The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-03-30
GIGANTIC PLANS FOR THE
BOOMING OF TWO BIG
new COAST INDUSTRIES
HILL HAS REVENGE ON
HARTMAN FOR DE-
FEAT OF MERGER.

notwithstanding the general de-.
uihla 81 the Western agents OF the
Qua Senheim.Morgan Syndicate. IL ~
related. on what Is apparently the
best of authority, that thia syndicate
coiifemplatea IN fact, has arranged
foF--ihe expenditure 81 very nearly
t2o.o0o,o0 Ia this port.
a copper wire and copper
produets plant ~ Tacoma, a line
81 lake vessels on the lnnlde
passage 70 cordova. . monop.
cliKaticn Of the coal trade Of the
West coast OF North America,
an assimilation Of the Nippon
fusen kAlsha--these are the
little projects on hand, and so
Tar they have been we'll con.
esalcd.
Plans Are Gigantic.
This IL the manner 81 them.
The Tacoma plant. for which plans
arr drawn. property purchased ana
contracts completed -eYen 10 the
importation Of German cement for
The structural work--wlll require
- 400. 900. and win be the largest
copper producing plant IN the
world This IL to be fed from the
iNnanxa copper mine. which n
the terminus Of the road now build
lag from Cordova.
4 feeder from a polnt 10 miles
from Cordova IL 20 run 20 the
Behring Lake coal fields. These
fields cover hundreds Of square
miles Of both hitnmin aud anihra.
cite Assays and tsnta. exhaustive.
~ prepared BY the best PlttnburR
experts. are ~ the hands Of the
uuggenhein' Morgan people. and the
aohring Lake doponits are better
than those OF Pennsylvania
The title % every foot Of those
coat lands IL az securely coralled
as siiaueh they were 81 safety de-.
poelt. and the ouggenhelm Morgan
people will carry. export and sell
esfry pound ~ copper. every ounce
Of coal. from these fields.
For Jap Bottoms.
However. they are economical
The farmers ~ the Middle West
think 4 boat u q luxury a nc.
cessity --Rnd. since they have the
vofes. the United States has no ship
Subsidy.
Japan has
aince Jim Hili turned over 20 the
0teat Northern stockholders the
Mesahi iron range. there are boats
On the Great Lakes whose tonnage
il not a matter Of register AZ the
canAdlan OF United States clear.
ind ports Attempt will be made.
placing hulkheads and water ballast
ia shem. to bring them around the
HoFn. place them under Japanese
register and the hundreds Of thou.
sands o. tona Of copper matte and
coal will be cared for
Similarly. y. Il. Hartman. who
II using the Pacific Mali a. club
over The heads of The projectors Of
the Panama canal and Of tbs oper.
at0rp o. the Tshauniepcc road.
would not keep the L flag 10 the
Orient ten minutes from patriotism.
Jim FIifi M largely Interested In the
Nippon Yueen kalshA. and. since
the defeat u The Northern Recuri-
ties merger. the old fiuanclsr 81 a.
Patti has been awaiting opportunity
TO act even.
swallow Steamer Line.
The Guggenhelm Morgan iiill
combination will take the Nippon
Yuseu Kaisha. and Hartman can
nns place q fleet 10 deliver 70 his
Pacific terminals tho Oriental traf
nc tina, wifi nos 80 over the
Great Northern--ship subsidy or no
chip subsidy
IN this connection Il Is worth
while ~ state that the Tacoma cop
pr drawing plant and the Guggen.
helm Morgan coal bnukers VIII &C
capy ITO acres and employment will
there be given 20 about $4,000 men.
The finish o. the lines 10 the DO
uanza and the Rehring Lake fields.
according 70 Mr. Guggenheim. viii
b. IN the fall OF 1910 Work on the
Tacoma plant viii begin as soon as
The Antwerp boats begin landing the
required cement
twenty millions dollars, with the
opportunities Il opens, II a large