The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-15
RAILWAYS CLASH
IN NORTHWEST
competitiVe War for Control of
Desirable Territory
Starts Anew.
FIGHT IS FOUR-C0RNERED
uARRIMAN, HILL AND EARLiNG
MATCH WITS WITH WITS.

SEATTLE. Wash, April 1.-THE Times
...-sv saws. Within the last thirty days
... clash of railroad interests in the
rs.Ha. northwest has been starts
.,.a fa a score OF more OF places in
Genuine competitive railroad war.
..rf.n not even the astute Mr.. Harri-
man tHa communicative Mr. Earring
... tra Diplomatic MI Hill can hidc dis
--i.. .r conceal The fight is not
.s-se-earnered. but four-squared. with
,r. Hill interests. the Great Northern
.r- Northern Pacific and the Spokane.
p,rrrsud d Seattle involved in bite.
-,rfrnvarsv i'm condemnation suits and
sinh the North Coast Railway cOmpa-
rr the Oregon d Washington tHaTri-
mani and the Canadian Pacific IA /
way.
Here are a few points on the map Of
OBJ. Pacific. northwest where the con-
r-aver-v is either at the present mo-
mont being fought out in the courts or
rHsrs rival railroad engineering par
tics are struggling for vantage points
and strategic locations i'm undevelopcd
country
+
Hartman surveyors are both working
over the old ground by the oHe-time
rrafeatad Missoula cutoff. which was
4bsndoued years ago when Charles :.
N.Fer. president of the Northern Pa
rfI. entered into the famous gents
mans agreement with Hartman
Jointly 90 build and operate the Ripa-
~is-Ievistou line and quit quarreliEg
over the rich GTangeville country to
the east.
On the Flathead country. 100 miles
SQUARE. iu Montana, where Hill SUI
vcyors are up against a hard fight with
o. small army of Milwaukee engineers
in oueniug up a vast virgin region Of
immense resources probably larger in
4-ea than any single undevelOped part
OF the Pacific northwest. Hartman al
ready is within striking distance OF
this country and can quickly protect
his interests there
I'm Spokane the bitteTest fight of all
is i'm progress in condemnation suits in
the federal court. The North Coast
railway. known variOusiy as "a HaTri-
man or a Canadian Pacific corporation.
has attacked Hill i'm his stronghold.
SEEKING TO acquire by condemnation
seventeen acres of land in the heart of
the city formerly owned by the Great
Northern. but privately conveyed last
November by Hill officials, acting I'M
der orders, to the Spokane, Portland *
Seattle road.
ION both sides of Salmon bay. in
Seattle. where the Oregon & Washing
ton Hartman has begun condemna-
,ioH suits To obtain railroad rights of
way over land owned by the Great
Northern ard Northern Pacific and
where Hill has rctaliated by starting
condemnation suits on his own account
90 protect his interests.
I'm Vancouver, 3. c.. where Hill pro-
lel,s immense deep sea terminals TO
handle grain and Oriental exports
and where the Canadian Pacific. a. an
uounced Yesterday is preparing to .lu -
pIicste Hills projected $1,000 600 ter
miDals by building costly grain elevat-
0rS etc
"ln these various points where the
nsrt IS WdSed a small army of lawyers
costly unes-and surveyors. right of
way men and secret agents are en-
pIoyed. Expense cuts but little figure
20 most instances, as is admitted by the
men VINO are ON the skirmish line them
selves