The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-21

that ne wanted 20 invest. suppose
this man had, all his life, been in
vesting in a field that was now fully
occupied, and he was searching for
something new, yet equally good.
Suppose he had lieutenant who
was, among other things, the builder
of one of the most uniquely success
full railroads in the country. a short
line running from the Eastern coal
fields to tidewater What would this
man be apt to do?
He would look into the field that
was attracting most attention, and
! five years ago, when the North Coast
was projected, the eyes of the finan-
clal world were centered upon the
Northwest, then but recently opened
! up as g paying proposition 20 Eastern
| capitalists by the Great No 'ttern and
the Hill idea namely, the taking
Of Eastern products West and the
bringing of western products East
Washington at that time, was the OBJ
| jective point of many roads.
Gateway for All Roads.
Now supposing this man had seen
all this and with the help Of his lieu
tenant, who was no mean railroader,
had seen the strategic Importance of
! the routes now covered by the North
! Coast. 1t is safe to assume that he
would put $30.0O0,000 into the in
vestment. and plan the North Coast
as an independent system, for as
such it could make more money than
as an extension of any other system.
Why? Well, the Chicago. Rock Is
land & Pacific is building to Ladner.
Wyo., and that is not far from Te-
koa. The Canadian Pacific is already
in Spokane and the Chicago North
western is headed that way. The
Hartman lines reach up towards
these roads want to get to Puget
S,LLd and to Portland and in getting
there they want to traverse the state
of Washington, with it's varied pro-
mess.
''Now, If this North Coast road
could make traffic agreements with
all these roads to haul their trains
through the territory that they are
seeking to enter, and to take their
trains to the Pacific terminals that
they desire. it seems to me that this
road would be pretty sood inves.
ment. And that is how I have got
the situation sized up; the North
Coast has gobbled the remaining
available territory in this state, aud
it has got the last easy pass through
the mOuntins, and the last route to
Tacoma, where there is a deep wa
ter Oriental harbor
Such tactics point to the wisdom
of but one man; and another thing
that points to this same man or pow
er is the fact that during the recent
financial stringency, when the North
certificates. and money was not to
be had, thousands of dollars of real
coin were shipped out to the North
Coast by express from New York,
and this money was used to buy its
holdings in Spokane and to paw its
crews in the field Only one grOun
of men in New York had money at
that time to pour into their invest
ments, so as to take advantage OF
the financial pinch"
While the gentleman who gave the
above interview would not say so, his
remarks point to the Rockefeller con-
troll of the North Coast. Tactics
employed in the building of the
road have been Rockefeller tactics
right from the start, and the road,
in its construction closely resembles
tie Rogers road in Virginia, de-
signed and thought out by the late
Henry H. Rogers, Mr.. Rockefeller's
most trusted lieutenant I'VE years
ago. All these things and many
c,itrs point to .ha North COas: rs
an Independent Rockefeller PROPOSE
ton, designed to be the gate through
which other roads may pass, at a
Rockefeller price, to Puget Sound
and the Oriental trade so long held
by Hill in the Notwithstanding
Republic.