Show HILL A AND tbt northern pacific magnate says the burlington Buri ington extension to sail lake city has not I 1 been authorized new oct 25 commenting further upon a published interview with B H harraman Harrl man president james J hill of the great northern railway abid yesterday there was no struggle on between the hill and harriman roads he had no knowledge of the details of the dispute between the burlington and the union pacific and thought it a small matter anyway the lines which the burlington desired to build would extend from northport North port to dickens neb as he pointed out on a map of the system and connect two existing linea of the system IE the burlington going to build anto efale lake city was ached that Is one of the fables from alie west he responded such a project would have tt come before the burling an board and as far a I 1 know it has not it has been said the suggestion was made that the burlington extension would be competitive with the union pacific whether it paralleled the latter at a distance of 10 miles or miles because it would be built to compete for the through business that would be too bad it remarked mr hill mr Harri mans remarks about the union pacific being in the beat position of any of the roads in its territory for going through a period of competitive railroad building was repeated to mr hill and he eald im glad to bear that mr harraman Harrl man is feeling so good do you consider mr Harri mans as a reflection on the hill roads yes was mr hills sarcastic response the hill roads are all crippled and done for Is the great northern going to build to winnipeg and hudson bay as recent dispatches have reported we are going to wait for peary to discover the pole and then we will build by way of baffino Baff ins bay on pon the climate la fine up there ten months of winter and two months of fall the ties embedded in ice will last for a hundred years mr hill would not discuss the purpose of the recent increase of y in the great capital stock saying that is a question for the stockholders the general public which Is reached through the newspapers Is not sufficiently interested |