The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-09
IS READY TO FIGHT jim HILL
His Agent Has Established Head
quarters at Seattle
4. F. CONNER, OF PORTLAND, The NAN
BIG RAILROAD WAR IS EXPECTED
TO BEGIN IN A FEW
WEEKS.
\. F. CONNER, OF PORTLAND, The NAN


closely associated with w. w. Cotton,
northwestern legal adviser OF +. n.
Hartman, has been placed In charge
of all matters connected with Harri-
man interests in Seattle. Mr.. Common
has been here for nearly two weeks,
but has kept under cover Not that
there is any charge pending against
the Portland attorney, who for years
has been one of the trusted men OF
the Hartman legal department In the
northwest. but the Hartman motto
was observed by Mr.. Conner, which is
absolute secrecy, unless otherwise di-
rected." says the Seattle Times.
Mr.. Conner makes his headquarters
in an elegantly equipped suite of Of
fees on the fourth floor of the Mutual
Life building, just around the corner
from an equally elegant suite now be-
ing opened by ]. D. Farrell, now high
in Hartman councils. Mr.. Farrell
has not yet warmed the big revolving
chair in his office, as the painters,
decorators and electric men have not
yet finished their labors.
John p Hartman remains in charge
of franchise matters in the council
Offices Are Opened.
With Mr.. Connor's offices are also
located those of the Washington &
Northern, the Hartman corporation
which is seeking franchises from the
city council. G. c. Teal, of Portland
a brother of Joe Teal, one of the big
men of the city on the Willamette,
and who for years was the law partner
of Mr. Cotton, is in charge of the
| Washington & Northern offices as Sec
| rotary. The directorate of the Wash
ington & Northern is as follows:
| President, Jacob Furth, also presi-
dent of the Seattle Electric Railway
company, the Puget Sound Electric
Railway company Downing the Seattle
Tacoma Interurban), and president OF
the Puget Sound National bank; Sec
rotary. G. c. Teal; directors, ]. D.
Trenholme, secretary of the North
western Commercial company, and
Frederick Carl Strive, of John Davis
& Co.. and son-in-law Of Jacob Furth
Field Engineer Here.
Adjoining the offices of Mr.. Conner
and of the Washington & Northern
are those of Russell Chase, field en-
gineer of the Hartman systems, who
came here recently from Portland. Mr.
Chase has charge of all the field par
ties which Hartman has scattered
from the Duwamish valley on the
south to Salmon bay on the north.
While Mr.. Conner positively refuses
to talk to newspaper representatives
enough is known to make certain the
fact that Hill interests will oppose at
every vantage point the entry of the
Washington & Northern into Seattle
and that the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul will become involved in the
contest. This contest is between rail-
road giants, and the fight for terminals
in this city, now only started, will be
the most interesting of the kind ever
witnessed in the west
Until a few days ago there was rea-
son to believe that the franchise of the
ST Paul would be passed by the coun-
Gil without further controversy. but as
the st. Paul people are apparently al
lied with the Hill interests, now In
control in Seattle, it is clear that Mr.
Earrings company cannot avoid being
mixed up in the fight. Proof of this is
found in the fact that the ST. Paul
franchise is still being considered by
the city authorities and new obstacles
have arisen which may mean the post
ponement of the passage Of the ordi-
nance for thirty days.
St. Paul Is Delayed.
Chief of these obstacles is the prob
ability that the St. Paul may contain
mate and injure Seattles water sup
ply. Mayor Moore and Chief Engineer
Thomson have gone to Cedar river
to find out just what danger threatens
from that source, and, as the Times
has told, they did not invite any ST
Paul representatives to accompany
them on the trip.
Controversy over the fire engine site
question also promises to delay final
consideration of the ST. Pauls applica-
ton. Thus the effort of the ST. Paul
to be first in the field may not be sue
cessful. as Hartman engineers are
working day and night to complete
their plans.
No secret is made of the strong