| Show BIG STEAMSHIP LINE MOVING SPIRITS BEHIND A i GREAT enterprise I 1 I 1 0 0 W potter P proposes proposes to inaugurate a gians pacific steamship line lina in connection with will it a railroad chicago dec 4 there IR i no do longer loneer any doubt as aa to the ile identity identify ut of tile the spirits in the pro provoked poked transpacific stean iship line hile 0 W P ater president rt OT r t ill Comine ecial Nut national ional bank admitted although lio lie declined to make and specific ut statement aUment to I 1 hut efrece that his tron holl I 1 C potter bat as the hie me big project A 11 butler is also a prominent lienol ninn the junior potter together mr culler butler la is now in son diego in fix tile the interests teresta li of alic I 1 lie oil en lei prise prime it Is also known that nt are under nay with the atchison Atch laon to ricka santa ania fe Kall Balf road copi company pany looking toward utilizing the litter bitter as tile connecting link bet cell the bacille and atlantic ports burls I 1 C potter it Is it a stockholder in the santa ye fe road mr potter sr ar declines to state ahat capitalists are interested nith lilg 1718 son aon in tile enterprise and do defares emphatically that lie ling has nt not a dollars orah morth of interest in st 1 I really am alit not specifically adl gel as to the exact nature of my sons mens business in california sald tile llie banker perhaps it would tie le better belter lu alt until ills return before connecting his 1111 name authoritatively matli the transpacific enterprise I 1 aill say cay this ihl however sy son has been interested in such a move for two yeara cars the necessity of an american line of steamers li between eteen this countey and the orient nt waa 0 A vils made de apparent to him film ahen he 11 aft e it japan it Is a gigantic cantie Kl undertaking and one that will in ole an ex of many millions of dollars dollar fl and nd possibly years of time before buhat can e n 10 regarded as a fair beginning can a n be made in the first place muel much ted tedious ous legislation will have to be put through before tile project would be upon an any sort fort of a basis the federal government will have to legislate upon the question of subsidizing vessels for the transportation of oc matla malls it ill also alro have to lie apparent that good ralli railroad oad can call lie ile mode made between the pacific find and atlantic ci coasts abts for tile forwarding of freight across tho the country Beti veon w hat ports will the steamers probably be probably the united staten slates port it will ill be san diego and naturally yokohama w will ill lie be the japanese Japa neye port but as am I 1 said before I 1 iam am not lot posted definitely regarding the project and this Is largely guesswork with nith me over ahat railroad Is it pro proposed posed to transport freight once it reaches chicago there has been talk of negotiations belne being under way with the santa fe road tilt has a terminus tit at san pan DICKO and ham direct connections across illen the entire tire country but bill the agreement will avith the railroad IS in another matter that I 1 mill ill require require much time to perfect pert ert it 1 win ill require re between and to build the steamships alone to aay y nothing of other expenses expense that Is 1 a good lost deal of money to raise in these times |
