The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-12-26
SEPARATE TERMIN.
AIS in PORTLAND

Separate freight terminals in Port
md for the Hill and Hartman inter
e sts are now considered certain aud IL
j. even likely that two different pas
sanger terminals here will be estab'
lished, There is little hope that the
terminal differences viii be adjusted
and the rival laiIrcii lines will un-
doubtedly maintain separate stations
in North Portland. The Hill lines
will probably withdraw from the I'M
ion station as far as freight trafi1c
goes at any rate. and quite likely
tbeir asssnger trains will be kept out
by the Hartman people. Each inter
est will transact its own business at
its own terminal.
W. C. Mutt, general manager for the
Portland Seattle railway, who was In
the city yesterday rom his Tacoma
headquarters, % of the opinion that
the te. minal difficulties are impossi-
BILE of peaceful settlement and that
each interest will keep to its own
terminal prorerty. This will leave
the o. Z. & n. and Southern Pacific
lines in po.ession of the present un-
ion depot. while the Northern Pacific,
Great Northern, Astoria & Columbia
River and Portland & Seattle traffic
will be handled at the new Hill term
inals west and north of the union
terminal
"We now propose to go ahead and
maintain our own terminals, de-
cllred W. G. Mutt, general manager
OF the Portland & Seattle yesterday.
"We feel that Ne ale not wholly at
fault for the failure of the different
roads to agree upon common term
inal The rock upon which the neeo'
tiations split was the question OF the
sple or lease OF our terminal pr rperty,
which iies alongside the Hartman
terminals. We offered lease during
the life of the Northern Pacific Term
ina! company. which Is 25 years. We
felt that this is reasonable aud would
amount in effect to sale tor 1t would
give the company absolute control ol
the hand in question.
eve have been minority stockbold'
ers In the terminal property, owli1e
40 per cent OF the stock only, while
the Hartman people held the re-
mainder. Our agreements to lease ouI
lands to a common terminal was con
ditional upon the equal division Of
this stock. This point was yielded
aud we thought matters we're about tt
be agreed upon when Mr.. Hartman
himself stuck at the lease proposition
and announced that unless we would
sell, the agreement could not be car
lied out. We thought our proposition
fair one in view of the fact that OH
terminals are bigger and will be bet
ter than those already in use.
at Il probable that we will negoati
ate with the Hartman people for The
use of the union station by the Port
land & Seattle trains. 1t Is OF about
equal advantage to the roads to have
messenger trains enter the same sta
tion Freight terminals are not OF sc
much Importance III 1t Is not salts
factory to the Hartman interests tt
have Hill passenger trains enter the
union station, we will build passen'
ger depot Uf our own on our terminal
hlocks.
"We have appealed to the courts
Tor the right to cross the Hartman
tracks in order to reach our terminal
We have no doubt that the courts viii
give us this right. "
General Manager Mutt says Portland
& Seattle trains will be running intt
VanoouqpF within six weeks or two
months. E bile tho weather has beer
unfavorlbl to rapid construction
during tho past few weeks, the labo
supply IL better and all possible hast
il being made in laying track. Mr.
Mutt says II. M. Adams, the new gen
.tal freight and passenger agent TO
tae Norah Bank road, will open hi
Portland headquarters about Januar,