The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-09-12
FRIENDLY
RIVALRY
,,pp,MAN PUBLICLY SAYS
WAR WITH HILL is
ENDED.
,,o,ceforth the Contests Will Be
Carried On In a Neighborly
Manner---Also Tells of Project
Cd Extensions of His System in
Northwest.

Portland. Or, Sept. 8.-That the
;s over between E. H. Hartman
We lanes J. Hill was stated in so many
an, ards nv the Union Pacific magnate
reception given him at the Com
orcial club. Rivalry for business
riIl still 90 on, he stated, but they
vii meet hereafter as neighbors. Mr..
Uarriman regretted that he could not
10 her. to Join in the jollifcation to
10 held at the opening of the North
Bank road
That all the Hartman lines project
od in this state will go forward to COM
,,Iotion lust as soon as practicable was
tba statement he made to the assem-
1Iod business men. He assured his
audience that the outlook for railroad
hniIding in this country is excellent,
and the work just ordered resumed on
Io Oregon lines will be followed with
resumption ON other delayed projects
until all have been completed.
Garry Out Every Project.
"We are not playing fast and loose
with Oregon" said Mr.. Hartman.
Eve mean to do what we say, and we
will carry out every project in this
state Just as soon as possible. We find
ourselves in far better shape after the
senseless money panic of last fall than
might have been expected, and we are
in position now to go ahead and COM
nete the work laid out, and will do 80.
81 like to be here as an Oregonian
and would be pleased to remain here
a little longer and welcome our neigh
bors from the north. You are going to
have jollifcation here when the new,
railroad (the North Bank road con-
structed by Hill) is completed, and I
would like to join in it as we'll as any
one. but l can not stay.
'We have never done anything to
keep our northern neighbors out, and
we will not do so. Incidents in the
past were due more than anything else
to misunderstanding. We thought
we had an agreement with our north
ern neighbors that we believed was
violated That has all been smoothed
out now and there are no hard feelings.
Welcome Other Railroads
''We are Just as much interested as
anyone in developing this country and
in helping others to develop it, for
what helps the country helps us who
are interested here We welcome other
railroads in helping this state grow
Mr. Hartman showed that he meant
what he said in regard to animosity
between his system and the Hill inter-
ests being at an end, for he said later
that while all rivalry between the two
systems is not over in business way,
they will be more neighborly hereafter
and less vindictive.
Pacific Northwest Projects
Mr.. Hartman spoke freely Of his OBJ
Iect in visiting the Pacific Northwest,
and talked "shop" with everybody
who wished to talk ''shop" with him,
but only upon matters of interest to
this region. For the Pacific North
west Mr.. Hartman has many projects
under consideration. These projects
involve the expenditure of vast sums
OF money and details Of it's expenditure
and its apportionment have not yet
been worked out The Tillamook
branch from the main line of the
Southern Pacific in Oregon and the
line into central Oregon and the Puget
Sound extension head the list of South
ern Pacific extensions in the region,
and the line to Coos bay, which has
been asked for, certainly will be built
at some future time, depending largely
upon the certainty Of the revenue that
The Coos bay road will earn.
Another expensive cutoff to avoid
grades is now under way between Hun
uhgton and Lewiston, Idaho, but its
early completion will depend entirely
vi The state of the money market, al
hough work now in progress will not
De abandoned.
Other plans involving Southern Pa
clnc betterments have not yet reached
aslage where Mr.. Hartman cared to
discuss them.
Mutuality of Interests
Returning confidence Of the people
aiu growing disposition to cooperate
WIN the railroads. said Mr.. Harri-
man' is helping matters quite mate
lally at this time, and if the improve
nen1 continues we will soon be able to
seeure the funds needed for carrying
p number of projects which would
n, ,iaSe been we'll under way before this
. salie mad it not been for the unfortu-
I've financial trouble last fall. This
sowing sentiment, which recognizes
r.i mu1uality Of interest between the
br; noaos and the people is certain to
Jug good results and it is our inten-
th to do whatever we can to supply
t;a iesltlmate demand for Transports
eon facilities ,,