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Show NEW RAILROAD TO COAST ASSURED C II. "end St. P. 7i!l Extend Ex-tend Its Lines to the Northwest Soon. Charles F: Warren, general agent of the Atchison. Topeka ft Santa Fe system, sys-tem, returned from a three weeks', trip to the Northwest, having visited Portland, Port-land, Seattle, Tacoma and Vancouver. The weather, he said, was ideal during dur-ing his stay on the coast. "The people of the Northwest are much elated over the assurance that the Chicago. Milwaukee 4 St. Paul Is to build Into their country." he said. "I met President Irving of the St. Paul while there and from a conversation which I bad with him am certain that the St. Paul wUl build. He did not commit himself while In the Northwest as to the location of the terminus, but indications seem to favor Seattle, and I expect that town to become the terminus. ter-minus. . The three towns, Portland, Tacoma Ta-coma and Seattle, all were talked of as the terminus, but, as I have said, Seattle seems to be the winner. "Seattle real estate is simply doubling doub-ling by the year, all since the assurance assur-ance of the coming of the St. Paul. Another Impetus has been given by the fact that the Oregon Railway ft Navigation Navi-gation will extend from Portland. Taken altogether, there Is going to be a lively time in railroad building In the Northwest this year In the way of feeders and cut-offs. "I was struck with the large amount of new construction In both Portland and Seattle, but especially In the latter town. The Elks' new home In Seattle Is completed. It cost $150,000 and the land It stands on could be sold today for more than double Its purchase price of a year ago. This Is merely an example ex-ample of the way realty is acting In the West. "As to lumber, some Idea of the movement In this staple commodity may be had when I tell you that last year over a billion feet of lumber was shipped, besides many millions of shingles. shin-gles. The way Seattle Is Improving and the fact that this city la the shipping point to all Alaska points, is a day nearer the Orient and has a grand country, the resources of which are not yet computable, back of it. leads me to the belief that within the next fifteen years It will be an actual rival to San Francisco." |