Deseret Evening News | 1901-04-18 | Page 8 | J. J. Hill in Seattle

J T 1 J T Hill In Itt Seattle Seattle Wash April 18 President James j J 3 Hill lilli of at the Great Oreal Northern who Is la now nol Iri lii this city on being asked by b a representative of the tho Associated Press if be lie had anything further to say aay touching publications concerning the merging of ot various arlou railway corpora corporations tiona Into one great creat syndicate said Say to the Associated Press that I 1 have read the various statements pub published and that where here there Is la one statement of facts there tire about a dozen statements of ot erroneous character It Is 11 true that several large larit railway corporations ar are endeavoring to make closer l arrangements and that such arrangements involve o the tho Hurling up ui to tho the time there thero has tins been nothing consummated upon which to base bane correct It Is apparent nl that Mc lr Hill has boon been greatly annoyed by the tho coupling of or many railroads other Hum titan those with which ho lie line has boon been dealing und tint he lie did Jill not hesitate to say lIay that interviews which had been given out by tho the heads of ot railroads were merely merel guess works antI contained little truth Mr III Hill leaves Seattle Brattle for tor Ht St laul Paul nt at noon today his visit to the coast at this time having be n more for tor tho the pur purpose pose paso of ot keeping his bla promises to take talo the party with him across the tho continent than thon anything else