''s he said.S. Us foolish to ats
tribute his attitude to- any other motive.
ms carrying through business from Chi
scago to- Spokane his coMpanyggadds to IT,
through rates the local rateSfrom Spokane
8to&the coast and back.
J. 8S''Mr. Hill has built a few spurs north
ward into Canada, hut Il don't see how
he can make profitable ia through line
from Vancouver across the mountains
Ito Winnipeg along tho route he talks,
about. From the Fraser Rivers66Vailey
StoS5Sthe plains he would have heavy
grade system, and he would have toI,
If The has discovered easy passes
through the mountalnss he has accom-
.plisheed Ssomething that our engineers
could not discover. urSengineers have
gone e nearly every square foot of
the territory, proceeding along tnescrcsts5
the nnountain ges fandSnnking note
Of every available depression,,S
Mr.. H I'LL Makes Reply. 9sS
Mr.. Hill, when informed OF Sir Will
liam 8 observations, intimated that the
Canadian Pacific 81 interests evidentlyssdid
snotShave a clear realization q the situa-.
TOM 87st8 t58
II THAT talk about thesrates to Spokane
is nonsense he said. 1blt I'm not go
ing to talk back. Ssaa3% sf5 gSHSss
Thee anadlnnslin eS Ia {goingS TO be- built
but BY Mr.. Hill and hts friends..
am not building any railroads as m in-S
,dividua1,, 81 It Is o. Great Northern enter
Prise s&2 @
Further than this the president Bof the
Great Northern&would not enter Into the
controversy s4 S5a saSaas$ s&4$8
Mr.. Hill$was enthusiastic over the crop
prospects ana said the Great Northern
had Just made a further reduction In
grain rates 81 ten per cent chi sys-5
tenn last year reduced grain rates from
eight to twenty percent. 5$s4 #5ss88s
Mr.. Hill said he was not ready to make
any statement regarding an ore deal, and,
he added, that he@ had not q dollars 3tn-s
teerrest In the Walsh roads or tho Chit
'caugo Terminal Transfer Company.