The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 15, 1906, Page 1

oe oo | a F john P. Hartman, Acting for Uuion Pacific ied Man, Acquires Land and Water Front for me Terminal and Dockage Facilities Equaling in ilar Importance Those of the Hill Lines. _-_—. cf ‘The master hand of E. H. Harriman is still at work, slash- A ing and cutting @ way for Union Pacific terminals in this city, a One strategic point after another has been seized upon, first in the tideland district to the south of the city, then at _ $almon Bay to the north. Purchases at enormous cost have been made within the ast six weeks, of which only partial intimations have reached } a has been spent like water. 7 Today Harriman controls unrivalled terminal facilities jn Seattle and has given the Hill railways a jar that will be clear to St. Paul. TIDEWATER TERMINALS. His latest coup is made public today, | He has secured through the clever work of John P. Hart- [ man, acting as his legal representative here, two ample tide- |) water terminals, one at Smiths Cove and the other at Salmon | Bay, also a connecting strip of land for tracks between the two. 1 The cost of this latest purchase was $600,000. - Inconnection with this coup comes a surprise for the Hill ads, the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern. ; Hartman has gobbled up the 25-foot strip between the two 7 yada, from Emerson street south to Smith street, and as a qesult two Harriman tracks will be sandwiched in between | those of the rival Hill roads! | MR. HARTMAN'S STATEMENT. This morning Mr. Hartman was asked for some exact infor- | gation. He was not inclined to talk for publication, except you may state, as coming from me, that I have this morn- closed a deal with the Smith Cove Land company, in the of the Washington Northern Railway, for a large irreg- tract of land extending from Salmon Bay down to Smiths the purchase price of the whole being $600,000. This y was supplied by E. H. Harriman. I have no definite tion to give out as to the uses to which the property is be put except that it is for the terminal facilities of the | n Northern Railway, which will run from this city DESCRIPTION OF LAND. Further investigations by The Star revealed the fact that land secured was as follows: An irregular strip 5,500 feet long, or just a trifle over one extending along the southern shore of Salmon Bay, east | the Fort Lawton reservation and reaching back into the | lands. The strip then takes a course down towards the Tl WASHINGTO | GLEAN THROUGH SEATTLE Smiths Cove reveals itself after a careful study of the situation. | Herriman has not bought shore lands bordering upon deep water and paid $600,000 for them for the mere pleasure of be- ing able to look out over the sea He intends to establish extensive ocean terminal docks at | both places and to go into the ocean carrying business on @ colossal scale. His holdings on Salmon Bay can easily be made of the fin- est character, by the construction of a ship lock across the bottle-like neck of Salmon Bay, thus raising the level of the water in the bay to an advantageous point. SMITHS COVE DOCKS. In the meantime he can go right ahead with other docks at Smiths Cove just opposite to the Oriental docks of the | Great Northern, There is every reason to suppose that Harriman intends to enter not only the Asiatic trade, in apposition to Hill, but that he proposes to start a line of ocean boats direct to Honolulu. The Star is in a position today to state authoritatively that the Canadian Pacific is also in the Seattle market for terminals and is making offers for property. Beyond this mere statement at this time nothing can be made public, owing to the confidential nature of The Star's information. Cc. P. R. IS INDEPENDENT. It may be stated, also on absolute authority, that the Canadian Pacific has not joined with Harriman to fight Hill, but is working independently for Seattle terminals. The three roads which are now gathering up property in Seattle for terminals are the Union Pacific, organized in this State as the Washington Northern Railway; the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway and the Canadian Pacific. No others are making purchases at this time. The question as to whether the Washington Northern will | be allowed a franchise for tracks running along the entire waterfront, from its proposed depot terminals in the south end of the city, to its proposed deep water terminals just pur- chased on Salmon Bay and Smiths Cove, is one which is of serious moment In its application for a franchise the road makes such a demand. MAY REQUIRE A TUNNEL. It seems extremely probable that the city authorities will not look with favor upon such a plan, as tending to further congest the waterfront, but will require the road to construct a tunnel from its depot under the city to some point on the sound above Smith street. This matter has not yet taken form, but it will probably do so within the near future. The present outlook is that Seattle will have three pas- senger depots, the new joint depot of the Hill roads, the Mil- waukee depot and the Union Pacific depot. Owing to rivalries and physical obstacles, it does not seem at all possible to com- bine all of the roads in one union passenger station. WORK TO BEGIN SOON, commencing at Twelfth av. w. and running along the Pacific track and Seventeenth av. w. and Seventeenth | w. extended, west and south to and including an unnamed | south of Smith street; thence down the 25-foot strip be- the Northern Pacific and Great Northern tracks, from | street south to Smith street. There the purchase ‘expands into a plot of 1,300 feet of land on Smiths Cove water- ‘Way, commencing at Howe st. and running north to lot 9, Hock 125, Seattle tidelands, and west to Twenty-third av. west the right-of-way of a spur track of the Northern HARRIMAN'’'S INTENTIONS. ‘The full significance of this purchase on Salmon Bay and ESERTED HIS POST i$ BROWN ADMITS HE DID NOT DO HIS , AT VALENCIA INVESTIGATION THIS _MORNING—SPECIAL COMMISSION WORKS RAP- boatswaln left the} assertion, the when hin boat Bridence of @ damaging character in his | stated that if ought out thie morning aa ore k they put to sea for 30 yards | favestigation of the Valencia) .o4 then pulled paraliet to the) Wreck by the svecial Ko ment|shore with the life-boat broadside] emalssion Searching | «|to the wind and waves W Chairman Murray elicited Another fact brought out by the it from Charice Brown that| searching Inquiry of Comm Smith was the tardy wcti } steamer Salvor and tug Czar McCarthy and his men had joti-| fontusion that | make. It is known that construction work on the Washington Northern will begin within a few weeks. It is expected that the road will be completed to Portland within less than two ears. 3 Incidentally, it has been discovered that the Harriman purchases of tidelands and terminals in Tacoma already rep- resent a cost of over $2,500,000. That there is to be a struggle of the giants, Harriman, Hill and Earling, for the trade of the great northwest and the Pacific, is now certain. That this struggle will be attended by tremendous out- lays of money and a great boost for the Puget Sound country seems inevitable. ti tored yT" asked ( | rt will « if Murray the members of the crew a 4 as “You, sir.” | patible and then will start taking “That you deliberately deserted |the passenger's testimony The your post without orders?” |commiswicn will resume ite hearing | Yes, sir.” | tonight. “Why did you desert when you} Frank Richloy, © measboy on the | knew that the passdngers were rap-| Valencia, admitted that there was idly filling the boat and nobody |considerable confusion on the boat there to man, lower away and com-| when she struck. He did not know mand the lifeboat? his boat station, but learned by “Well, I couldn't get in that boat.” |reading « card giving the assign. was the only answer Brown would | ment of stations, Ata late hour the I witness was still on the stand REST SEATTLE MAN AT SPOKANE REAL ESTATE DEALER IS ACCUSED OF PASSING COUNTERFEIT GOLD PIECES—BROTHER LIVES AR after the stea fied their officers of the wreck Brown said he rushe Those two ships according to Me f Mle beat No. & by which Carthy's @vidence wasted over 24 Mippowed to stand hours before starting for the scene| Sway. The © of the wreck and in spite of Me-| Were wo many wé Carthy’s assurances that the steam- | O04 pushing thetr way » the boat | ers \ close in with satety Mit be saw there was no chance|the Salvor and Czar refused to do} #9 6 aboard, and he left his sta-| 9 | fom for lifeboat N j Captain Refused. Boats Could Reach | “They could easily have launched a life-boat and rowed clone into Bestawain Timothy J. McCarthy|the wreck.” said the boatswain Was the first witness ¢ alled | but for some reason t would not Wie morning. § MeCa testified| 1 assured them that they could that he asked for snteers| have don so with safety but Captain % man & lifeboat Troup refused.” Maching shore to sue | Charles Brown was the weat wit Of the cr veluse McCarthy | ness. He was badly confused and Sore that & lifeboat 4 havelcontradicted both himself and the} & spot within arde of| testimony of McCarthy the wreck with absc ate Did you not know that you were Ssked why be was s0 positive| bound to @ick to your lifeboat un-" HERE. ties and 15.—B. D. , rooming house SPOKANE, W: sroing for {that waw the last he bas heard of him Se Mr. Robbins claims that Seely passing gold plece He elaime to be tn real estate| has always been honest in their business at 1107 Pike st., Seat ness affaire and so far as he and to live at the Fairmont b wowas a good reliable man in the same city }8 y came here last October from | Chicago where he said he was in At the Fairmont hotel they the real estate Dusiness He in a that Seely lived there for two single man about 45 years old and three weeks and that a grip be-|@ cousin of George Seely of Green longing to him fe «till hetd at the lake hotel At 1107 PPike at a rall cate OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 15.—Th ane busing run by wee Robbtr f Pat Crowe, aceused of robbing jner f al t th ‘ ‘ i giv left the last of January to show ajthe jury tonight before the to ' thete original package prrererererrr rrr Teri s. EXPLOSION KILLS TWO GENEVA, Ind, Feb, 15,14 Gates and Lee Howard were blown to fragments by the explosion of 1,500 quarts of nitro-glyocerine in Horewdles Torpedo company's mill this afternoon. The Republican primaries are —— bver, and tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at the armory the final contest will begin, John Riplinger will be nominated for mayor by @ clamation. What the results in sev eral of the wards will be ts already | known, but there will be a big fight over the nomination for comptroller and trensurer Haggard and worn from a hard night's work, the sup: eandidates for these two offices are SENTENCED today caucusing in an avoid a heated serap on the « PENDLETON, Ore,, Feb. 15.—Ex- | tion floor, but the indicat Deputy Sheriff C. P. Davis, wh that no ttlement can be was Gdnvicted of embezriing 14 without still more frict of county money, was this morning | kinds of trading senteweed to five years in the p itentlary and to pay a fine of $5,400. Carroll and Anderson. — Marry Carroll and Jim Aoderron of the Third, andidates for comp do not know yet who in the Third last night, although the Carroll men assert that Anderson | ie qyer. Outside of the Third the Carrol men do not aim anything 5 except in a general » Ed Melee they say, will not get a “look in.’ NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—-The Chin- | Carrol) appears to have today the ese commissioners sailed today for | perter of the situation, although Gormany to study industrial, soctal /ine fight is so and bitter that | and pélitical questions, Tuam Fong.! there is an excellent opportunity the said the anti-foreign s@n-|¢or aA. Parcish or A. J. Goddard times im China t# confined to the | ihe north-end candidates, to slip lowen | @irata, and is nothing to | jp worry about The treasurer fight is still way | Gen pon ay eam yin the alr. M. B. Haynes, W. H anders and George Russell, all re & strong fight f the delegation from that ward, and none knows etly where be stands Seventh Ward Fight. TO FUNERAL ntest for councilman oth, where there are BERLIN, Feb. 15.—The Kaiser|so many candidates, factions and left today to attend the funeral of | frameups that things are still In a chaotic condition, The con King Obristian. very ULL HAVE. “TO HURRY iF YOU WOULD SEND GREETING TO MISS ROOSEVELT IN THE STAR'S BIG MESGAGE YOUR NAME MUST BE IN THE STAR oFFice BEFORE 6 O'CLOCK TOMORROW NIGHT, PPoeP PP RR RSE ER SESS E SER ERE REESE SS there are any Mtthe girie—ot ble gira, either—in Beattle by thé Hame of Alice, who feel that they cannot afford # dime for thé Purpose of having their name* added to the message to Mies t, The Star wants to heer from them. Telephone to The Star and give your full name, oF to The Star office before @ Gelock tomorrow night. The Star will see that all the Alices who reapond are represented in the greeting to the White Houne bride. 1 Murry! Murry! After 6 o'clock tomorrow (Fridsy) night you won't be able to @et Four name on the Alice Roorevelt message If you've delayed sending In Your mame and your dime, drop it the mail tonight or send or bring it to The Star office time tomorrow 4 mail it, whatever you do, after tomorrow noon. If you do i the meee are that it won't reach the Star office in time. The } ice fe rushed with work and ts short ha and your | fet might be delayed. Busy, therefore, and see that your name and accompany | dime reaches the Star office before 6 o'clock tomorrow (Fri- night ir with: signature . ft let the menenge get away your * 40 you'll be sorry, when an acknowledgement of the m } omen from Mra. Longworth, that yd were not on it | moseage to be sent to Mist Roosevelt will read as fotiov Im, whone namen are ribed hereto, send you, th Gentile Dally Star, the best wishes of the state of Wa May your marriage ¥ a reason of hap that wit! last through< name stgned to this 1 the first signature, | will be charged at the regular fate per word. A name of two such ae J. L. Brown, for tnatar will be counted as ten The now will average th are f with the 4 t words abopt an equal nu © words, such as John Brow ces of tranmnitting each name t For the sending of the message itself Atignal expense there may be for the the ar will provide 1 a dime to you to send greeting to Miss Roose Ading « teer, of Lester, Wash, thinks it ts ' greatest vented Pacif at, | joade in « * el. It can't be beat, Ad@ my na t the bie Why our name? FEE EEE EEE EEE EERE EEE EEE ee et ee ee etter erer ere tet e eee ee ee tee Te PPP POPP eee eee ee eee eee J Guthrie & Co. will bring a test case wf the question this morning be fore the county commissioners this The case is raised over $85,000 worth of imported goods which were assessed while still in the ware house. The pany claims that To test the legality of the taxa-| such go t be taxed by the dn Of imported goods Balfour, the ame yL NO. 303 sa Have You Sent Your Name for the Alice Roosevelt Wedding Message? 1 “ne Cent~Last Edition” (‘he Seattle Star HURSDAY FEBRUARY THARRIMAN CUTTING A WAY The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News ONVENTION TOMORROW | Primaries Last Night Leave Fight for Treasurer and Comptroller Unsettled and Contests Must Be Settled Tomorrow in Seventh, «Stewart Loses tests in some of the precincts were exciting. The most significant fea ture of the contest there was the rout of A, B, Stewart © Hanford, Frank Renich Walker and Charley Cham in the Fourth precinct H berlain whieh Stewart has rum for 12 yea The young fellows surprised the old guard, and Aubrey Levy, B.C. Con over, T. 8. Beott, R. D. Ogden, F M Roberts and Bert Farrar will go to the convention. This delegation is not pledged to anybody In the Seventh the fight we practically between the po clans who have dominated the w for years and the young fe thought it was time for them to t a hand, The young men as ar were for T. P. Re for the eo cil, claiming today 65 out of the 7% votes. L. H. Gray ran strong ever, particularly n the Broa precincts. J. C. Redward did make a good showing. ows wh Jaffe Has Seventeen. the Second mut wi Ww. Herbert ) 17 votes, J. 8 Vincent and Jaffe John John M Ie came ston, of power orKe enth Fred Frank and WA ing. Hill ward yaut # got eight and needs ured five r, Louis Gilbert recetving noth in 4 sek Burlel unless there ls some peculiar trade ing on the convention Noor Reynolds Wins R. T. Reynolds got eight out of 14 nm the nth ward, Paysee being his closegt rival. Nichols did not get | a itgle vote | In the Ninth ward there was noth- ing to it but William H. Murphy Crichton won with ease in the Bighth, The same applies to Git in the Third and Zbinden in the Sixth lis Morrison being, it is |aaid, the strongest in the Fifth. The |Claney# put through James Conway n (he First and stand ready to sup- port William Holt for couneSiman- at should he decided to make the | Mullen Strong. It generally conceded that Frank P. Mullen, of the Seventh, will be sly re-nominated |for counciin arge, the chief |fight being between Ben Williams of the Second and H. P. Rude, pre ent councilman of ixth, Rude has considerable following among the Scandinavians, but ame ler claim having an equal number|has a big bunch of young fellows tween them, and 0. E. Hanson,| working for him believes he |the Beacon hill candidate, claiming|can win with ease, He will prob- jto have five votes and the balance/ably get the Second ward delega- tion. Fred Sawyer won out over Dr. J. Ghent and J. A. James in the Fourth, and his friends claim he will go down the ling for Melse for comptroller, and George Russell for Hill appears to be the winner, | treasurer. VIEWS OF THOMSON | CITY ENGINEER ADVOCATES JOINT OWNERSHIP OF ALL RAILWAY TRACKS ENTERING SEATTLE FOR PROTECTION OF CITY AND FUTURE LINES. Joint ownership of railway tracks] along strategic routes as a means of preventing the bottling up of any of the possible points of entry inte this city for future railroad inter- jests which might desire to come to Seattio is the idea advanced City Engineer Thomson. The recent repid development of this city in a railroad way has em phasized the necessity of keeping the only available thoroughfare for railway routes in such shape that neither the old nor the new cor- porations seeking entrance can block the attempts of any later ratl- road interests from coming to the city, by Scions Don't Know. What action the corporations committee of the city council will take upon this scheme of Mr. Thom. son's is not known at this time. All the members of the committee, how ever, have reached the conclusion during the last few days that the information regarding the intention of other roads to come to Seattle has complicated the issue with re gard to pending franchises, only to provide for joint jotnt ownership of many of the rall- | “I believe that it Is necessary, not use, but way tracks to be allowed under pending franchises,” sald the city engineer today during an inter- view “The necessity of this must be apparent to anyone who has stud- ied the subject. It is my opinion that this is the proper course to pursue and it should be done now. A Crime He Says. “Tl know that in future years there will be many railroads which will seek to obtain entrance to this city. It would be a crime to allow any road, whether old or new, to bottle np or succeed in closing any point that will permit it to block the en- nee of a later road “My position on thts railroad proposition is simply that of an ad- visor as to how best protect the city’s interests. I have no interest personally in any road. I know ab- solutely nothing of this proposition of J. A. Moore to ask for a fran- chise, as stated.” t SAYS NEW ROAD NOT OWNED BY C. P.R. SOON. BELLINGHAM, Wash., Feb. 15.— The Vancouver-Seattle railr i wi | run throuh this city, with depots in both north a south ends of town. Col. BE. M. Day, of this city, who has charge of the iddle section of the road, is auth ty for the statement that no trans-continental line con trols a cent’s worth of the peek In he road He says Ca n Pacif Union Pacific ath ern Pacific vasibly the Mil waukee, are to raffic arrange ments with the ectric line that will give the steam roads as good fa tle a whed by then the franchises are granted by the 1 | ble | SEVERAL ROADS WILL HAVE TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT WITH THE ELECTRIC LINE—CONSTRUCTION WILL COMMENCE That no trou: be experienced is ae- Bellingham council he 1 will sured A new system of generating elec- ic power on each car by gasoline motors will likely be used, thus do- ing away with and wires. Electricity will stored up when the cars are on down grade. This system is said to be the cheap poles also be est power in existence. Meeting Tonight. The North Seattle Republican el f the Bighth ward a meeting this evening at way. Matters of pa will be taken up. PER MONTH < Se TSAR cr Wo sn ame RRR ee